Today we are celebrating the onion! We think this day should include celebrating with cheers, and a few tears. Let’s recognize all that the onion has to offer from its flavors to its aroma. With a variety of choices such as the sweet, white, red or yellow you can decide exactly which one is right…
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We don’t mean to start a Facebook debate but let’s be honest it is a legitimate question. Do you order flats or drums? If you are a wing eater you know it’s an important question! We had this debate recently here at the Legg. Some of us said drums because of the ease and amount…
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Those old familiar Christmas tunes have begun playing on the radio while tv stations play Christmas classics and new movies alike. You may even be able to gaze at twinkling Christmas lights if your neighbor has forgotten to take theirs down. If you choose to participate in Christmas in July we hope you have the…
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It’s red, it’s powdery, and it adorns Grandma’s potato salad and deviled eggs. We’re talking about paprika, and you might be surprised to learn that it can add more than just a splash of color to your homemade dishes. Experts say paprika has seven times the amount of Vitamin C contained in oranges because it…
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Meat lovers rejoice, it’s National Jerky Day! This holiday was founded in 2012 with the help of a popular beef jerky company. National Jerky Day celebrates one of the most inventive and delicious ways to preserve meat—by curing and drying it. People have been preserving their meat for centuries, long before refrigerators were a household…
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National Herb and Spice Day sounds like a holiday created just for us! It’s a day to celebrate the plants responsible for bringing flavor to our blends and delicious meals to your tables. If you would like to have an herb garden but lack the “green thumb” to keep it alive, rosemary could be a…
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Creepy crawlies and coriander—not a comparison one might expect, but the two share a surprising quality. What do bedbugs and coriander have in common, you ask? The spice coriander is named from the Greek term “koris” (or bedbug) because its unripe leaves and seeds, when crushed, smell strikingly like a bed bug! Despite this strange…
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Contrary to its name, allspice does not consist of a mixture of spices, but instead originates from a single evergreen plant known as Pimenta dioica. Cultivators harvest the unripe fruits and allow them to dry until they resemble large, brown peppercorns. Freshly grinding the dried berries just before use results in higher quality aroma and…
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Can you guess what spice (now used in pot roasts and pickles) was used in ancient times to crown the heads of kings and heroes? Some observe a longtime legend that this spice brings good luck to whomever finds one in their meal. If you guessed the bay leaf, then you are correct! The bay…
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Do you ever worry that something bad will happen on Friday the 13th? Legend has it that this day symbolizes bad luck, both from Biblical text and pop culture perspectives. Over the centuries, several traumatic events have occurred on Friday the 13th—from King Philip IV of France’s arresting the Knights Templar in the 12th century…
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