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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 09-26-2013 09:00 AM
Sounds like Abigail Adams or Dolley Madison?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-26-2013 10:14 AM
Good job, Laurie. It was Abigail Adams. The words are from a letter she wrote John Adams on June 10, 1778.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 10-02-2013 07:23 PM
Name the First Lady who sent the first Morse code message after inventor Samuel Morse.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 10-02-2013 07:46 PM
I'm going to guess Dolley Madison again?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 10-02-2013 08:21 PM
And Laurie, you are correct, again! Your prize:
"Dolley Madison's Soft Gingerbread ...Preserved in White House files, the recipe has been used by many another First Lady, right up to our day...
Molasses
Beef drippings (or lard)
Baking soda
Hot water
Flour
Ground ginger
Ground cinnamon
Powdered sugar.
Mix 1 cup molasses (Dolley's "receipt" specified New Orleans molasses) with 2/3 cup fresh beef drippings. Add 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water. Sift your dry ingredients: 2 1/4 cups flour, 4 teaspoons ginger, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon. Next pour 3/4 cup hot water which has almost reached the boiling point into the molasses mixture alternately with the flour mixture. Beat thoroughly with a rotary or electric beater. The dough should be soft enough to pour. Bake in a shallow, well-greased baking dish in a preheated medium (350 degrees F.) oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Delicious served warm, sprinkled with powdered sugar."
---Presidents' Cookbook (p. 90)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 10-03-2013 12:00 PM
Instead of sprinkling with powdered sugar, this Southerner would either put a lemon sauce on it or applesauce!
Next question: Which First Lady bore the most children and outlived all of them except one?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 10-03-2013 12:59 PM
Anna Harrison. I can't imagine bearing ten children much less living to see nine of them die.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 10-03-2013 02:07 PM
You are correct on all counts. And, I believe that she could not even make it to D.C. in time for her husband's (William Henry, not Benjamin) funeral.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 10-11-2013 06:22 AM
Who said:
"There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret"?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 10-11-2013 07:15 AM
Well, Eva, I think the United States has had some presidents who weren't great students. I will guess George W. Bush.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 10-11-2013 07:37 AM
I'll guess Obama. All of his educational background is hazy.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 10-11-2013 09:01 AM
I was going to guess Obama also. I'll switch to Harry Truman.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 10-11-2013 09:43 AM
Sorry, none of these presidents saw any need to declare his grades "Top secret".
Well, forgive me this picture puzzle:
(The car is) hint #1:
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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 10-11-2013 11:42 AM
Hint#2: He had originally been a Democrat, but later became a Republican.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 10-11-2013 12:17 PM
Ronald Reagan?