Since Thomas Jefferson’s birthday is April 13, (1743) today’s “take a break” is all about celebrating the third president of the United States and the author of the Declaration of Independence. Some fun things to do:
• Make Macaroni and Cheese: Jefferson loved macaroni and cheese and served it during his presidency at dinner parties , which certainly helped to popularize the dish in America. Below is a recipe that Jefferson wrote down:
6 eggs. yolks & whites
2 wine glasses of milk
2 tb of flour
a [?] salt
work them together without water, and very well.
roll it then with a roller to a paper thickness
cut it into small pieces which roll again with the hand into long slips, & then cut them to a proper length.
put them into warm water a quarter of an hour.
drain them.
dress them as maccaroni._
but if they are intended for soups they are to be put in the soup & not into warm water
• Tour Monticello on-line
• Experience a day in the life of Jefferson
• Learn about Deism: While Thomas Jefferson may have played a role in governing his local Episcopal Church, in terms of his belief he was inclined toward Deism. Anticlerical, he said, in “every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot...they have perverted the purest religion ever preached to man into mystery and jargon, unintelligible to all mankind, and therefore the safer for their purposes."
• Do you know what inventions Thomas Jefferson was responsible for? Learn about his secret decoding device, farm implements and more.
• Garden. Jefferson was an avid gardener, keeping a gardening journal for 60 years. Learn more about his gardens.
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