6 June 1884 - A NEW THRILL RIDE DEBUTS AT CONEY ISLAND: A nickel gets
you on Coney Island's Switchback Railway, a new amusement park ride
carrying passengers on an undulating railroad track at up to 6 mph,
running a length of 600 feet and an overall drop of 43 feet. America's
first roller coaster will be a hit, spawning ever-bigger thrills.

The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney
Island in Brooklyn, New York City, and one of the earliest designed for amusement in the United States. The 1885 patent states the invention
relates to the gravity double track switchback railway, which had
predicated the inclined plane railway, patented in 1878 by Richard
Knudsen. Coney Island's version was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson
in 1881 and constructed in 1884. It appears Thompson based his design,
at least in part, on the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway which was a
coal-mining train that had started carrying passengers as a thrill ride
in 1827.

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Title: Dirty Dave's Coney Island Hot Dog Sauce
Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Chilies
Yield: 48 Servings

1 1/2 lb Finely ground beef
1 1/2 lb Minced beef heart
1 lb Suet
2 tb Minced garlic
1 tb Yellow mustard
6 oz Water
6 oz Tomato paste
3 tb Chilli spice mix
Salt & pepper

Render the suet in a large skillet and cook the hamburger
and beef heart until the meat has no pink left, stirring
to break up any hint of lumps.

Add the garlic and mustard. Mix the tomato paste with
the water and add to the skillet, stirring the while.
Now stir in the chilli spice and salt and pepper as you
wish. Continue to cook until the mixture is done.

Place in a stainless steel steam table vessel for serving
over good quality (preferably all-meat) hot dogs.

Stir sauce before dipping onto the sandwich so as to
incorporate plenty of red "oil" to soak into the good
quality buns. Top each Coney dog with yellow mustard
(unless it's for me) and chopped onions. And plenty of
napkins to catch the oil that wants to run down the
customer's arm and stain his shirt.

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22 October 1884 - STANDARD TIME IS DEFINED: International Meridian
Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at
the Greenwich meridian.

Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and
its axial tilt, noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun
crosses the Greenwich Meridian[b] and reaches its highest point in the
sky there. This event may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon
GMT, a discrepancy described by the equation of time. Noon GMT is the
annual average (the arithmetic mean) moment of this event, which
accounts for the word "mean" in "Greenwich Mean Time".

Originally, astronomers considered a GMT day to start at noon, while
for almost everyone else it started at midnight. To avoid confusion, the
name Universal Time was introduced in 1928 to denote GMT as counted from midnight. Today, Universal Time usually refers to UTC or UT1.

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Title: Time For Change Rib-Eye Steaks w/Chimichurri
Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
Yield: 4 servings

1 c (packed) fresh flat-leaf
- parsley leaves
3/4 c (packed) fresh cilantro
- leaves
1/4 c (packed)fresh oregano leaves
1/4 c Red wine vinegar
6 cl Garlic
1/2 Jalapeno chile; stemmed
Salt & fresh ground white
- pepper
1/2 c + 2 tb extra-virgin olive oil
4 Rib-eye steaks; 1 1/2" thick
- about 9 oz each

In a food processor, combine the parsley, cilantro,
oregano, vinegar, garlic, jalapeño, 2 tsp. salt, and ½
tsp. pepper. While pulsing the food processor, drizzle
in 1/2 cup of the oil until the mixture becomes a creamy
yet slightly coarse sauce. Transfer the chimichurri
sauce to a bowl and set aside.

Season the steaks all over with salt and pepper. Heat 1
tbsp. oil in a large cast-iron skillet over high heat
just until oil begins to smoke. Add 2 steaks and cook,
flipping once, until well browned on both sides and
medium rare, 8 to 10 minutes total. Transfer cooked
steaks to a large plate, cover loosely with foil, and
set aside in a warm spot. Repeat process with remaining
oil and steaks. Serve steak with the chimichurri sauce.

RECIPE FROM: https://www.saveur.com

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