Posted on 10/14/2024 7:01:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL REAL SUGAR DAY | October 14
October 14 is National Real Sugar Day and we celebrate the people who harvest sugar crops and learn about it's origins. We also learn how to balance a healthy diet, while enjoying enjoy food made with real sugar.
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Today, we dedicate the entire day to celebrating the gold standard of sweetness on National Real Sugar Day. In a March 2021 survey, 1,500 U.S. consumers were asked to name any ingredients that makes food or beverages more enjoyable to eat or drink. Of course, sugar came in as the number one ingredient. Not only does real sugar provide our food with amazing flavor, aroma, color, and texture, it is also available to anyone who wants to make their life a little sweeter.
The real sugar we stock in our pantries and use in many of our favorite recipes is grown by sugar beet and sugar cane farmers across the United States. Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that provides energy when you need it. In fact, glucose is the building block of most carbohydrates and is a key fuel source for the body. In addition, real sugar is essential for the brain, muscles, and other organs to property function.
Real Sweetness
What is real sugar? Real sugar comes from sugar beets and sugar cane plants through photosynthesis. After harvest, sugar plants are taken to facilities to extract and package the sugar for use in our kitchens. In addition, sugar plants also contain molasses, which is found naturally in the sugar plants. When molasses is washed away from the real sugar, the result is brown sugar. Interestingly, when you leave the molasses on the sugar plants, the result is also brown sugar.
“A healthy dietary pattern limits added sugars to less than 10 percent of calories per day.” ~Dietary Guidelines for Americans
How much sugar can you consume? A healthy lifestyle is about maintaining a balanced diet, which includes proper physical activity and avoiding anything in excess. A healthy balance means being able to enjoy real sugar in nutritious foods, and occasionally sweets and treats.
A SWEET CELEBRATION
Bake or cook something with real sugar and share with your family and friends.
Visit a sugar beet or sugar cane harvest to learn how sugar cane is processed.
Share your favorite sweet recipe.
Host a baking day with your friends to make all of your favorite sweet treats.
Teach your class about where real sugar comes from.
Identify the closest state to you where sugar is grown.
Share your real sugar creations on social media by posting photos and tagging #NationalRealSugarDay.
MEET THE FOUNDER
In 2022, National Day Calendar welcomed the Sugar Association, Inc. to the National Day Calendar Founder Family. National Real Sugar Day was born to be celebrated each year on October 14.
Real Sugar Day Logo color The Sugar Association consists of 14 member companies across 17 states that proudly grow, extract, and deliver the real sugar to the American public.
The Sweet History of Sugar
Sugar has been around for thousands of years and is one of the oldest commodities in the world. In fact, early documentation about domestication of sugar cane dates back to 8000 BC in Papua New Guinea. According to records, the indigenous people would chew on it raw. From there, it spread across the globe.
Sugar was crystallized in India for the first time around 350 CE. During this time, sugar was used to treat indigestion and stomach ailments by both Roman and Greek civilizations. Between 640-900 CE, the Chinese began developing cultivation techniques to grow and harvest sugar. However, the export of sugar would not reach Europe until around 1101 CE.
A Growing Industry
As the sugar industry grew, so did the invention of sugar cane presses to extract sugar more easily. In 1550, over 3,000 sugar mills were open in the Caribbean and South America. By 1751, sugar cane would enter Louisiana, making it the final sugar colony in the U.S. However, the discovery of beet sugar by German chemist Andreas Marggraf in 1747 would not reach the U.S. for another 100 years.
In 1890, the first commercial sugar beet factories would open in the U.S. Interestingly, the mechanization of sugar cane cultivation began when 16 whole stalk harvesters were successfully used to harvest cane in Louisiana in 1938. Around 1946, machines would cut over 63% of the sugar crop in Louisiana.
Today, real sugar grows from coast to coast and border to border of the United States. In fact, sugar cane is grown in three states: Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. In addition, 11 states grow beats: California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. While it was once so valuable that people kept it locked in a sugar safe, advancements in extracting sugar from plants have made this versatile ingredient available to everyone.
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NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER 14
William Penn (1644-1718) - Founder of Pennsylvania.
Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) - Signed the Declaration of Independence.
Preston King (1806-1865) - Key member of the Free Soil Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery.
Ellison Capers (1837-1908) - Brigadier General for the Confederate Army.
