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Post by ZandraJoi on Apr 21, 2021 8:32:42 GMT -5
"National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day is observed each year on April 21st. Not unlike other nuts, cashews and chocolate get along well together. Of course, chocolate lovers savor the combination of nutty crunch and creamy, rich chocolate. The cashew is a tree from the family Anacardiaceae. Its English name comes from Portuguese for the fruit of the cashew tree “caju.” Originally native to Northeastern Brazil, cashew trees are now widely grown in tropical climates for their cashew fruit and nuts. With leaves arranged spirally and a leathery texture, the evergreen cashew tree grows up to 32 feet tall. It also often grows with an irregularly shaped trunk. The buds produce small flowers that start pale green and turn reddish, each having five slender, acute petals. Surprisingly, the cashew nutshell is toxic, so producers shell the cashew before selling it to consumers. While many people enjoy the cashew nut for its delicious buttery flavor on its own, adding chocolate makes it even more enjoyable. It makes a great gift during the winter holidays. However, people enjoy chocolate-covered cashews all year long."
My notes: I could never get into cashews or any nuts covered in chocolate. It's odd as I like them both, just not together lol
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Post by lainee on Apr 22, 2021 19:47:29 GMT -5
ZandraJoi, Love cashews & pecans, too! And, make that DARK chocolate, please...LOL
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 20:23:58 GMT -5
LOL... an interesting idea for a day. While I adore cashews and chocolate, am not really a fan of them together.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Apr 21, 2022 9:03:37 GMT -5
"April 21st honors National Yellow Bat Day. On this day in 1967, the Army activated the 265th Army Security Agency Company (Airborne) with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The official insignia of the 265th is a bat with outstretched wings on a full moon rising with the motto Through the Night below. Symbolically, the bat represents mystery and secrecy due to its nocturnal nature. The bat fittingly describes the intelligence support provided by the Army Security Agency Battalion. Before deploying, the personnel painted all the military vehicles and equipment with a yellow bat. The symbol made the equipment clearly visible from a distance and aided in identifying all unit equipment."
My notes: Very interesting piece of history from our Army!
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Post by lainee on Apr 21, 2022 18:16:27 GMT -5
WOW! That's an amazing tidbit of Army history...how cool! And, it helped keep them safe by identifying them. :-)
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Post by Bob on Apr 21, 2022 19:09:05 GMT -5
I never heard of that before.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Apr 21, 2023 5:23:52 GMT -5
"Each year on April 21st, National Kindergarten Day honors the birthday of the man who started the first Kindergarten. Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (April 21, 1782 – June 21, 1852) is credited with starting the very first Kindergarten in Germany in 1837. Frobel was a German teacher and a student of Johann Pestalozzi. Frobel laid a foundation for modern education, recognizing that children learn through play and experience. The first kindergarten (which means garden for the children) was developed in Blankenburg, Germany, in 1837. The kindergarten fostered Frobel’s social experience for children. It also allowed them to smoothly transition from home to school."
My notes: What do you remember about your experience with kindergarten? I was quite shy & did NOT want to go!
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Post by Steve on Apr 21, 2023 11:01:10 GMT -5
The only thing I can remember is nap time.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Apr 21, 2024 8:41:18 GMT -5
"National Rendering Day is on April 21 and we are celebrating by bringing awareness to reducing and eliminating food waste through a process known as rendering. North Americans consider roughly 50% of an animal inedible. This leaves a lot of leftover material that ends up as food waste. On National Rendering Day, we learn about how we can eliminate this waste, what rendering means, and why using the rendering process is the smart choice. What is rendering? In short, rendering is recycling from that 50% of the animal we don’t eat. Rendering reclaims the otherwise wasted material, such as protein, bone, and fat and even includes used cooking oil (UCO) from restaurants. The rendering process safely, hygienically, and sustainably processes that unused material (the meat we don’t eat) into new products and goods so nothing is wasted. When we render material safely and hygienically, we process the material in a sustainable and safe manner. In addition, we convert what would have been food waste into material for use in new products."
My notes: People of long ago used to use ALL of the animal. The Waste not want not. If people are going to eat meat, they need to honor the animal from which it came from & not support CAFOs.
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