<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Brisket Day'.
- From Wikipedia: Brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or
veal. The beef brisket is one of the nine beef primal cuts, though the precise definition of the cut differs internationally. The brisket muscles include the superficial and deep pectorals. As cattle do not have collar bones, these muscles support about 60% of the body weight of standing/moving cattle. This requires a significant amount
of connective tissue, so the resulting meat must be cooked correctly to tenderize the connective tissue.
According to the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, the term derives from the Middle English brusket which comes from the earlier Old Norse brjósk, meaning cartilage. The cut overlies the sternum, ribs and connecting costal cartilages.'
Brisket can be cooked many ways. Basting of the meat is often done during the cooking process. This normally tough cut of meat, due to the collagen fibers that make up the significant connective tissue in the cut, is tenderized when the collagen gelatinizes, resulting in more tender brisket. The fat cap, which is often left attached to the brisket, helps to keep the meat from drying during the prolonged cooking necessary to break down the connective tissue in the meat. Water is necessary for
the conversion of collagen to gelatin, which is the hydrolysis product of collagen'.
Popular methods in the United States include rubbing with a spice rub or marinating the meat, then cooking slowly over indirect heat from charcoal or wood. This is a form of smoking the meat. A hardwood, such as oak, pecan, hickory, or mesquite, is sometimes added, alone or in combination with other hardwoods, to the main heat source. Sometimes, they make up all of the heat source, with chefs often prizing characteristics of certain woods. The smoke from these woods and from burnt dripping juices further en
hances the flavor. The finished meat is a variety of barbecue. Smoked brisket done this way is popular in Texas barbecue. Once finished, pieces of brisket can be returned to the smoker to make burnt ends. Burnt ends are most popular in Kansas City-style barbecue, where they are traditionally served open-
faced on white bread. The traditional New England boiled dinner features brisket as a main course option. Brisket is also cooked in a slow cooker, such as Crockpot, as this also tenderizes the meat due to the slow cooking method, which is usually 8 hours for a 3lb brisket.
[The Hankster says] I do watch my red meat intake, but holiday brisket is one of my weaknesses.
* 'National Hamburger Day'.
- From Wikipedia: The term hamburger originally derives from Hamburg, Germany's second largest city. In High German, Burg means "fortified settlement" or "fortified refuge" and is a widespread component of place names. Hamburger in German is the demonym of Hamburg, similar to frankfurter and wiener, names for other meat-based foods and demonyms of the cities of Frankfurt and Vienna (Wien), respectively.
The hamburger is also called a "beef burger", "hamburger sandwich", "burger" and "hamburg"
- From Wikipedia: There have been many claims about the origin of the hamburger. There is a reference to a "Hamburg steak" as early as 1884 in the Boston Journal., under "steak"] On July 5, 1896, the Chicago Daily Tribune made a highly specific claim regarding a "hamburger sandwich" in an article about a "Sandwich Car": "A distinguished favorite, only five cents, is Hamburger steak sandwich, the meat for which is kept ready in small patties and 'cooked while you wait' on the gasoline range." According
to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, the hamburger, a ground meat patty between two slices of bread, was first created in
America in 1900 by Louis Lassen, a Danish immigrant, owner of Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. This claim is now backed by the Library of Congress. There have been rival claims by Charlie Nagreen, Frank and Charles Menches, Oscar Weber Bilby, and Fletcher David. White Castle traces the origin of the hamburger
to Hamburg, Germany with its invention by Otto Kuase.
However, it gained national recognition at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair when the New York Tribune referred to the hamburger as "the innovation of a food vendor on the pike". No conclusive argument has ever ended the dispute over invention. An article from ABC News sums up: "One problem is that there is little written history. Another issue is that the spread
of the burger happened largely at the World's Fair, from tiny vendors that came and went in an instant. And it is entirely possible that more than one person came up with the idea at the same time in different parts of the country"'.
