July 7
1846: U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.Ingredients
1 Package White Cake Mix
½ Cup Softened Butter or Margarine
½ Cup Chopped Nuts (If Desired)
One Can of (21 Ounce) Cherry or Strawberry Pie Filling
One Can of (21 Ounce) Blueberry Pie Filling
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
Ice Cream (If Desired)
Directions
Heat oven to 350-degrees. Blend cake mix, butter, and nuts in large bowl until crumbly and set aside. Spoon pie fillings randomly in ungreased rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, without mixing them together. Sprinkle lemon juice over fillings. Sprinkle cake mix mixture evenly over fruit. Bake about 45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped topping.
Recipe makes 12 servings
"All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from the defects of the Constitution, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation."
John Adams, on the importance of a financial education
"But I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income, to calculate in good time how much less pain will cost them the plainest stile of living which keeps them out of debt, than after a few years of splendor above their income, to have their property taken away for debt when they have a family growing up to maintain and provide for."
Thomas Jefferson, on living within your means