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"This Just In..."
We could have gone a lot of different ways this month. The history of the fall harvest, farming in Connecticut, bad recipes (gave this serious consideration) and a host of other poorly-thoughtout ideas.
Instead we decided that we might combine the craziness that
is Halloween with an introduction to a new to you (maybe) artist and a way to save big on heating - and cooling - your home for next year. Hope we hold your interest and wish you a great month.
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Yes, it was
yesterday, but we figured there would be lots of candy around and you might just be wondering how it all got there so...
The fascinating origins of Halloween date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, more than 2,000 years ago celebrated their new year on November 1. This day represented the end of the summer harvest and the beginning of winter. It was a time that was commonly associated with death.
Celts believed that on the night before the New Year, the worlds of the living and the dead crossed. On the night of October 31 they celebrated the festival of Samhain. When the ghosts of the dead returned to earth causing mischief and destroying crops.
Huge sacred bonfires were built where people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to their gods. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes typically consisting of animal heads and skins.
By 43 A.D., the Roman Empire had taken over the majority of Celtic land. Over the course of 400 years, two Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic celebration. The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans honored their dead. The second festival honored Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is an apple and most likely explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced on Halloween to this day.
In 609 AD, Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome to honor Christian martyrs and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day was established. Pope Gregory III expanded the festival to include all saints as well as martyrs, and moved the day to November 1.
Bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels and devils became custom. The All Saints Day celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before, the traditional night of Samhain in the Celtic religion, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween.
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A reminder of who went to the polls in 2016. Kinda interesting.
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Say Good-bye To Ants
Surprise Video #1
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Needed November Nosh
The Ultimate Gourmet Grilled Cheese
From The Chunky Chef
This gourmet grilled cheese is loaded with herbed caramelized onions, gooey Gruyere and white cheddar cheeses, and is cooked in a savory rosemary butter!
INGREDIENTS
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8 slices good quality bread Use thick cut Artisan bread
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Mayonnaise for spreading
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12 oz Gruyere cheese sliced thinly or grated, at room temperature
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6 oz White cheddar cheese sliced thinly or grated, at room temperature
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4 slices thin Muenster cheese at room temperature
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2 yellow onions diced
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1 tsp fresh thyme minced
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2 tsp fresh rosemary minced, divided
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1 tsp brown sugar
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Salt and pepper to taste
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3 Tbsp butter divided
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
INSTRUCTIONS
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Add 1-1/2 Tbsp butter and olive oil to a skillet and heat over MED-LOW heat. Add diced onions, salt, pepper, fresh thyme and 1 tsp of fresh rosemary to the hot skillet, saute stir often til onions are soft and starting to brown, 10 mins.
- Stir brown sugar into onions and cook another minute. Transfer onions to a plate.
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Spread one side of two pieces of bread with a little bit of mayonnaise.
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To the same skillet, add remaining butter and rosemary, and heat over MED heat. Swirl to coat the bottom of the skillet with the melted butter.
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Add both pieces of bread, mayonnaise side down, and cook until bread is golden brown and crunchy, about 2-3 minutes.
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As soon as you add the bread to the skillet, add a bit of cheese to the top of each piece of bread. Once it starts to melt a little, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of the caramelized onions over the top of one of the pieces of bread.
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When the bread is good and golden brown, sandwich the pieces of bread together and cook on LOW until cheese is fully melted.
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Transfer to a plate, repeat with remaining slices of bread and ingredients.
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Where Exactly Are We?
Tell us here and you may win one of those highly coveted $25 Visa gift cards.
Tomara S. and
Tom L. recognized last month's quiz that featured
Downton Abbey's Jessica Findlay and
Linda H and
Sue C and 66 others were able to identify at least one of our "
Four Vagabonds" which included Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, John Burroughs (not John Muir) and Harvey Firestone!
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November Art
Lawren Stewart Harris (October 23,1885- January 29, 1970 ) was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario, and is best known as a member of the
Group of Seven who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. Harris provided the stimulus for the Group of Seven.
During the 1920s, Harris' works became more abstract and simplified, especially his stark landscapes of the Canadian north and Arctic. He also stopped signing and dating his works so that people would judge his works on their own merit and not by the artist or when they were painted. In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada
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What Are Your MUST HAVES
For Thanksgiving?
Here's what America is having. Is there one ABSOLUTE dish that must be on your table this Thanksgiving? We're looking for the "different," the "OK, Strange." EVERYONE has cranberry and stuffing.
We're looking for the
Banana-Broccoli Soufflé or the
Tiki-Masala encrusted fisheye & deer thorax pudding
. That sort of thing.
Help us out here.
Thanksgiving plate based on where you live.
The top five disproportionately consumed Thanksgiving plates
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Daniels Surprise Link of the Month
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Just Who Might This Be? Quiz #2
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