COVID-19 Virus Shutdown, Day 54

I channeled my 1950s hostess today and made celery sticks with cream cheese and walnuts.

I needed a veggie to go with my artichoke chicken and saffron rice

I've ordered a lot of blueberries, so I am thinking to make something with it.
There's blueberry buckle that I know is good. Something like this:


                                     

Or blueberry popsicles.  I haven't made either one before.

                                        


Then there is this lemon blueberry cake.

                                                

While looking around for blueberry recipes, I came across some interesting food facts.

10 Crazy Food Facts

1. Did you know that one fast food burger can have meat from 100 different cows?
2. Processed cheese is thought of as an American product, but it was actually invented in Switzerland.
3. Cheese is the most stolen food in the world. In fact, it’s stolen so much it has its own percentage! About 4% of all cheese made around the globe ends up stolen. There’s even a black market for cheese!
4. The famous Three Musketeers candy bar originally had vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate flavors in one! However, during World War II, they changed to only chocolate due to rations.
5. Mountain Dew contains orange juice. It is the third ingredient in the list. 
6. Chimichanga means “thingamajig”. Considered to be Mexican food, chimichangas actually originated from Tucson, Arizona. The name was coined in the 50’s by a cook who was trying not to curse in front of kids.
7. Tonic water glows in the dark.Quinine is the component of tonic water which is what causes the glow.
8. Eskimos use refrigerators to stop their food from freezing.In order to prevent food from freezing, eskimo’s need refrigerators to keep it from getting too cold.
9. Some produce in the U.S. is too ugly to sell. Specifically, a whopping 40% of produce grown is never sold just because it’s too ugly. Because consumers won’t buy imperfect fruits or veggies, grocery stores in turn refuse to stock them. (This is one of the reasons why "imperfect foods" company is in business)
10. It’s impossible to cook an egg on a sidewalk.The highest temperature ever recorded was 131 Fahrenheit. In order to cook an egg on a sidewalk, it would need to be 158 degrees.Even with the reflection of heat, concrete is not a good heat conductor so you wouldn’t be able to cook an egg!

If you liked that , here you can find 90 more! 

https://www.thefactsite.com/100-random-food-facts/

For those of you growing seedlings and have begun hardening them off, make sure you skip friday, we might see some snowflakes. And Friday night we are definitely getting a hard freeze.

I started  some celery stems and cauliflower, although i'm fairly certain the cauliflower won't grow, just like the broccoli didnt. And still no root on my romaine lettuce. But i will have a bunch of onions!

I did find that my asparagus had peeked out! Just an inch or so, but I'll have to make sure to harvest before friday.

Hope that you are having a relaxing evening.
Stay safe, sane and healthy!
Vicky