Monday 30 May 2016

4th Of July Recipes: 4 Easy Patriotic Menu Ideas To Make On The Fourth Of July


 President Barack Obama prepares to eat as he visits the Dooky Chase restaurant in New Orleans February 7, 2008.
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What better way to observe 238th birthday is ’sed by our nation than serving four well known patriotic dishes this Fourth of July? Direct from historical files, this roundup of genuine dishes and government sites, including Senator’s Favorite Crab Cakes, Senate Bean Soup, Presidential Mac & Cheese and White House Cookies, is certain to be a success at any Independence Day party.

Without further ado, here are the recipes for four simple-to- patriotic menu, make ideas for this July Fourth:

SENATE BEAN SOUP

It might be July, but you might want to consider cooking up some Senate Bean Soup, if you want your Fourth of July celebration menu to follow convention. According to the United States Senate, this substantial concoction, including beans, ham (and sometimes even mashed potatoes!) After being requested by Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho has been a forte in the Senate’s restaurant since the early 20th century.



Set the navy beans (washed until white) and the ham hocks into a pot with four quarts of hot water. Let the proteins simmer for three hours. Remove the ham hocks, after the time is up and set aside to cool before dicing the meat and returning it into the soup. Next, chop up your onion and lightly brown the pieces before adding it to the soup. Let the mixture to boil, and add pepper and salt to taste before serving.

What's a good ole American meal without a little New England shellfish?

(Serves 6.)

To make Mikulski’s favorite dish this holiday, begin by whipping the egg. Then remove the crust in the bread and break into little pieces. Add the bread sections to the egg batter. Add in seasonings, mustard, and the Mayo. Whip the ingredients together. Area crabmeat into another bowl and pour the egg mixture over the top. Lightly toss the ingredients together without breaking up the crabmeat.

After your concoction is made, form the cake into 3-inch round, 3/4-inch thick patties. Allow the cakes to sit in the refrigerator for a minimum of 45 minutes. After your cakes have sat and are formed, put the cakes under the broiler for 10 minutes (4 to 5 minutes on each side) or until satisfactorily browned before serving.





 President Barack Obama prepares to eat as he visits the Dooky Chase restaurant in New Orleans February 7, 2008.
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PRESIDENTIAL MAC & CHEESE


Mrs. Truman’s (handwritten!)

To make this presidential noodle dish, start by draining and cooking the macaroni until it is tender. Put cooked layer of mac into a baking dish and add the cheese in layers, until all the things are used repeating. Next, mix the milk, egg and butter together in a seperate bowl before adding the mixture.

WHITE HOUSE COOKIES

Why wait to make the White House’s famous Ginger Crinkles? Follow the White House Pastry Kitchen’s recipe, if you desire to stop your Fourth of July bash on a sweet note.

(Makes 30-36 biscuits.)

Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a big mixing bowl, whip brown sugar, the butter, eggs, molasses and fresh ginger until creamy. Combine flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon and salt in a small mixing bowl. Combine both mixtures. Using a small spoon, scoop the batter into small balls and dip each into the sugar before putting each on a parchment-lined baking sheet, sugar side up. Bake each batch for 12 minutes (less if you enjoy your cookies chewy). Allow the cookies to rest for 2 minutes.

Sunday 29 May 2016

Fourth of July Quotes

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We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind throughout the planet earth.
John Adams (1735–1826)

That these united colonies are, and of right must be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown; and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
There, I guess King George will have the ability to read that.
John Hancock (1737–1793)

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. We may easily carry the latter, if we can remove the former.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

Liberty cannot be maintained without a general knowledge among individuals, who have a right…and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers.
John Adams (1735–1826)

While Gen'l Howe with a Large Armament is progressing towards N. York, our Congress resolved to Declare the United Colonies free and Independent States. A Declaration for this Goal, I anticipate, will this day pass Congress... It's gone so far that we must be a free independent State, or a Beaten Nation.
Abraham Clark (1726–1794)

The strongest reason for the people is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

I 'm well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it'll cost us to keep this declaration, and support and defend these states. I could see that the ending is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance.
John Adams (1735–1826)

Equal and exact justice to all guys…freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected,these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)


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27 Awe-Inspiring Quotes About Freedom for Independence Day (and Every Day)


 27 Awe-Inspiring Quotes About Freedom for Independence Day (and Every Day):

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Independence Day is among the greatest American holidays, both for what we observe and it is celebrated by us.

It is not difficult, yet, to misconstrue how hard it was to develop our independence 239 years past, and to take freedom for granted. The Revolutionary War was expensive and long the second-longest battle in American history.

