National Filet Mignon Day - August 13th

I like mine well done with Hollandaise Sauce, a twice baked potato and grilled green beans. For dessert, Baked Alaska will do just fine.
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chic said:
What are the Ides of August, Rob? :unsure:
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Don't know much about it, the Romans used it as a mid month thing. The 15th famously in March, but the 13th in other months, like August. Here is what Wikipedia says:

Roman dates were counted inclusively forward to the next one of three principal days within each month:
  • Kalends (Kalendae or Kal.), the 1st day of each month
  • Nones (Nonae or Non.), the 7th day of "full months" and 5th day of hollow ones, 8 days—"nine" by Roman reckoning—before the Ides in every month
  • Ides (Idus, variously Eid. or Id.), the 15th day of "full months" and the 13th day of hollow ones, one day earlier than the middle of each month.
These are thought to reflect a prehistoric lunar calendar, with the kalends proclaimed after the sighting of the first sliver of the new crescent moon a day or two after the new moon, the nones occurring on the day of the first-quarter moon, and the ides on the day of the full moon. The kalends of each month were sacred to Juno and the ides to Jupiter. The day before each was known as its eve (pridie); the day after each (postridie) was considered particularly unlucky.

So August must be a "hollow month", whatever that is...
 

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