Cranberry Sauce Bread from Mindy W  A quick bread using leftover holiday cranberry relish.  Some alterations that might be fun:  add a little more cranberry relish to increase tartness or change up the spices.  https://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/96647/cranberry-sauce-bread/  

World War One:  The original code talkers by Denise Winterman   In the autumn of 1918, US troops were involved in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on the Western Front.  It was one of the largest frontline commitments of American soldiers in WW1, but communications in the field were compromised.  The Germans had successfully tapped telephone lines, were deciphering codes and repeatedly capturing runners sent out to deliver messages directly.  "It was a huge problem and they couldn't figure out a way around it," says Matt Reed, curator of American Indian Collections at the Oklahoma History Center, the headquarters of the Oklahoma Historical Society.  The solution was stumbled upon by chance, an overheard conversation between two Choctaw soldiers in the 142nd Infantry Regiment.  The pair were chatting in camp when a captain walked by and asked what language they were speaking.  Realising the potential for communication, he then asked if there were other speakers among the troops.  Using a field telephone the captain got the men to deliver a message in their native tongue which their colleagues quickly translated back into English.  The Choctaw Telephone Squad was born and so was code talking.  In 1989 the French Government bestowed the Chevalier de L'Ordre National du Merite (Knight of the Order of National Merit) posthumously to the Choctaw code talkers of WW1 and WW2 and the Comanche code talkers of WW2.  But it was only in 2008 that the Code Talkers Recognition Act was passed in the US recognising the hundreds of overlooked code talkers from different tribes, including the Choctaw.  Other tribes used as code talkers:  Assiniboine, Chippewa and Oneida, Cree, Crow, Hopi, Kiowa, Menominee, Mississauga, Muscogeem, Sca, and Fox Sioux.  Source:  Code Talkers Recognition Act 2008  Read more and see graphics at https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26963624

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day.  But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol of our remembrance of the sacrifices made in past wars?  Scarlet corn poppies (popaver rhoeas) grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe.  The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers.  In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart.  Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants to grow on the otherwise barren battlefields.  The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields.  The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice made by his comrades and quickly became a lasting memorial to those who died in World War One and later conflicts.  It was adopted by The Royal British Legion as the symbol for their Poppy Appeal, in aid of those serving in the British Armed Forces, after its formation in 1921.  The White Poppy was first introduced by the Women's Co-operative Guild in 1933 and was intended as a lasting symbol for peace and an end to all wars.  Worn on Armistice Day, now Remembrance Sunday, the White Poppy was produced by the Co-operative Wholesale Society because the Royal British Legion had refused to be associated with its manufacture.  While the White Poppy was never intended to offend the memory of those who died in the Great War, many veterans felt that its significance undermined their contribution and the lasting meaning of the red poppy.  Such was the seriousness of this issue that some women lost their jobs in the 1930s for wearing white poppies.  The White Poppy Appeal is now run by the Peace Pledge Union.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/how/poppy.shtml

Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canadian poet, soldier, and physician John McCrae earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Toronto, where he received the Gold Medal.  He served in the Boer War in South Africa as an artillery subaltern in the Canadian Contingent from 1899 to 1900, was promoted to the rank of major in 1904, and reenlisted in the First Canadian Contingent soon after the start of World War I.  McCrae became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and was the first Canadian to be appointed consulting surgeon to the British Army.  McCrae’s well-known poem “In Flanders Fields” memorializes the April 1915 battle in Belgium’s Ypres salient.  For 17 days, McCrae tended those injured in the battle.  The poem, written after the death of a close friend, was first published in Punch magazine and led to the adoption of the poppy as the Flower of Remembrance for the British and Commonwealth war dead.  McCrae wrote several medical textbooks during his life, and his poetry was posthumously gathered into the collection In Flanders Fields and Other Poems(1919).  His family home in Guelph is preserved as a museum, and the main street in Wimereux is now named Rue McCrae.  Link to two poems of John McCrea at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-mccrae

A salient in military terms is a battlefield feature that projects into an opponent's territory.  The salient is surrounded on three sides, making the troops occupying the salient vulnerable.  The Ypres Salient was formed by British, French, Canadian and Belgiandefensive efforts against German incursion during the 1914 "Race to the Sea", culminating in the Battle of the Yser and the First Battle of Ypres.  The battles saved Ypres and the corner of Belgium around Veurne from German occupation, but also led to the beginning of trench warfare in the salient as both sides "dug in" around the line.  The few rises or hills became the objectives of the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, which saw the first use of gas and the almost total destruction and evacuation of Ypres.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypres_Salient

NYC’s 13 Most Anticipated Openings of Fall 2018 by Serena Dai and Stefanie Tuder  Find names, descriptions, locations and pictures of food at new restaurants including Misi, Zauo, Leonti, Japan Village, La Rossa, and Pisellino at https://ny.eater.com/2018/8/28/17775004/best-new-restaurants-nyc-2018-fall-anticipated-openings

A bookstore in England sold a children's biography of William the Conqueror that had been sitting in its shop since 1991.  "I have just sold a book that we have had in stock since May 1991," the Broadhursts Bookshop tweeted on November 17, 2018.  "We always knew its day would come."  The store's tweet about the sale has since gone viral and received thousands of replies.  Author Sarah Todd Taylor tweeted in response, "The book held its breath.  It had hoped so often, only to have that hope crushed.  Hands lifted it from the shelf, wrapped it warmly in paper.  As the door closed on its past life, the book heard the soft cheers of its shelfmates."  The bookshop opened in 1920 and is in the town of Southport in northwestern England.  Its website says the store holds "a comprehensive range of books suitable for all ages, interests and pockets."  Readers have replied to the Broadhursts Bookstore's tweet with their own stories of books unsold.  Shannon Van Sant  https://www.npr.org/2018/11/18/669052716/bookstores-tweet-on-the-sale-of-a-children-s-book-after-27-years-goes-viral

Instant tradition in Toledo, Ohio  Tony Packo’s hot dogs today are an American business success story and quirky cuisine phenomenon spanning some 80 years.  Its original east side cafe location at Front Street and Consaul in the ethnic Birmingham neighborhood was purchased by Tony and Rose Packo in 1932.  Tony learned the restaurant business from his brother, John Packo, and Tony first opened his sandwich and ice cream shop at Consaul and Genesee streets.  It was there that he invented the famed Packo’s hot-dog sauce and served it on a sausage roll.  The success of the “Hungarian hot dog” helped them move to the current corner in 1936.  Burt Reynolds signed a hot dog bun, inventing an instant tradition.  Phillip Kaplan  https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/monday-memories/2018/10/15/monday-memories-hot-dogs-turn-of-the-century-at-tony-packos-original/stories/20181012098?abnpageversion=evoke

In 1972, Burt Reynolds was starring in a production of “The Rainmaker” at a Toledo auditorium.  At the suggestion of Tony’s daughter, Nancy, Reynolds stopped by the restaurant to enjoy a meal after one of his shows.  When asked for his autograph, Reynolds picked up a hot dog bun and signed it!  Thus began the tradition of “bun signing”.  Since that time, celebrities from all walks of life have been asked to sign a Packo “bun”, which is now a foam replica of the real thing.  http://www.tonypacko.com/history.php  See pictures of signed buns at https://www.toledoblade.com/gallery/Toledo-Magazine-Buns-at-Tony-Packo-s  The only two remaining real hot dog buns are signed by Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.  Over 500 buns are artificial.

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  November 20, 2018  Issue 1989  324th day of the year