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Here are today’s five food finds about cream puffs:
The cream puff is also know as “profiterole.”
While the origin is obscure, the cream puff was introduced in France by Caterina de Medici, the wife of Henry II of France.
The “cream puff” first appeared on US restaurant menus since 1851.
The world’s largest cream puff weighed 125.5 pounds.
The Wisconsin State Fair is known for producing cream puffs since 1924.
Today’s Food History
- 1923 Secretary of the U.S. Dept of Interior, Albert Fall, resigns due to public outrage over the Teapot Dome scandal.
- 1975 Working with Canadian zoologist Freud Urquhart, amateur naturalist Kenneth C. Brugger discovered the winter home of the Monarch butterfly in the mountains of central Mexico. The refuge he found was only about 200 square meters and contained about 20 million butterflies.
- 1983 ‘Maneater’ by Daryl Hall & John Oates is #1 on the charts.
- 1990 Campbell’s Soup introduces Cream of Broccoli soup. It becomes their most successful new soup in 55 years.
- 2005 H. David Dalquist, the creator of the aluminum Bundt Pan in 1950, died in Minnesota at the age of 86.
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Reblogged this on koolkosherkitchen and commented:
Happy New Year, Beautiful People! When I discovered that today was a National Cream Puff Day, I couldn’t resist sharing this post with you. One of the reasons I love profiteroles is that supposedly the recipe originated in Renaissance Florence. Unfortunately, I have not been making them ever since milk and butter made their exit from my kitchen, but watch this excellent video, and enjoy making your own!
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Cream puffs are my specialty, and here I didn’t even know it was their day. My mom taught to make authentic cream puffs years ago. It is difficult since you need to beat air in to the mix with a wooden spoon to help them rise in the oven. Mine aren’t open like the ones shown. I insert the different fillings with a plunger-like device. I can make them from bite-sized to fist-sized. Thank you for letting me think about my late mom, and the wonderful times we had as she taught me to bake. Your post brought back great memories.
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