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09.08.2006 at Culinary by
Dico
Montreal?
Well, I should have been in Montreal by now. However, I am here just returning from lunch. The prices at the Culinary increased today. The new price for a meal is 4.66$ (compared to $4.08). How about that Rhode Island... a state that doesn't really know if it is coming or going. Here is the skinny on the naming of this state: Verrazzano (the 1524 voyage of Italian navigator Giovanni Verrazzano) made his famous trip, searching for an all-water route through North America to China, in the employ of the French king Francis and several Italian promoters. After landfall at Cape Fear, North Carolina, about March 1, 1524, he proceeded up the coast to the present site of New York City to anchor in the Narrows, now spanned by the giant bridge, which bears his name. From there, according to his own account, he sailed in an easterly direction until he "discovered an island in the form of a triangle, distant from the mainland ten leagues, about the bigness of the Island of Rhodes," which he named Luisa after the Queen Mother of France. This was Block Island, but Roger Williams and other early settlers mistakenly thought that Verrazzano had been referring to Aquidneck Island. Thus they changed that Indian name to Rhode Island, and Verrazzano inadvertently and indirectly gave the state its name.
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09.08.2006 at Culinary by
Jacob
The road is long, with many a winding turn...
Back to the Culinary for our lunch party today. Dico and I showed up late which meant that I got to cash in on some extra meat and potatoes. Man I need a nap now. Not only did I get some BBQ sauce flavoured chicken but I also got to sample a baked beef wrapped dill pickle. Yes that's correct, you heard me right, a beef wrapped pickle. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is a triple threat. It is smallest state in the union, it is the most densley populated state, and it has the longest official state name. But why the hell is it called Rhode Island? Are they all great scholars? Do they make keyboards? Well I decided to find out for myself: "Rhode Island was discovered in 1524 by Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano. The story is that he saw a similarity between this area and the Greek island of Rhodes. But the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, there in 1635, named it Roodt Eylandt 'red island', for the color of its soil. It seems most likely that this Dutch name evolved into the English form used by 17th-century settlers, with the spelling influenced by the Greek island name." Aaah, always with the Dutch, eh? Well, it could be worse. Good thing it's Friday and we can forget about the Dutch by watching this video. Have a great weekend.
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