James Sidney Robinson (1827-1892) - Major General for the Union Army.
Joe Start (1842-1927) - Baseball player who played a significant role in establishing rules for professional baseball.
John William Kendrick (1853-1924) - Engineer who was responsible for contemporary management and rules for the railroad.
Elwood Haynes (1857-1925) - Automotive pioneer who built one of first automobiles.
Julia A . Ames (1861-1891) - Author of children books, including The Little Sister (1887) and The Cradle of the Sky (1890).
Ray Ewry (1873-1937) - Olympic track and field athlete who won 8 Olympic golds during his career.
Clarence Muse (1889-1979) - Acclaimed Black actor, screenwriter and director who helped open doors for future Black actors.
Lillian Gish (1893-1993) - Silent film actress best known for her role in Birth of a Nation.
E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) - Famous poet whose works include I carry your heart with me... and Tulips & Chimneys.
Alan Washbond (1899-1965) - Two-man bobsled and Olympic gold winner in the 1932 Olympics.
Red McKenzie (1899-1948) - American jazz singer who played music with a comb and tissue-paper.
Allan Jones (1907-1992) - Notable actor and singer of musicals during the Golden Age of Hollywood era.
Edward L. Feightner (1919-2020) - Strategic Naval rear-admiral who flew as a flying ace during WWII.
Robert Webber (1924-1989) - Actor known for his roles in 12 Angry Men and 79 Park Avenue.
Lawrence Herkimer (1925-2015) - Inventor of the pom-pom and founder of the National Cheerleading Association.
Bill Justis (1926-1982) - Rock and roll saxophone player known for his musical instrument talents in Raunchy.
Gary Graffman (1928-Still Living) - Prestigious classical pianist.
Melba Montgomery (1938-Still Living) - Country music singer of the song No Charge.
John Dean (1938-Still Living) - Prosecution witness during Watergate author, and political commentator.
Ralph Lauren (1939-Still Living) - Famous fashion designer, entrepreneur, and executive of Chaps and Polo Ralph Lauren.
J. C. Snead (1940-Still Living) - Golfer who won 8 PGA Tour titles and was a Masters runner-up.
Pat Finley (1940-Still Living) - Actress best known as Ellen Hartley on the The Bob Newhart Show.
David Ruprecht (1948-Still Living) - Game show host of Supermarket Sweep.
Joey Travolta (1950-Still Living) - Actor, director, and producer who is also a brother to John Travolta.
Harry Anderson (1952-2018) - Actor known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on Night Court.
A.J. Pero (1959-2015) - Drummer of Twisted Sister.
Isaac Mizrahi (1961-Still Living) - Fashion designer and TV host.
Melanie Wilson (1961-Still Living) - Actress known for her role as Jennifer in Perfect Strangers.
Jon Seda (1970-Still Living) - Actor with credits for his roles in Homicide: Life on the Street and Chicago.
George Floyd (1973-2020) - Bouncer who was murdered while being restrained while in police custody.
Natalie Maines (1974-Still Living) - Country music singer/musician of the The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks).
Usher (1978-Still Living) - R&B Singer.
Rowan Blanchard (2001-Still Living) - Activist and actress in Girl Meets World.
MEMORABLE EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 14
1656 - The first religious persecution occurs when the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts legislation against the Quakers (Religious Society of Friends).
1774 - Representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies meet to form the First Continental Congress to begin denouncing the British Parliament in America.
1834 - Henry Blair becomes the first Black person to be granted a US patent for a corn planter.
1834 - The Whigs and Democrats in Philadelphia stage a gun, stone and brick battle for control of an election in Moyamensing Township.
1862 - Pitcher James Creighton ruptures bladder while hitting a home-run. Sadly he died a few days later.
1863 - Confederate troops fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.
1865 - The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes sign peace treaty which results in both tribes being chased out Colorado.
1884 - George Eastman receives a patent for his new photographic film invention.
1893 - Harry Wright (Cincinnati Red Stocking) suggests umps keep ball-strike counts a secret from players and fans to increase anticipation of what was happening on the field.
1908 - The Chicago Cubs (2) win the World Series against the Detroit Tigers (0).
1910 - Aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on near the White House in Washington, D.C.
1912 - Former president Theodore Roosevelt delivers a scheduled speech after being shot and wounded by John Flammang Schrank.