[The Hankster says] OK, and my other holiday weakness is a good hamburger with all the trimmings.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Sierra Club Day'. Founding in 1892.
- From Wikipedia: The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the
Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who became its first president.
Traditionally associated with the progressive movement, the club was one of the first large-scale environmental preservation organizations in the world, and currently engages in lobbying politicians to promote green policies. In recent years, the club has gravitated toward green politics and especially toward bright green nvironmentalism. Recent focuses of the club include promoting green energy, mitigating global warming, and opposing coal.
In addition to political advocacy, the Sierra Club organizes outdoor recreation activities, and is a notable organization for mountaineering and rock climbing in the United States, having pioneered the Yosemite Decimal System of climbing.
The Sierra Club does not set standards for or regulate alpinism, but it organizes wilderness courses, hikes, rock climbs, and alpine expeditions for members'.
* 'Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day'. A amateur radio enthusiasts: 'A Tribute To Those Who Serve'.
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<> Awareness / Observances:
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* 'International Day of Action for Women's Health'. Observed since 1987.
* 'Menstrual Hygiene Day'.
* 'National Multiple Birth Awareness Day'. In Canada by Multiple Births Canada .
<> Historical events on May 28
* In 1588, The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel and an Invasion of England. (It will take until May 30 for all ships
to leave port.)
- From Wikipedia:
'The Spanish Armada (Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, literally
"Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that
sailed from A Coruńa in August 1588, under the command of the Duke of
Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to
invade England. The
strategic aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and the Tudor
establishment of Protestantism in England, with the expectation that
this would put a stop to English interference in the Spanish Netherlands
and to the harm caused to Spanish interests by English and Dutch privateering.
The Armada chose not to attack the English fleet at Plymouth, then failed
to establish a temporary anchorage in the Solent, after one Spanish
ship had been captured by Francis Drake in the English Channel. The
Armada finally dropped anchor off
Calais. While awaiting communications from the Duke of Parma's army
the Armada was scattered by an English fireship attack. In the ensuing
Battle of Gravelines the Spanish fleet was damaged and forced to abandon
its rendezvous with Parma's army, who were blockaded in harbour by Dutch
flyboats. The Armada managed to regroup and, driven by southwest winds,
withdrew north, with the English fleet harrying it up the east coast of
England. The commander ordered a return to Spain, but the Armada was
disrupted during severe storms in the North Atlantic and a large number
of the vessels were wrecked on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. Of
the initial 130 ships over a third failed to return. As Martin and
Parker explain, "Philip II attempted to invade England, but his plans
miscarried, partly because of his own mismanagement, and partly
because the defensive efforts of the English and their Dutch allies
prevailed."
The expedition was the largest engagement of the undeclared Anglo-Spanish
War (1585–1604). The following year, England organised a similar
large-scale campaign against Spain, the Drake–Norris Expedition
or "Counter Armada of 1589", which was also unsuccessful, had serious
economic consequences and saw the loss of many English lives and ships'. " .
* In 1936, Alan Turing submits "On Computable Numbers" for publication.
- From Wikipedia:
'Turing's proof is a proof by Alan Turing, first published in January
1937 with the title On Computable Numbers, With an Application to the
Entscheidungsproblem. It was the second proof of the assertion (Alonzo
Church's proof was first) that some decision problems are "undecidable":
there is no single algorithm that infallibly gives a correct "yes" or
"no" answer to each instance of the problem. In his own words: "...what
I shall prove is quite different from the well-known results of Gödel ...
I shall now show that there is no general method which tells whether a
given formula U is provable in K (Principia Mathematica)..." (Undecidable p. 145).
Turing preceded this proof with two others. The second and third both
rely on the first. All rely on his development of type-writer-like
"computing machines" that obey a simple set of rules and his subsequent
development of a "universal computing machine"'." .
* In 1937, Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
- From Wikipedia:
'Volkswagen translates as "People's Automobile" in German. The company's
current international slogan is "Volkswagen". In North America, the
pronunciation is Americanized to the approximate "folks-wagon".
