OCTOBER 21, 2013 – NATIONAL PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE DAY – NATIONAL REPTILE AWARENESS DAY – NATIONAL CLEAN YOUR VIRTUAL DESKTOP DAY Forwarded by: cbswlaw NATIONAL PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE DAY Adding pumpkin to one of America’s favorite dessert’s gives it it’s own special day. October 21 annually celebrates National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day and fall is the perfect season to enjoy this delightful and delicious dessert. On July 30, National Cheesecake Day was celebrated across America and cheesecake was enjoyed by millions. Cheesecake is a sweet dessert that is a mixture of soft fresh cheese, cream cheese or cottage cheese, eggs and sugar on a crust made from crushed graham crackers, crushed cookies, pastry or sponge cake. Pumpkin may be added to cheesecake recipes in various ways, for example it may be: swirled throughout, mixed completely with all ingredients or layered. Cheesecakes can be prepared baked or unbaked, can be flavored and are often served topped with fruit, fruit sauce, chocolate or whipped cream. It is possible that an ancient form of cheesecake may have been a popular dish in ancient Greece. It has been found that the earliest attested mention of a cheesecake is by Greek physician Aegimus, who wrote a book on the art of making cheesecakes. *James Kraft developed a form of pasteurized cream cheese in 1912. In 1928, Kraft acquired the Philadelphia trademark and marketed pasteurized Philadelphia Cream Cheese which is now the most commonly used cheese for cheesecake.* North America has several different styles of cheesecakes: ◦New York-style cheesecake ◦Pennsylvania Dutch-style cheesecake ◦Philadelphia-style ◦Farmer cheese cheesecake ◦Country-style cheesecake ◦Lactose-free cheesecake ◦Cheesecake Kludys ◦Chicago Style cheesecake ◦Savory cheesecake Enjoy one of the following “tried and true” recipe today: allrecipes/recipe/double-layer-pumpkin-cheesecake-2/ tasteofhome/recipes/pumpkin-cheesecake-bars tasteofhome/recipes/chocolate-pumpkin-cheesecake-bars bhg/recipe/caramel-pecan-pumpkin-cheesecake-bites/ simplyrecipes/recipes/pumpkin_cheesecake/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NATIONAL REPTILE AWARENESS DAY Each year on October 21, people across the nation celebrate National Reptile Awareness Day. This day was created not only as a day for reptile lovers to celebrate but also as a day to promote education, conservation and animal appreciation for reptiles; a day to learn about their natural habitats and the ecological threats that they are facing. A reptile is any amniote that is neither a mammal nor a bird, is cold-blooded, has scales or scutes and can lay eggs on land. ( a scute is a bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodilians. ) There are more than 10,000 species of reptiles. Happy National Reptile Awareness Day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NATIONAL CLEAN YOUR VIRTUAL DESKTOP DAY October 21 is a day to clean up your virtual desktop by putting things away, deleting things that you do not use and putting things in order. as this day has been declared National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day. Acknowledged each year on the third Monday in October, National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day nudges everyone to think back to when their computer was new and the desktop was clean and organized, then to take time today to clean it out and straighten it up. NATIONAL CLEAN YOUR VIRTUAL DESKTOP DAY HISTORY National clean Your Virtual Desktop Day, an “unofficial” national holiday, was created by The Personal Computer Museum located in Brantford, Ontario Canada. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RESOURCES: nationaldaycalendar/?s=national+cheesecake+day&submit=Search en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:58:46 +0000