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*** A WORD FROM THE KITCHEN ***
I have to keep the Mom's Day recipes coming next week so
here is another keeper for you too for STRAWBERRY STUFFED
FRENCH TOAST that is most indulgent with a side of sausages.
And you can make enough for the whole family so Mom doesn't
have to eat alone.
Enjoy!
Marzee
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RECIPE: STRAWBERRY STUFFED FRENCH TOAST
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INGREDIENTS:
1 cup sliced strawberries
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. lemon zest
4 T sugar
4 - 1" thick slices of French bread
1 cup low fat milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. baking powder
4 egg whites
2 eggs
3 tsp. butter
fresh strawberries
strawberry or maple syrup
DIRECTIONS:
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together the 1 cup of
strawberries, the lemon juice and zest and 2 T sugar. Set
aside. Cut bread slices in half and cut a slit in each
slice to form a pocket. Stuff with strawberries, secure
with toothpicks. Place slices in a 13" X 9" greased or
buttered baking dish. In a saucepan, combine milk, sugar,
vanilla, baking powder and eggs. Mix well. Pour over stuffed
bread, turning to coat. Chill for 30-60 minutes, turning
bread pieces occasionally. Grease another 13" X 9" inch
baking pan. Move bread pieces to this second pan and bake
for 3-6 minutes on each side. Serve warm with syrup and
additional strawberries.
Yield: 4 Servings
Category: Breakfast, Brunch, Special Occasions
http://www.thedailyrecipe.com
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IS MOTHER's DAY A HALLMARK CREATED HOLIDAY?
Some interesting factoids....
Contrary to popular belief, Mothers' Day was not conceived
and fine-tuned in the boardroom of Hallmark.
In the United States Mothers' Day started nearly 150 years
ago, when Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized
a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her
community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by
mothers. She called it "Mothers' Work Day."
Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, pacifist,
suffragist, and author of the lyrics to the "Battle Hymn of
the Republic," organized a day encouraging mothers to rally
for peace, since she believed they bore the loss of human
life more harshly than anyone else.
In 1905 when Anna Jarvis died, her daughter, also named Anna,
began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother.
Legend has it that young Anna remembered a Sunday school
lesson that her mother gave in which she said, "I hope and
pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mothers'
day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers."
Anna began to lobby prominent businessmen like John
Wannamaker, and politicians including Presidents Taft and
Roosevelt to support her campaign to create a special day
to honour mothers. At one of the first services organized
to celebrate Anna's mother in 1908, at her church in West
Virginia, Anna handed out her mother's favorite flower, the
white carnation. Five years later, the House of Representatives
adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal
government to wear white carnations on Mothers' Day. In 1914
Anna's hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill
recognizing Mothers' Day as a national holiday.
At first, people observed Mothers' Day by attending church,
writing letters to their mothers, and eventually, by sending
cards, presents, and flowers. With the increasing gift-giving
activity associated with Mothers' Day, Anna Jarvis became
enraged. She believed that the day's sentiment was being
sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit. In 1923 she
filed a lawsuit to stop a Mothers' Day festival, and was even
arrested for disturbing the peace at a convention selling
carnations for a war mother's group. Before her death in 1948,
Jarvis is said to have confessed that she regretted ever
starting the mothers' day tradition.
Despite Jarvis's misgivings, Mothers' Day has flourished. In
fact, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular
day of the year to dine out, and telephone lines record their
highest traffic, as sons and daughters everywhere take
advantage of this day to honor and to express appreciation
of their mothers.