Volkswagen was originally created in 1936 by the German Labour Front
(Deutsche Arbeitsfront). In the early 1930s, the German auto
industry was still largely composed of luxury models, and the average
German could rarely afford anything more than a motorcycle. As a result,
only one German out of 50 owned acar. Seeking a potential new market,
some car makers began independent "peoples' car" projects – the
Mercedes 170H, Adler AutoBahn, Steyr 55, and Hanomag 1.3L, among others.
In 1932, with many of the above projects still in development or early
stages of production, Adolf Hitler got involved, ordering the production
of a basic vehicle capable of transporting two adults and three children
at 100 km/h (62 mph). He wanted his German citizens to have the same
access to a car as the Americans. The "People's Car" would be available
to citizens of the Third Reich through a savings plan at 990 Reichsmark
($396 in 1930s U.S. dollars)—about the price of a small motorcycle (the
average income being around 32RM a week).
Despite heavy lobbying in favour of one of the existing projects, it
soon became apparent that private industry could not turn out a car for
only 990RM. Thus, Hitler chose to sponsor an all-new, state-owned factory
using Ferdinand Porsche's design (with some of Hitler's design
constraints, including an air-cooled engine so nothing could freeze).
The intention was that ordinary Germans would buy the car by means of
a savings scheme ("Fünf Mark die Woche musst du sparen, willst du im
eigenen Wagen fahren" – "Five marks a week you must put aside, if
you want to drive your own car"), which around 336,000 people eventually
paid into. However, the entire project was financially unsound, and only
the corruption and lack of accountability of the Nazi regime made it
possible. (Note Erwin Komenda, the longstanding Auto Union chief
designer, part of Ferdinand Porsche's hand-picked team, developed
the car body of the prototype, which was recognizably the Beetle known
today. It was one of the first cars designed with the aid of a wind
tunnel—a method used for German aircraft design since the early 1920s.
The car designs were put through rigorous tests, and achieved a record-
breaking million miles of testing before being deemed finished." .
* In 1951, The British radio comedy program 'The Goon Show' was broadcast on the BBC for the first time.
- From Wikipedia:
'The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced
and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional
repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series broadcast from
28 May to 20 September 1951, was titled Crazy People; subsequent series
had the title The Goon Show, a title inspired, according to Spike
Milligan, by a Popeye character'." .
* In 1955, Billboard, reported that 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett' was the most popular song in the U.S.
- From Wikipedia:
'"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" is a song with music by George Bruns and
lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn.
The song was introduced on ABC's television series Disneyland, in the
premiere episode of October 27, 1954. Fess Parker is shown performing
the song on a log cabin set in frontiersman clothes, accompanied by
similarly attired musicians. The song would later be heard through out
the Disneyland television miniseries Davy Crockett, first telecast on
December 15, 1954, . Parker played the role of Davy Crockett and continued
in four other episodes made by Walt Disney Studios. It was sung by The
Wellingtons. Buddy Ebsen co-starred as George "Georgie" Russel, and Jeff
York played legendary boatman Mike Fink.
'The first album version was recorded by Bill Hayes, quickly followed by
versions by Fess Parker and Tennessee Ernie Ford (recorded February 7,
1955). All three versions made the Billboard magazine charts in 1955:
Hayes' version made #1 on the weekly chart (from March 26 through April
23) and #7 for the year, Parker's reached #6 on the weekly charts and
#31 for the year, while Ford's peaked at #4 on the weekly country chart
and #5 on the weekly pop chart and charted at #37 for the year. A fourth
version, by bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman, reached #10 on the radio
charts in May 1955. The song also reached #1 on the Cash Box charts,
from March 26 through May 14, 1955. A contemporary version also exists
of the Western singing group the Sons of the Pioneers. Over ten million
copies of the song were sold.
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100
Western songs of all time'." .
