[bksvol-discuss] Re: National Potato Chip Day

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:26:22 -0400

cool!  Smile.

Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog

Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to 
the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where 
it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with natural ease, with 
judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words 
of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the 
situation, is mastery. -George Polya, professor of mathematics (1887-1985) 



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jamie Yates, CPhT 
  To: Bookshare Volunteers 
  Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:20 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] National Potato Chip Day


  Yes, today is national Potato Chip day! Eat some chips! And wait a week or so 
and this book will be in the collection:
  The Greatest Potatos by Penelope Stowell
  Booklist Review 
  Gr. 1-3. Who knew that potato chips were invented in an attempt to cook the 
worst-tasting potatoes on Earth? This dynamic picture book is based on the true 
story of George Crum, an African American fry cook at a restaurant in Saratoga, 
New York, who, in 1853, did exactly that. It all starts when finicky 
millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt embarks on a mission to discover the greatest 
potato dish ever. Mr. Vanderbilt arrives at Moon's Lake restaurant, and George 
serves him French fries, and then hash browns, with no success: Utterly 
inedible! Even the Congress Hall hash browns had more constitution. Down to his 
last spud, the disgusted Crum decides to give the Commodore something inedible, 
deliberately overcooking and oversalting. Well, Vanderbilt can't eat just one, 
and the rest is history. Lively ink-and--watercolor illustrations capture 
Crum's culinary attempts (French fries stacked in an Eiffel Tower) with 
creativity. The jokes sometimes seem a bit sophisticated, but the story is fun 
and animated, the subject appealing. An author's note, a potato chip recipe, 
and a selected bibliography are appended. --Karin Snelson Copyright 2005 
Booklist From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, 
Inc. 


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