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Friday September 27, 2013 This is the 270th day of the year, with 95 days remaining in 2013. Fact of the Day: crêpes, pancakes The main difference between crêpes and pancakes, besides size and thickness, is the texture you feel when you put them in your mouth and chew. It is like the difference between having thick-cut fries and potato chips, and that is why the batter used for crepes is quite different from pancake batter. Crêpe batter has to be runny enough to spread thinly into a big round shape on the griddle, and yet thick enough that it cannot be cooked and dried out too quickly. The pan is heated to a high temperature, then allowed to cool to a medium temperature before the batter is added. If a flat-bottomed pan is used, the batter is added and then quickly moved around the pan to distribute it evenly across the surface. Within 30 seconds the crêpe has browned and is most likely ready to be flipped over to heat the other side for only a few seconds. A crêpe can be made sweet or savory, depending on the ingredients in the recipe. Sweet crêpes have sugar and other flavorings in the batter, whereas savory crêpes do not; they therefore have a milder taste that does not overpower the meats and cheeses rolled or folded into the crêpe when it is served.
Holidays St. Vincent de Paul feast day.
California: Cabrillo Day.
Events 1514 - The Spanish crown granted explorer Juan Ponce de Leon the title Military Governor of Bimini (an island in the Bahamas) and Florida and gave him permission to colonize those regions.
1540 - The Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic missionary organization, received its charter from Pope Paul III. It was founded by Ignatius de Loyola, a Spanish soldier turned priest, in 1534.
1669 - The island of Crete fell to the Ottoman Turks after a 21-year siege.
1791 - Jews in France were granted French citizenship.
1916 - Constance of Greece declared war on Bulgaria.
1920 - Eight Chicago White Sox players were charged with fixing the 1919 World Series.
1928 - U.S. recognized the Nationalist Chinese government.
1938 - Cunard introduced its largest passenger liner, the Queen Mary, at Clydebank. Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI, launched it.
1939 - Warsaw, Poland, surrendered to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1940 - The Tripartite Pact, a ten-year military and economic alliance strengthening the Axis alliance, was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan.
1954 - "The Tonight Show" premiered on television.
1959 - A typhoon devastated the island of Honshu, Japan, killing nearly 5000 people.
1964 - The Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
1979 - Congress approved the establishment of the Department of Education, the 13th US cabinet agency.
1996 - Taliban, a group of Islamic fundamentalists, seized control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and hanged Mohammad Najibullah, the former Afghan president.
Births 1601 - Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43),
1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary patriot and statesman.
1840 - Thomas Nast, American political cartoonist and creator of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant.
1862 - Louis Botha, first president of South Africa.
1917 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist.
1926 - Jayne Meadows, American actress, wife of Steve Allen, sister of Audrey Meadows.
1934 - Greg Morris, American actor.
1939 - Kathy Whitworth, American women's golf champion.
1947 - Meat Loaf (Marvin Aday), American musician, singer, in Dallas.
Deaths 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist and suffragette.
1979 - Gracie Fields, English singer and comedian, born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, NW England.
1993 - James Doolittle, American aviator and army officer who led the first air raid on Japan during World War II.
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