There are at least two stories about the original eggs Benedict, though both date to 1890’s New York City. One story names Delmonico’s as the point of origin, in 1893. A Mrs LeGrand Benedict (and possibly her husband) were tired of the usual fare at the restaurant, and negotiated the new dish with the help of the maître d’hôtel.

The more interesting story credits Mr Lemuel Benedict, who requested toast, bacon, poached eggs, and a small pitcher of hollandaise to help treat a hangover one morning in 1894 at the Waldorf-Astoria. If true, Mr Benedict also appears to have been the first to recognize the therapeutic effects of eggs Benedict.

So, take your pick: 1893 or 1894, downtown or midtown, restaurant or hotel, wife of the elite or Wall Street broker, fighting tedium or fighting intoxication.










On this day:

1307 - The story of William Tell shooting the apple off of his young son’s noggin is said to have taken place on this day.

1626 - St. Peter’s Basilica was dedicated in Rome by Urban VIII.

1894 - The "New York World" published the first colored Sunday comic.

1919 - One of the first ticker-tape parades was held -- to welcome the Prince of Wales to New York City.

1928 - Walt Disney debuted his talking, animated cartoon, "Steamboat Willie", at the Colony Theatre in New York. The short film featured a character who had been named Mortimer. Walt changed the name to Mickey Mouse.



1932 - For the first time, a tie occurred for the Best Actor Academy Award. Wallace Beery and Fredric March were only one vote apart so it was ruled a tie. March received an Oscar for his performance in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and Beery for his role in "The Champ". March thought it rather funny that the two were honored for ‘best male performance of the year’ when they each had adopted a child that year.

1942 - Thornton Wilder’s play, "The Skin of Our Teeth", opened in New York City. It starred Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Montgomery Clift and E.G. Marshall.

1951 - Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly launched one of the most highly-praised TV productions in history. "See It Now" debuted on CBS.

1970 - Nobel Prize-winner Linus Pauling declared that large doses of Vitamin C could ward off the common cold.

1978 - The worst case of murder-suicide in history took place in Jonestown, Guyana. Religious-cult leader Jim Jones directed the ingestion of cyanide-laced Kool-Aid by at least 900 of his followers. He and his mistress then followed suit. Earlier in the day, Jones had directed the murder of California Congressman Leo J. Ryan, three newspeople and several ‘defectors’.

1986 - For the first time since his departure from his own late-night TV show, Jack Paar was a guest of Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show". One of TV’s great lines came from the show, when Carson quipped (after one of Paar’s long, long spiels), “Why is it that I feel I’m guesting on your show?”

1986 - Roger Clemens was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player. He was the first American League starter to be so named in 15 years. The Boston Red Sox hurler won the honor one week after earning the Cy Young Award.

1997 - Two Willem de Kooning paintings topped the lots at Christie's blue-chip contemporary sale in New York City. "Two Standing Women" (1949), sold for $4,182,500 and "Woman (Blue Eyes)" (1953), which went for about $2 million.

1997 - The Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays begin taking shape with 35 selections apiece in baseball’s expansion draft. Both the Diamondbacks and Devil Rays began their baseball lives with sufficient funds to contend quickly.




In 1959, Ballard's song, "The Twist," was released. A year later Chubby Checker's version went to #1 on the pop charts. This brought renewed interest in Ballard and The Midnighters, but it lasted only a few years. The group dissolved in 1965. Ballard later re-formed The Midnighters and toured from the mid 1980's til 2002. Hank always thanked Chubby Checker and Dick Clark for popularizing "The Twist." In 1990, Hank Ballard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Wonderful intro, AN~Love the clickies!

Spellbinders

Hi everybody,

Here's some entertainment. Enjoy!

oh I loved it, Bama!
But then anything that resembles dancing...

Fantastic, AN.
I liked all the clickies too.
The hangover one yielded this one on the side.



Breakfast looks good. Unfortunately it will be a few days before I'm eating solids as a had a tooth pulled today.
Yuck.
Sigh, it seems I continue to have a life long "relationship" with my oral surgeon.
I practically consider him and my dentist my primary care givers. It's the only area I ever need medical care.