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A Winter in New York sounds like a cute read! :) What wonderful special days in October! :)

I have a week full of doctors and shots so I am posting this 2 days early just in case I'm too out of it for Dictionary Day on the 16th...

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. I started reading this book but then left it in Missouri when I came back to Maryland. Sad times.




Webster, who lived from 1758 to 1843, was at times a failed farmer, an uninspired teacher, a state representative, a co-founder of Amherst College, a copyright advocate and a friend of George Washington once dubbed by biographer as a “forgotten founding father.” He was also a Federalist and dedicated revolutionary who deeply loved his country.

Though the first English dictionary dates back to 1604, it was Webster and his 1828 volume that was credited with capturing the language of the new nation. Janes said, “This dictionary was the first serious articulation of American English as it was growing increasingly distinct from the British variety.”

And that was clearly Webster’s intention, as stated in the dictionary’s preface: “Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language.”

Webster was also enthusiastic about spelling reform, Janes notes. “He had more luck there than most; we have him to thank for Americanized spellings of ‘favor,’ and ‘theater’ and ‘defense'” as well as the word “Americanize” itself,” Janes says. “But he didn’t get away with ‘tung,’ ‘ake’ or dropping the final ‘e’ from words like ‘doctrine.'”

Words define languages, Janes says, and in turn languages help to define cultures and societies.

“And people define words, as the last man who tried to define them all himself knew — in the process trying also to define and distinguish his developing nation.”
https://www.washington.edu/news/2016/...

OCTOBER 31!!



Caramel Apple Pie Bombs Recipe
Cuisine: American
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Serves: 8

Caramel Apple Pie Bombs are little balls of dough filled with delicious apple pie filling and brushed with melted butter and cinnamon sugar! Easy and so delicious mini sized desserts are perfect for a single serving!

INGREDIENTS

For the Bombs:
1 (16.3-oz) can refrigerated biscuit dough
8 caramel candies
1 tablespoon butter, plus 2 tablespoons melted butter
2 apples, finely chopped
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt
For Topping:
Cinnamon sugar, optional

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INSTRUCTIONS
To make bombs:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a medium cooking dish with cooking spray

To make Apple Pie Filling:

In a medium skillet over medium high heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter
Add apples, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt and cook until apples are tender about 5 minutes, set aside
Remove biscuits from can and stretch slightly
Place 1 tablespoon of apple pie filling in the center of the dough circle and one caramel candy on top of the apples
Create a ball, pinching together the loose ends of biscuit dough
Once you have pinched the edges, gently roll the ends under into more of a ball shape
Place into cooking dish and brush with melted butter
Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and bake about 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown
Transfer bombs to a platter and serve