On this day in 1630, Governor John Winthrop introduced the fork to America. And the obesity epidemic began.
11 thoughts on “June 25, 2016: Fork in the Road”
so I guess there is something disagreement about the timing....
The first fork in America was owned by Governor John Winthrop of Massachusetts in 1633 and was in a leather case with a knife and a bodkin. It is doubtful that Governor Winthrop used the fork in the modern custom of today. According to Wallace Nutting, in his book Vermont Beautiful (1922), the fork sent to Governor Winthrop in the Massachusetts colony was accompanied by a note that read: “A fork for the useful applycation of which I leave to your discretion.”
The PR and I saw the headwaters of the Mississippi River today.
Nice place. I'm trying to figure out how soon I'll be able to take the kids up there.
Hop skip and jump from the homeland
On the Grill In the kitchen tonight: the Boy is making salsa, the Mrs is making a bacon-spinach quiche, and I'll be making the Modern Baking microwave lemon curd to go with Meyer lemon cookies.
Mrs. SoCal and I took advantage tonight of a gift card from Junior's coach to Lucille's BBQ. Oh my.
We split a meal of barbecued tri-tip, chicken and baby back ribs (you can also get St. Louis or beef instead of baby back) along with side orders of (our choice) potato salad and mac & cheese, along with biscuits with apple butter and we also got a half order of onion straws (which was huge). The barbecue was amazing. Everything was slow roasted but not at all dry. The sliced tri-tip you could cut with a fork. The meat would just about fall off the chicken and rib bones. The sauce was terrific but nothing was dripping with it so you could still taste the smoky meat flavor. The mac & cheese and potato salad were both Southern homestyle.
Unfortunately, Lucille's is only in the Southwest so most Citizens will only be able to eat their hearts out.
St. Louis knows BBQ.
speaking of bbq, the Boy and I are making pulled pork today. Charcoal snake FTW!
so I guess there is something disagreement about the timing....
Colonial Table Manners: The Fork.
We're on a real lindstrom kick here.
We're on a real Lindström kick here.
FTFY
Scandia rulz, Lindstrom drulz.
The PR and I saw the headwaters of the Mississippi River today.
Nice place. I'm trying to figure out how soon I'll be able to take the kids up there.
Hop skip and jump from the homeland
On the GrillIn the kitchen tonight: the Boy is making salsa, the Mrs is making a bacon-spinach quiche, and I'll be making the Modern Baking microwave lemon curd to go with Meyer lemon cookies.Mrs. SoCal and I took advantage tonight of a gift card from Junior's coach to Lucille's BBQ. Oh my.
We split a meal of barbecued tri-tip, chicken and baby back ribs (you can also get St. Louis or beef instead of baby back) along with side orders of (our choice) potato salad and mac & cheese, along with biscuits with apple butter and we also got a half order of onion straws (which was huge). The barbecue was amazing. Everything was slow roasted but not at all dry. The sliced tri-tip you could cut with a fork. The meat would just about fall off the chicken and rib bones. The sauce was terrific but nothing was dripping with it so you could still taste the smoky meat flavor. The mac & cheese and potato salad were both Southern homestyle.
Unfortunately, Lucille's is only in the Southwest so most Citizens will only be able to eat their hearts out.
St. Louis knows BBQ.
speaking of bbq, the Boy and I are making pulled pork today. Charcoal snake FTW!