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BETWEEN THE STACKSDayton Memorial Library's Monthly Newsletter
PUMPKIN SPICE AND ALL THINGS NICEBY DIRECTOR , DUSTY WALTNER
The leaves are falling and the nights are crisp. Autumn is in full swing and the
aroma of pumpkin spice fills the air. If you go into any market during the
month of November, you will find shelves loaded with pumpkin spice
products. Each year the product combinations get more bizarre, from cookies
to cereal, cream cheese to Spam. Pumpkin spice has soared in popularity over
the last decade, but it isn't a new spice. In fact, recent discoveries of spice
residue on ancient Indonesian pottery has led researchers to believes that the
wonderful blend of nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and allspice we know of today
has been around for over 3,500 years, University of Washington professor,
Peter Lape led several digs that revealed the spice laden pottery (Univ. of
Wash. 2018). According to Family Tree Magazine there are records of Early
American Settlers using a similar spice blend in the 1620s, but the term
"Pumpkin Spice" wasn't popularized until 1936 when a Washington Post
article published a recipe for "pumpkin spiced cakes" (Peck 2019). If you want
to try your hand at some of the more traditional and bizarre ways to use
pumpkin and pumpkin spice, come check out our newest cookbook
"Pumpkin It Up!" by Eliza Cross. You can also checkout Family Tree Magazine
in our library for more information, as well as our Newsbank Database for
more detailed articles.
NOVEMBER 2019 VOL 2
NOVEMBER 2019 VOL 2
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November EventsEvery Wednesday - Discovery Kids - 10am
November 6 - Everybody Reads Book Club - 2pm
November 7 - Family Storytime and Dinner - 6pm
November 8 - Friends of the Library Meeting - 10am
November 11 - Veteran's Day - Closed
November 14 - Big Ideas Talk: Civil Discourse - 6pm
November 15 - Holiday Appetizers Exchange - 2pm
November 16 - Book Chat - 6pm
November 21 - Senior Center Activities - 1pm
November 28-29 - Thanksgiving - Closed
