TODAY - December 10
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: DECEMBER 10
New edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Belgium 8 hours and 25 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 8 hours
and 4 minutes – from 08.34 to 16.38.
See more – also in
English – about where you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
Today’s name is JUDITH’s DAY. She was according to the Old Testament a beautiful woman from the town of Bethulis. The town was about to be conquered by enemies. But their leader Holofernes was so thrilled about Judith that she managed to seduce him. Afterwards she beheaded him. And in this way she saved her natal town.
This day is also the United Nations Day for Human Rights.
In Belgium the
day’s name is SAINTE EULALIE. She
was young Spanish girl, who lived in the years 290-304. He was killed by the Roman emperor Diocletian’s
soldiers because of her Christian faith.
PS: You might recall that yesterday’s name was the same. My fault ☹
Yesterday was called SAINTE LÉACADIE – after a young Christian
girl in Toledo in Spain. She was killed
by the Roman soldiers in 303 because of her Christian faith.
TODAY’s EVENT:
1799: France introduces as the first country in the
world the metric system.
TODAY’s QUESTION:
A Hamburger ( to
eat) - what is the history behind that name?
Of course, the word is the name of the inhabitants in the city of Hamburg in Germany. But it is
more than that.
It is the name of a special burger, a sort of sandwich, you can say. A
piece of minced beef between two pieces of bread. It can take many forms, and
it is normally hot, when it is served. There are many different types of
hamburgers, of course. It depends on who makes them – and in what part of the
world you are.
But the question here is: Where does the name come from?
The best known explanation is that it comes from New York at the end of
the 19th century. Lots of Jewish immigrants arrived from Hamburg to
the city. Many of them could not find any work. As Jews are often full of
initiative some of them started the production of “fast food” – some beef
between two pieces of bread. That dish was soon sold all over New York and
became a huge success. And as the producers came from Hamburg it wasn’t
surprising that this new lunch food soon was called a hamburger.
There are other explanations such as the story that it comes from the
small town of Hamburg in upstate New York. A town called Hamburg (56.000 inh.)
near the border to Canada. I do not
believe in that explanation.
I believe more in a third explanation: that the hamburger is invented by
a Dane, Louis Lassen. He was
originally a mechanic, had immigrated to the US in the 1880ies and lived in the
small town of New Haven in Connecticut north of New York. After a few years he bought a railway car and
started a small kiosk with food. And when a client one day came into the kiosk
and asked for something to eat in a rush as he had to leave quickly Louis
grapped a piece of meat and wrapped it between two pieces of bread. The hamburger was invented. Louis claimed for the rest of his life that
he in this way invented the hamburger. And his restaurant
Louis’ Lunch still exists in New Haven and claims that it is the only
restaurant in the world, which invented the hamburger and continues to serve
it! Why is it then called a
hamburger? Perhaps because Louis came
from the small village Hamborg in the west of Denmark? This still has to be found out!
But enjoy your next hamburger with all this knowledge. If it is good and
tasty!
By the way: a small not too serious thought linked to hamburger: We all remember, when president Kennedy
during a visit to Berlin in 1963 ended his speech with the famous words: Ich bin ein Berliner! So why did Reagan never visit
Hamburg? How should he have ended his
speech ?!
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
Nicotin – where does that word come from?
47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
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TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1.
Yesterday’s quote:
To be an actor
is a boring profession. Which man with wit and genius can
base his life on
that?
This was said by the American actor Kirk Douglas.
2.
Today’s quote:
I should like to
invent a material or a machine with the possibility for
mass destruction,
so that war never would be possible again.
Who of today’s persons has said that?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
1830: Emily Dickinson ( died 1886 )
1891: Nelly Sachs ( died 1970 )
1914:
Astrid
Henning-Jensen ( died 2002 )
4. Famous
people died on this day:
1896: Alfred Nobel ( 63 years )
1936: Luigi Pirandello ( 69 years )
2006: Augusto Pinochet ( 91 years )
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
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