This Week with The Old Farmer’s Almanac

January 5–11, 2009
January 10 Full Wolf Moon January 6 Epiphany		January 5, 6 Best days to cut hair to encourage growth January 9, 10 Best days to graft or pollinate
Epiphany
January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, or Twelfth Day, the end of Yule festivities. It translates as “manifest one,” from the Greek epiphaneia, meaning “manifestation” or “appearance.” More recently, Epiphany became associated with the coming of the magi as the first manifestation of Christ’s divinity to the gentiles or, in the Eastern Church, the baptism of Christ. Tradition advises the removal of Christmas greens by the end of Twelfth Night (the night before Epiphany), lest bad luck come in where the drying evergreen needles fall.
Alfredo Sauce
1/4 cup butter 1 cup heavy cream 1 clove garlic, crushed 1-1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan or Gruyere cheese 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the cream and simmer for 5 minutes, then add garlic, cheese, and nutmeg and whisk quickly, heating through. Stir in the parsley and serve over pasta. Makes 2-1/2 cups.
Wit and Wisdom from The Old Farmer’s Almanac
No toothpick to test whether the cake is done? Use an uncooked strand of spaghetti. Always expect a thaw in January. On January 7, 1992, Tom Seaver won election into the Baseball Hall of Fame. If you would like to receive information about how to order these weekly columns for your publication, go to our Press Room.