August 10: National Banana Split Day

[Sherman A1]

[pinboy3niner]

1. Sounds like a good excuse for making Bananas Foster...

Bananas Foster
by Brennan's


Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1/4 cup banana liqueur

• 4 bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then halved

• 1/4 cup dark rum

• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream


Directions:

• Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet.

• Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.

• Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan.

• When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum.

• Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum.

• When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream.

• Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

Serves Four

http://www.neworleansrestaurants.com/new-orleans-recipes/recipes_brennans.php

[hobbit709]

2. My calendar says that's on the 25th.

Says today is S'mores Day.

[Sherman A1]

4. Then

We should celebrate on both days just to be sure!

[antiquie]

3. Lots to celebrate on National Lazy Day!

Aug. 10: Smithsonian Institution Founded, National Banana Split Day, Duran Duran Appreciation Day, Aspirin's Birthday.
National S'mores Day is celebrated yearly on August 10 in the United States.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. I grew up in a relatively small town in Southern Michigan that had a HUGE dairy...

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... with an outlet store. The outlet store had a pretty good-sized ice cream counter.
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Now, this is back in the 60's when Baskin Robbins' 3-scoop banana splits probably
cost you a little under two dollars.
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This outlet store had five-scoop (count 'em -- FIVE) strawberry sundaes for 55 cents
and six-scoop banana splits for 65 cents.
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And people keep claiming they weren't REALLY the "Good Ol' Days".
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A pox on them!!! A pox on those revisionist scalawags!!!!!
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[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. so many variations on this theme.

fun just to experiment with all the fixings