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06 Mar 2017


National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day



What can make cheesecake even better? Making it from chocolate, of course! There’s no better dish to dedicate a day to celebrating – especially if that involves eating it. Whoever decided to start White Chocolate Cheesecake Day must have been a big fan of this tasty dessert.

While you might expect cheesecake recipes to have originated in the 20th Century, you’d be wrong. A form of cheesecake actually dates back to the Ancient Greeks and seems to have been on offer at the first Olympic Games in 776 BC! The recipe spread from there and has been refined along the way, especially with the use of cream cheese rather than the flour, honey and cheese ingredients of the earliest version.

There are hundreds of variations of White Chocolate Cheesecake recipes, so you’ll be sure to find the perfect dessert. Alternatively, celebrate the day by making up your own version!





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National Frozen Food Day



While you might expect Frozen Food Day to be the invention of a manufacturer of frozen food, it was actually inaugurated by US President Ronald Reagan in 1984! Food frozen slowly is not very tasty when defrosted, but ‘flash’ frozen food – the technique of freezing food quickly – keeps the food as fresh and delicious as it was when it was first frozen. The flash freezing technique was developed by none other than Clarence Birdseye, inspired by seeing Inuit eating thawed fish which had been frozen months earlier. You might recognise the Birdseye name from the frozen food section!

Nowadays frozen food is a lifeline to many busy cooks, whether it is used for certain ingredients, such as frozen vegetables or the whole dish. We all have days when we’re tired and having a full meal in the freezer is so much easier than actually having to cook!

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March 6 Birthdays



Shaquille O'Neal - 45



Michelangelo - (1745 - 1564) (88)



David Gilmour - 71



Kiki Dee - 70



DL Hughley - 54



Tom Arnold - 58



John Smith - (1931 - 1995) (63)



Lou Costello - (1906 - 1959) (52)



George Dayton - (1857 - 1938) (80)



Rob Reiner - 70



Madonna Wayne Gacy - 53




March 6th

2007: The U.S. National Recordings Registry added Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes”, The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby”, The Rolling Stones’ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, The Velvet Underground & Nico’s self-titled debut album, The Wailers’ Burnin’, Paul Simon’s Graceland & Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”.

2004: David Crosby was arrested after leaving behind a bag in a New York City hotel room which contained a loaded .45-caliber handgun & marijuana. Crosby was released on $3500 bail.

1993: Bon Jovi peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Bed of Roses” which was their ninth top ten single in the U.S.

1990: Aerosmith were inducted into Hollywood’s Rock Walk on Sunset Boulevard in the midst of a three night sellout stand at The Forum in Los Angeles.

1989: Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler’s third child was born, a daughter named Chelsea Anna. This was his first child with his second wife Teresa.

1975: Led Zeppelin’s sixth album Physical Graffiti was certified gold by the RIAA. In 2006 the album was certified platinum sixteen times.

1970: Charles Manson’s debut album Lie: The Love and Terror Cult was released to raise funds for his defense. The album cover emulated Manson’s cover appearance on Life magazine only with the “f” taken out.

1966: The Rolling Stones began recording “Paint It, Black” & finished the song three days later. The song went on to reach number one in the U.S.

1964: Elvis Presley’s fourteenth movie Kissin’ Cousins was released in the U.S.




Birthdays:

David Gilmour - Guitarist & singer for Pink Floyd born in 1946