* In 1966, Ike and Tina Turner released 'River Deep, Mountain, High'.
- From Wikipedia:
'"River Deep – Mountain High" is a 1966 single performed by Tina Turner
and credited to Ike and Tina Turner. Considered by producer Phil Spector
to be his best work, the single was successful in Europe, peaking at
number 3 in the United Kingdom, and peaking at number 16 in Australia
though it flopped on its original release in the United States. Spector
claimed to be pleased with the response from the critics and his peers,
but he then withdrew from the music industry for two years, beginning
his personal decline.
After Eric Burdon and the Animals covered the song in 1968, it was
re-released a year later, and has since become one of Tina Turner's
signature songs, though it charted even lower, "bubbling under" at
number 112.
In 1999, "River Deep – Mountain High" was inducted in the Grammy Hall
of Fame'." .
* In 1971, Russia launches the Mars 3 probe, which later makes the first soft landing on Mars..
- From Wikipedia:
'Mars 3 was an unmanned space probe of the Soviet Mars program which
spanned the years between 1960 and 1973. Mars 3 was launched May 28,
1971, nine days after its twin spacecraft Mars 2. The probes were
identical robotic spacecraft, each consisting of an orbiter and an
attached lander. After Mars 2 crash-landed on the martian surface,
Mars Mars 3 lander became the first spacecraft to attain soft landing on
Mars. Both probes were launched by Proton-K rockets with Blok D upper
stages.
Mars 3's descent module was released at 09:14 UT on December 2, 1971,
4 hours 35 minutes before reaching Mars. The descent module entered the
Martian atmosphere at roughly 5.7 km/s. Through aerodynamic braking,
parachutes, and retrorockets, the lander achieved a soft landing at 45°S
202°E Coordinates: 45°S 202°E and began operations.
After 14.5 seconds, at 13:52:25, transmission on both data channels
stopped for unknown reasons and no further signals were received at
Earth from the Martian surface. It is not known whether the fault
originated with the lander or the communications relay on the orbiter.
The cause of the failure may have
been related to the extremely powerful martian dust storm taking place
at the time which may have induced a coronal discharge, damaging the
communications system. The dust storm would also explain the poor image
lighting.
A partial image (70 lines) was transmitted. Although this image appears
to show the horizon and dark sky, the photograph was taken with a
cycloramic camera. This means that to correctly view the photograph it
should be turned 90 degrees clockwise, assuming the rover did land
upright when it landed
at the time of the global Martian dust storm. According to the Soviet
Academy of Sciences there is nothing, horizon or otherwise, identifiable
in the photograph'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in May
Food
Aramanth Month - Grain of the month
Gifts From The Garden Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
National Barbeque Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Vinegar Month
Health
ALS Awareness Month - (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
APS Awareness Month - Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asthma Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Celiac Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Awareness Month
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Global Health and Fitness Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
National Better Hearing Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Meditation Month
National Mental Health Month
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Toddler Immunization Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month
National Water Safety Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Month
Tourettes Syndrome Awareness Month
Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
Ultra-violet Awareness Month
Women's Health Care Month
World Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Animal / Pet
Chip Your Pet Month
Gardening for Wildlife Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
National Guide Dog Month
National Pet Month
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month
Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Other
American Wetlands Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Building Safety Month
Clean Air Month
Creative Beginnings Month
Family Reunion Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Global Civility Awareness Month
Golf Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Home Schooling Awareness Month
International Audit Month
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Motorcycle Safety Month
Mystery Month
National Bike Month
National Foster Care Month
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Inventors Month
National Photo Month
National Smile Month
Personal History Month
Social Security Education Awareness Month
Tennis Month
Textile Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month
May is:
May origin (from Wikipedia):
The month May was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified
with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was
held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology,
in which he says that the month of May is named for the maiores, Latin for
'elders,' and that the following month (June) is named for the iuniores, or 'young people'
May
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is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.
May is a month of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer in Europe). Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
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