DailyInbox: DIB Presents - 10-11-04 - Southwestern Sweet Potato Cakes

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If you can't read this or the formatting is incorrect, please go to http://www.dailyinbox.com. . DailyInbox Presents Knowledge, Insight, Fun and Food for October 11, 2004 .         DailyInbox Also Presents: * Chicken Soup for the Soul * Heloise's Hints * From the Masters * America in Uniform * Trivia * Bible Verses Good Housekeeping's Site of the Day The Mariners' Museum � Age of Exploration, Christopher Columbus http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ageofex/columbus.php Christopher Columbus's sailors aboard the Pinta sighted the Bahamian island of Guanahani on October 12, 1492.  The first recorded celebration of this event was held on October 12, 1972, three hundred years after Columbus's landing in the 'New World.'  On the 400th anniversary of the landing, President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation urging Americans to 'mark the day.'  Now 512 years later we still commemorate Columbus's landing by observing Columbus Day on the second Monday in October, today in fact.  The Mariners' Museum's Age of Exploration Online Curriculum Guide covers 'maritime discovery from ancient times to Captain Cook's 1768 voyage to the South Pacific' with a section dedicated to Christopher Columbus.  You'll find facts on Columbus, his four voyages and his death.  The Mariners' Timeline puts his discovery into perspective and allows the visitor 'to trace how technological inventions and growing knowledge of the Earth and skies made possible the voyages of exploration and discovery that changed the course of history.' If the younger set finds Mariners' Museum a bit academic, Kids Domain has a well-done presentation on Columbus himself, the controversy surrounding him, the holiday, navigation of the voyages as well as general activities.  Check out http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/columbusday.html for a full briefing! To submit a specific site for us to review in Site of the Day (or to make a suggestion for a site topic), please click here. Click here for the Good Housekeeping Site of the Day Archive. Proverbs Plus Each day provides its own gifts. -- American Proverb And Then There's...   The future comes one day at a time. -- Dean Acheson Reader's Digest CyberSmiles My husband, a doctor, received an emergency call from a patient: She had a fly in her ear. He suggested an old folk remedy. "Pour warm olive oil in your ear and lie down for a couple of minutes," he said. "When you lift your head, the fly should emerge with the liquid." The patient thought that sounded like a good idea. But she had one question: "Which ear should I put the oil in?"  --Contributed to "All In a Day's Work" by Belinda Hibbert Smiles, grins & humor from the files of Reader's Digest! The Recipe File Appetizers, Salads and Breads: Southwestern Sweet Potato Cakes from Cooking by the Boot Straps... A Taste of Oklahoma Heaven INGREDIENTS: 2 sweet potatoes, peeled, coarsely grated 1 cup evaporated milk 1/2 cup pecan pieces, toasted 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1-1/2 cups flour   Olive oil or butter TO PREPARE:        Combine the sweet potatoes, evaporated milk, pecans, cilantro, eggs and cumin in a bowl and mix well.  Add the flour and stir just until moistened.      Heat a small amount of olive oil or butter in a large skillet over medium heat.  Place a spoonful of the batter in the hot skillet and press flat to make a pancake approximately 4 inches in diameter.  Add a second spoonful of batter and press flat.  Cook for about 4 minutes on each side, turning once.  Remove the pancakes to a heated platter.  Repeat the process with the remaining batter. . YIELDS:  8 pancakes Copyright 2002 The Junior Welfare League of Enid.  All rights reserved.  Visit The Junior Welfare League of Enid, Oklahoma web site (http://www.jwlofenid.com/cookbooks.htm) to purchase copies of Cooking by the Boot Straps or call the office (580)234-2665.  The previous cookbook, Stir-Ups, is also available for purchase.   Print this recipe Send this recipe to a friend Subscription Information You are subscribed with e-mail address:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] To modify your subscription information visit:  The Subscription Center To unsubscribe immediately, click here:  The Remove Page To unsubscribe using email, forward this message to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail your unsubscribe request to:   DailyInbox P.O. Box 913 Wimberley, TX 78676 View our:  Privacy Policy Contact email address:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]