BACON IN THE NEWS
BACON SCENTED UNDERWEAR IS FOR REAL! Amazing new product is available for purchase; read about it here. It's available for $20 in both men's and women's versions. Bacon-scented pillowcases are also available. A bacon-themed site, J&D Foods, is the purveyor.
THIS WEEK'S BACON is some of the bacon I smoked up last weekend, plus bacon purchased in Vermont for our family's Thanksgiving weekend.
I'll review the Vermont bacon in the future; here is the home made bacon from last week along side some Taylor Ham (top of picture). Taylor Ham is a NJ thing...
WHAT AM I THANKFUL FOR? Like all of us, I am thankful for LOTS of things, starting with my wife and our life. Thankful for the freedoms in this country and the people who defend it.
Each year, at the Peck Thanksgiving, the Saturday after the traditional holiday, each person around the table has to answer the question, "What are you thankful for?" Some answers are funny, some poignant, some traditional, some boring, and some are outrageous and entertaining. This is my answer for this year, with some research:
I am thankful for the author of the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a
Little Lamb”
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was born on October 24, 1788 in
Newport, NH.
She was home schooled,
a poet, and author, and later the editor of a magazine called “American Ladies’
Magazine” and related journals. She has been described as the “Oprah and Martha
Stewart combined” of her day, as an arbiter of American tastes. A true patriot,
one of her initiatives was to raise money for the completion of the 221-foot
high Bunker Hill monument. She asked her readers to each donate a dollar, and
she also organized a craft fair at the Quincy Market.
But her real legacy is why I am thankful for her.
1863 was a momentous year in the United States.
The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves, went into effect in January.
The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves, went into effect in January.
The
Union Army was handed a major defeat in May at Chancellorsville.
West Virginia (previously part of Virginia) became the 35th state.
In July, America suffered its bloodiest three days in history during the Battle of Gettysburg, where there were over 46,000 casualties.
In July, America suffered its bloodiest three days in history during the Battle of Gettysburg, where there were over 46,000 casualties.
And on September 28, 1863, Sarah Hale wrote a letter to
Abraham Lincoln.
Here is some of what it said:
“Permit me, as Editress of the "Lady's Book", to
request a few minutes of your precious time, while laying before you a subject
of deep interest to myself and -- as I trust -- even to the President of our
Republic, of some importance…” She goes on to say, that by “the noble example
and action of the President of the United States, the permanency and unity of
our Great American Festival of Thanksgiving would be forever secured.”
Three days later, Honest Abe made Thanksgiving the national holiday that it is today.
Three days later, Honest Abe made Thanksgiving the national holiday that it is today.
Hale is the single most responsible individual for making
Thanksgiving a national holiday in the United States. I'm thankful for her work in helping us all be thankful.
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