So by all means, host a bbq, march in a parade, have head to the shore, a couple of beers, light some fireworks off. I and my family will be there with you. Here are a few of the best things ever said about liberty-- some amusing, some touching, some rebellious --to get you thinking.

(By the way, are you aware the Founding Fathers were not only great leaders? They were additionally accurate entrepreneurs.)


3. "The lone way to take care of an unfree world would be to become so completely free that the very existence is an act of rebellion."
--Albert Camus

4. "Liberty is never over one generation away from extinction. We did not pass it to our kids in the bloodstream.
--Ronald Reagan

6. "Liberty never come from your authorities. Liberty has always come in the issues of it.
--Woodrow Wilson

7. "For to be free just isn't only to cast off one's chains, but to live in a manner that honors and enhances the independence of others."
--Nelson Mandela

8. "I tend not to agree with what you need to say, but I Will defend to the death your right to say it."
--Voltaire

11. The second is freedom of every man to worship God in his own way on earth.
--Franklin Roosevelt

12. "Liberty is based on being bold."
--Robert Frost

13. "Some birds will not be supposed to be caged, that is all. Their feathers are overly vivid, their songs wild and overly sweet. So you let them go, or they fly out past you when you open the cage to feed them.

15. "Freedoms are not given, they're chosen."
--Aldous Huxley

17. "I never said, 'I are interested in being alone.' I just said, 'I desire to be!' There's all the difference."
--Greta Garbo

18. "Nothing is more challenging, and therefore more valuable, than to have the capacity to determine."
--Napoleon Bonaparte

19. "A buddy is someone who gives you complete freedom to be yourself."
--Jim Morrison

21. "If you are not prepared to perish because of it, place the word 'independence' out of your vocabulary."
--Malcolm X

26. "We hold our heads high, despite the cost we've paid, because independence is priceless."
--Lech Walesa

27. "Live free or die: Death just isn't the worst of evils."
--General John Stark

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Individuals who expect to reap the blessings of liberty, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ~ Thomas Paine


He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent which will reach himself. ~ Thomas Paine


This nation will remain the property of the free only so long as it's the home of the brave. ~ Elmer Davis


The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation Woodrow Wilson


Liberty is always dangerous, but it's the safest thing we have. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick


Let liberty never perish in your hands. ~ Joseph Addison


You need to love a country that celebrates its autonomy every July 4, not with a parade of firearms, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a display of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may be thinking you have overeaten, but it's patriotism. ~ Erma Bombeck


Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of guys and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life giving roots, it is going to wither and die. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower


In the truest sense, independence cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. ~


A few calculations were made by a statistician and discovered that since the arrival of our nation more lives were lost in observing autonomy than in winning it. ~ Curtis Billings


The natal day of freedom is here.
Fire the guns and yell for freedom,
See the flag above unfurled!
Hail the stars and stripes forever,
Most beloved flag in all the world.
This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was at first. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we're not weak enough to keep the beliefs. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson


For what avail the plough or sail, or property or life, if freedom fail? ~


That which distinguishes this day from all others is that subsequently artillerymen and orators shoot on blank cartridges. ~ Journal, John Burroughs


Individuals who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. ~ Louis D. Brandeis


Liberty is nothing but a chance to be better. ~ Albert Camus


It's easy to take liberty for granted, when you've never had it taken from you Writer unknown, occasionally caused by M. Grundler


Liberty is the breath of life to states. ~ George Bernard Shaw


America is much more when compared to a geographical fact. It really is a moral and political fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality. ~ Adlai Stevenson


May the sun in his path visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own nation! ~ Daniel Webster


We on this continent shouldn't ever forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to locate soil due to their souls. ~ but to procure liberty due to their ploughs


If our country is worth dying for in time of war let's work out that it's truly worth living for in time of peace. ~ Hamilton Fish


I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery. ~ Author Unknown


I adore my liberty. I love my America. ~ Jessi Lane Adams




Without independence, no one actually has a name. ~ Milton Acorda


Where liberty dwells, there is my nation. ~ Benjamin Franklin


All we have of freedom, all we use or understand -
This our fathers bought for us.
~ Rudyard Kipling, 1899, The Old Problem


Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men fear it. ~ George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, "Maxims: Freedom and Equality," 1905


It's the love of country that's lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism. ~ J. Horace McFarland


The winds that blow through the broad heavens the winds that brush from Canada to Mexico, in these mountains, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have consistently blown on men that are free. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt


I wish that every human life might be pure transparent independence. ~ Simone de Beauvoir


The United States is the only nation with a birthday. ~ that is known


Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they can be fit to use their liberty. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved to not go into the water till he had learned to swim. ~ Thomas Macaulay


Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
~John Dickinson


We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ~ William Faulkner


In childhood the day consistently fails too soon —except when there are likely to be fireworks; and then sunlight dawdles intolerably on the brink like a tedious guest. ~ tεᖇᖇ¡·g]


[F]ireworks had for her allure that is bewitching and a direct. Their draw was less simple than that of every other type of art. They had pattern and sequence, colour and sound, brilliance and freedom; they'd suspense, surprise, and a faint hint of danger; above all, they'd the supreme quality of transience, which sets the sharpest border on beauty and makes it touch some spring in the heart which more enduring excellences cannot reach. ~ Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s [Notice: In its initial context, this excerpt is referring to fireworks on Guy Fawkes' Day, not the U.S.A. Independence Day. — tεᖇᖇ¡·g]


There was one exploding now, a fragile constellation of many-coloured stars which drifted down and lingered in the still air.... The closing rocket went up, a really large one, a piece of reckless extravagance. Its sibilant uprush was remarkable, dragonlike; it soared double as high as any they had had before.... The sparks from your rocket came pouring the sky vanishing one by one, in a slow golden cascade down into a lake of darkness. ~ Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s [Notice: In its original context, this excerpt is referring to fireworks on Guy Fawkes' Day, not the U.S.A. Independence Day. — tεᖇᖇ¡·g]


My God! Thomas Jefferson


What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from." ~Marilyn vos Savant, in Parade


How frequently we fail to recognize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is significantly more than a dearth of tragedy. ~ Paul Sweeney


From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring.
We need an America with the wisdom of expertise. But we mustn't let America grow old in spirit. ~


Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not ~ Abraham Lincoln


Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. ~ Moshe Dayan


And I am proud to be an American,
Where I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
Who gave me that right.
~Lee Greenwood


It's pleasant to serve one's country by titles, which is not foolish to serve her Sallust


Blue, white, and my patriotic heart beats red. ~ Author Unknown


Independence is not enough. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson


We're free, truly free, when we don't need to rent our arms in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths. ~ 31 May 1914, Ricardo Flores Magon, language


Independence is never free. ~ Author Unknown


There's nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what exactly is right with America. ~ William J. Clinton

The history behind the Independance day of United States of America.

In June 1776, a resolution that would declare their independence was considered by representatives of the 13 colonies subsequently fighting in the revolutionary fight. In favor of autonomy, the Continental Congress voted on July 2nd, and its delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historical record drafted by Thomas Jefferson two days after. From 1776 July 4th has been observed as the birth of American independence, with typical festivities including concerts, parades and fireworks to more casual family parties and bbq.
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The Arrival of American Independence:

Few colonists wanted entire autonomy from Great Britain when the first conflicts in the Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, and were considered extreme. By the center of the next year, nevertheless, many more colonists had come to favor autonomy, thanks to the spread of revolutionary thoughts like those expressed in Thomas Paine ” printed in early 1776 and growing hostility against Britain.

Are You Aware?

John Adams would apparently turn down invitations to appear at July 4th occasions in demonstration, and believed that July 2nd was the right date where to observe the arrival of American independence. Thomas Jefferson and Adams both died the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

On July 2nd, the Continental Congress voted in favor of Lee’s resolution for autonomy in a near-unanimous vote (the Ny delegation abstained, but afterwards voted affirmatively). John Adams wrote the celebration should contain “Pomp and Parade… and that July 2 “will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival” Sports, Games, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of the Continent to the other.” On July 4th, the Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, which had been written mostly by Jefferson. Although the vote for freedom that was real occurred from then on the 4th became the day that has been observed as the birth of American independence.

Fourth of July Parties


In the pre-Revolutionary years, colonists had held yearly parties of the king’s birthday, which comprised the ringing of bells, bonfires, processions and speechmaking. By comparison some colonists celebrated the arrival of freedom by holding mock funerals as a way of symbolizing the ending of the success of autonomy and the monarchy’s hold on America. Festivities including the fire of cannons and muskets, bonfires, parades and concerts generally accompanied the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence, starting promptly after its adoption. While Congress was still occupied with the on-going war, Philadelphia held the first yearly commemoration of independence on July 4, 1777.

Americans continued to commemorate annually, in parties that enabled the new country’s emerging political leaders create a sense of unity and to address citizens. By the last decade of the 18th century, both leading political parties–Federalists and Democratic-Republicans–that had sprung up started holding separate Independence Day celebrations in many big cities.
The custom of patriotic party became more prevalent after the War of 1812, in which Great Britain was faced by the Usa. Over time, the political significance of the holiday would fall, but Independence Day stayed a symbol of patriotism and an important national holiday.

Dropping in midsummer, the Fourth of July has become an important focus of leisure activities and a typical event for family get-togethers, frequently including outdoor grills and fireworks.

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