Daily Holidays - June 11

[Sherman A1]

National German Chocolate Cake Day National German Chocolate Cake Day is celebrated by chocolate lovers annually on June 11.

Although the name may sound like the cake originated in Germany, it did not. The cake’s roots can be traced back to 1852 when American Sam German made a type of dark baking chocolate for the American Baker’s Chocolate Company. Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate’s brand was named in honor of Sam German.

Over 100 years later in 1957, a recipe for “German’s Chocolate Cake” appeared as the “Recipe of the Day” in the Dallas Morning Star. This recipe, created by Mrs. George Clay, used the Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate and it became quite popular. During this time, General Foods owned the Baker’s brand and distributed Mrs. Clay’s recipe to other newspapers around the country. http://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-german-chocolate-cake-day-june-11/

Corn on the Cob Day June 11 of each year is the day to celebrate National Corn on the Cob Day. Fresh corn on the cob is a summertime treat that people from all corners of the United States look forward to as we start the picnic season.

Corn on the cob is also known in different regions as “pole corn”, “cornstick”, “sweet pole”, “butter-pop”, or “long maize”. It is a sweet corn that is picked when the kernels are still tender (in it’s milk stage).

Boiling, steaming, roasting or grilling are the most common ways of preparing corn on the cob. If it is grilled or oven roasted, the corn is usually left in its husk during the cooking process. http://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-corn-on-the-cob-day-june-11/

National Making Life Beautiful Day National Making Life Beautiful Day is celebrated annually on June 11. It is a day dedicated to encouraging and celebrating men and women who are making life beautiful. Whether you’re creating beauty through building relationships or helping others achieve personal success, one small action can lead to a ripple effect, making life beautiful not just for yourself, but for those around you, too. http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-making-life-beautiful-day-june-11/

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[TexasTowelie]

1. I love German chocolate cake.

It was one of the best cakes my mom used to make.

[Unknown Beatle]

2. Yes, German Chocolate cake and Boston Cream pie!

My mouth is watering.

[betsuni]

3. Corn on the Cob Day:

"Sweet corn was our family's weakness. We were prepared to resist atheistic Communism, immoral Hollywood, hard liquor, gambling and dancing, smoking, fornication, but if Satan had come around with sweet corn, we at least would have listened to what he had to sell. ... Sunday after church, when the pot roast was done and the potatoes were boiled and mashed and a pot of water was boiling -- only then would Dad run out with a bushel basket and pick thirty ears of corn. We shucked it clean in five seconds per ear and popped it in the pot for a few minutes. A quick prayer, a little butter and salt, and that is as good as it gets. People have searched the world over for something better and didn't find it because it's not there.

"In Minneapolis, they tore down Met Stadium for a polyester ballfield with a roof over it, a ghostly greenish plastic baseball mall, and all those lovely summer nights were lost. The night train to Chicago was taken off, another broken romance, and all the little truck farms around the Twin Cities disappeared that sold fresh tomatoes, squash, and sweet corn at roadside stands or off the tailgate of a truck. Immense shopping malls sprang up in their place like fungus in the grass. ... We'll look back on all the good things we surrendered in favor of deadly trash and wish we had returned and reclaimed them. We may sit in a cool corner of hell and wish we had kept the ballpark, built the shops elsewhere, and not killed off all those cornfields."

From Garrison Keillor's "Leaving Home."

[bigwillq]

4. I only like Corn when it's on the Cob

I don't eat corn if it's not on the cob. Strange, huh?

[femmocrat]

5. Remembering Jeannette Rankin today: First woman elected to Congress.

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/jeannette-rankin.html
More at: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/a/jeanette_rankin.htm