Sunday Randomness #110: State Fair Food Offerings Part 4 of 6

Hawaiian Teriyaki

Sugar Barn

Boba King

Raspados del Sur

Roasted Corn

Lemonade

 

Sunday Randomness #257 : Calendar reminders

 I appreciate the reminders on calendars of different days.  Yes, there's probably always going to be some disagreement and compromise of what dates are significant to put on the calendar and I think discussion and debate benefit both parties if they are willing to listen to a viewpoint other than their own.

Anyway, I noticed that today is National Senior Citizens Day (in the United States). According to Proclamation 5847, signed on Aug. 19, 1988, President Ronald Reagan recognized the many contributions of senior citizens and since then the third Sunday of August is now known as National Senior Citizens Day.  https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-5847-national-senior-citizens-day-1988

I'm almost a week behind on National Navaho Code Talkers Day which was August. 14th.  This was also designated by President Reagan in 1982. https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/navajo-code-talkers-and-the-unbreakable-code/

August 20, 2023 is also Lemonade Day and National Bacon Lovers Day.  

Therefore, if you are so inclined, enjoy some lemonade (regular, pink, with mint, or without-plus many other variations) and bacon today as you celebrate the seniors in your life and appreciate that the Navaho Code talkers code was never broken.

Sunday Randomness #201: Summertime, Summertime, Sum, Sum, Summertime!

One of our favorite drinks in the summer is lemonade and we have a new favorite recipe for lovely summertime lemonade thanks to a little book found in the JE section of the library.  Lulu's Lemonade  by Barbara deRubertis is a fantastic book to explain fractions in an easy to understand manner.  The lemonade recipe at the end of the book is marvelous!  I'm only showing a quart of the lemonade from a 2 gallon batch.  We've also made 3 gallon batches in the past-it's that good.

Recipe is 1/2 gallon lemonade, 1 qt orange juice, 1 pint lemon-lime soda, 1 cup lime juice, 1 TBSP vanilla and 1 tsp fresh mint leaves.  Mix and chill, then serve.