1916 - Sophomore Paul Robeson is removed from the roster after two football teams (Washington) and (Lee University) refuse to play a black person.
1922 - The first automated telephones are installed in NYC and Pennsylvania.
1922 - The shoe store Thom McAn opens in NYC.
1930 - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's musical "Girl Crazy" starring Ginger 1943 - The U.S. Air Force loses 60 planes during the second raid on Schweinfurt.
1947 - Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound traveling approximately 700 mph.
1949 - The U.S. convicts 11 defendants of conspiring to overthrow of the federal government.
1953 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower makes a promise to terminate any federal worker for taking the 5th Amendment when questioning whether they are affiliated with the communist party.
1957 - Wake Up Little Suzie (Everly Brothers) reaches #1 on the Billboard Charts.
1958 - For the first time in history, the District of Columbia Bar Association accepts Blacks as members of the bar.
1960 - John F. Kennedy suggests creating the Peace Corps during a speech at the University of Michigan.
1962 - The U.S. launches planes to locate missile launchers in Cuba.
1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent approach in racial inequality.
1964 - Bill Mills becomes the first American to win the 10,000 meter race.
1964 - Baseball legends Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle both hit home runs on back-to-back pitches.
1966 - About 175 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam to officially mark their involvement in the Vietnam War.
1968 - NASA televises the first broadcast of astronauts in orbit.
1971 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show to talk about their social views, including their thoughts on troops in Vietnam.
1975 - President Gerald Ford's limo is broadsided.
1977 - The rock band Kiss releases their second live album, Alive II.
1978 - Rescue from Gilligan's Island premiers on T.V.
1979 - Nearly 100,000 people march in Washington in support of gay and lesbian rights.
1980 - Presidential Ronald Reagan nominates a female to the Supreme Court.
1981 - Amnesty International accuses and charges the U.S. government for holding Richard Marshall (American Indian Movement) as a political prisoner.
1982 - The War on Drugs is proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan.
1985 - Football legend Joe Namath retires on National TV during the Monday night game.
1994 - NASA's Magellan burns up in atmosphere.
1998 - Eric Rudolph is charged in federal court for six bombings.
2019 - Margaret Atwood become the first black woman to win the Booker Prize.
2020 - A NY auction house sells a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio $9.98 million.
2020 - Scientists create the first room-temperature superconductor.
2021 - Nearly 10,000 employees go on strike at John Deere.
2022 - Rock band Jefferson Airplane receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Pixie sticks and rock candy were my go-to. Sugar cubes, also.
I hated Pixie Stix!.....................
LOL! Math is hard.
Okay, Sweet Tarts. Same thing.
I hate cotton candy.
Spun Sugar.
Amen, Amen, Amen.
One of the main reasons I am addicted to Sees candy and bring it for gifts for my East Coast relatives, they use real sugar ONLY for their candy.
We had a family gathering and everyone had to name their favorite candy - Three Musketeers, Twixt, etc. - Those are made with corn syrup and other sugar substitutes and the flavor is compromised, IMO.
My answer was “Sees or nothing.” And I stand by that answer.
Didn’t like them either!..............
I was hoping to go to this event on 26th. My cousin and her hubby help with it every year, but my car is going in shop today and may not be ready in time...sigh
https://www.leecountyhistoricalsociety.org/syrup-soppin
Loachapoka Syrup Sopping Festival
From WIKI:
Government
Loachapoka is governed by a mayor and five town council members. However, in the most recent municipal election (2016), no incumbents submitted the qualifying paperwork to run for re-election. Therefore, the only citizen that did qualify for the ballot became mayor-elect, as per state law, and this was confirmed by the AL Director of Elections.[3] When the mayor-elect brought the issue to light, several town, county and state officials worked together in a poorly hatched plan to improperly disqualify the only candidate to follow the law for qualification, as referenced in several newspaper articles and audio recordings of town hall meetings.[3][4][5] The corruption portrayed in this series of events reflects a pattern of politics in Alabama that has been commonplace for many years, as reported in the Harvard Political Review.[6]
Bkmk
What happens when your daughter is on a sugar rush?
OR
What happens when YOU’RE on a sugar rush.
;)
When I was little we used pixie stix mixed in water to make pretend tea. Yeah, it was gross, but we pretended to like it anyway.
I thought it was great when I was a kid, and I tried it once as an adult. Hoo boy! That was nasty!
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