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Food Holidays: September 29th, 2022
Welcome to our series featuring Food Holidays: September 29th, 2022. Did you know today is National Souffle Potato Day. I don’t know about you but I don’t think I’ve ever had Souffle Potatoes. Have you?’ National Soufflé Potato Day* Five Food Finds about Soufflé Potatoes Souffle Potatoes, also known as Pommes Souffles or Potato Puffs, are a type of fried Potato. Souffle Potato was created by French Chef Jean-Louis-Francois Collinet completely by accident, sometime in the 1830s. Souffle Potatoes are fried once to seal the outside, then fried again at a higher temperature, causing the steam inside to puff them up like balloons. The hand-cut Souffle Potatoes are often accompanied by Bearnaise…
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Bone By Bone
I received the book Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing written by Geralyn S. RItter in exchange for this review. There are books that are hard for me to read for different reasons and Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing was one of those books. It put me back into the hospital the night my daughter passed away. The doctors and nurses were dealing with a tragedy they weren’t expecting. A 16 year old girl. There is still questions about Suzzane’s passing that I will never have the answers to. Which is the LORDS will but it doesn’t make it any easier. After opening…
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Political Discussions In The Classroom
Political Discussions In The Classroom Dr. Suzanne Barchers, Education Advisor/Vice President of Curriculum at Lingokids 1. Is there a line to discussing political issues? Before embarking on any discussion of politics, determine what your district’s policy is. Keep good records of your discussions if you do undertake a discussion of politics. One good strategy is to build a foundation based on our country’s historical and political underpinnings. When I was homeschooling my granddaughter in grade five (during Covid), I planned our fall curriculum to include history lessons about the electoral college and how this process works. We studied the platforms of the two major parties: Republicans and Democrats. Then we…








