Wednesday, June 21, 2023

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June 21, 2023

I have hibernated during the summer for many decades, and since I moved from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Boca Raton, Florida, in 1998, my length of hibernation here in the Sunshine State has been protracted (much longer than usual). I continue my hibernation, officially starting today, although due to longstanding medical issues, I have already been mostly hibernating.

June 21, 2023

I prefer peach pie to peaches and cream.

I loved my paternal grandmother's peach pie when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. She used to boil the pits in water, remove the pits, add unflavored gelatin and a drop of red food coloring to make it pink. She then poured this mixture over the peaches in a pie shell and baked it.

WARNING: Back then, we didn't know that peach pits (and other fruit pits) contain amygdalin that can create poisonous cyanide when digested. So, do NOT boil peach pits, and do NOT put the liquid in your pie.

June 21, 2023

Smoothies were named after a brand of cigarette.





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