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October 14th is National Dessert Day! / #NationalDessertDay

Today’s Dessert Quote:

“A party without dessert is just a meeting”

~Julia Child

Top Five Most Popular Desserts in the US:

1906 Joseph Farwell Glidden died. Glidden, an Illinois farmer, received a patent for the first commercial barbed wire on November 24, 1874. The beginning of the end to open range and the cowboy. Glidden formed the Barb Fence Company with Isaac L. Ellwood, and became one of the wealthiest men in the country.
1941 Carmen Miranda recorded ‘The Man with the Lollipop Song.’
1946 ‘The Iceman Cometh’ opened in New York City.
1985 Strawberry Fields, a 2 1/2 acre garden memorial in New York City’s Central Park, was dedicated to John Lennon.
1996 World’s largest grilled cheese sandwich was made, 3,000 pounds.

Today’s Dessert Quote:

“A party without dessert is just a meeting”

~Julia Child

Top Five Most Popular Desserts in the US:

1906 Joseph Farwell Glidden died. Glidden, an Illinois farmer, received a patent for the first commercial barbed wire on November 24, 1874. The beginning of the end to open range and the cowboy. Glidden formed the Barb Fence Company with Isaac L. Ellwood, and became one of the wealthiest men in the country.
1941 Carmen Miranda recorded ‘The Man with the Lollipop Song.’
1946 ‘The Iceman Cometh’ opened in New York City.
1985 Strawberry Fields, a 2 1/2 acre garden memorial in New York City’s Central Park, was dedicated to John Lennon.
1996 World’s largest grilled cheese sandwich was made, 3,000 pounds.

Top Five Most Popular Desert in US:

1906 Joseph Farwell Glidden died. Glidden, an Illinois farmer, received a patent for the first commercial barbed wire on November 24, 1874. The beginning of the end to open range and the cowboy. Glidden formed the Barb Fence Company with Isaac L. Ellwood, and became one of the wealthiest men in the country.
1941 Carmen Miranda recorded ‘The Man with the Lollipop Song.’
1946 ‘The Iceman Cometh’ opened in New York City.
1985 Strawberry Fields, a 2 1/2 acre garden memorial in New York City’s Central Park, was dedicated to John Lennon.
1996 World’s largest grilled cheese sandwich was made, 3,000 pounds.