SEPTEMBER

Moose Calling Moon  (Micmac)

Welcome to the September QR Page!  The theme for September is a Song, Desserts, and Apples. 

 For the curious: Female Seminary Photo info

September Trivia Question: What parts of today’s world did Pennsylvania Dutch settlers come from? (They were not from the Netherlands!)

Yummy Traditional Dessert Foods:

Eating and Singing, hopefully not at the same time!  Shoofly Pie and Apple Pandowdy Song by Dinah Shore

A history of the Pennsylvania Dutch “Shoofly Pie” with recipe:  About Shoofly Pie           Making Shoofly Pie

Apple Pandowdy Info and Recipe      3 apple recipes : Another unusual-but-delicious treat – Mincemeat Apple Tart

Mincemeat, not everybody’s favorite but give it a try on a tart base and Granny Smith apples from one of the recipes above.

Apples in American History: A Brief History A detailed History from Wikipedia Apples in America

An Alarm: The Powder Alarm. Did British Officers or upper-class gentlemen run out of powder for their wigs or was it something else?  What was The Powder Alarm?

Battles of the Revolutionary War: Landing at Kip’s Bay  Wikipedia “Landing at Kip’s Bay”         Kip’s Bay Landing Battle

Battle of Coweecho River:   Battle of Coweecho River  (A)

Grievances: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: