Kitchen Klutzes of America Day
Today’s Food History
on this day in…
1789 Mrs. Alexander Hamilton served a new dessert treat for General George Washington. The highlight of the dinner party was ice cream! And all this time you thought Dolley Madison was responsible.
1817 Richard Lovell Edgeworth died. An Anglo-Irish inventor, among his many inventions and innovations were a turnip cutter, various improvements in agricultural machines, and a velocipede.
1893 African American inventor T.W. Stewart received a patent for a mop.
2010 Jimmy Dean died at age 81. A country music singer he also founded Jimmy Dean Meat Co. in 1969, well known for its Jimmy Dean Sausage brand.
So nice of you to say, National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day instead of National that Kitchen Klutz Cindy Day! Now wait, that is everyday! Cindys Recipes and Writings Ha! Ha! Love your blog, John-Byran!
I’m old enough to remember Jimmy Dean’s TV show. I loved him and his folksiness. Geez, another celebrity o fmy generation bit the dust…