Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Smoking of Fish


The smoking of fish was originally performed as a method of food preservation that would keep fish edible for more than a year. The availability of refrigeration and freezing, now a days, has changed the primary purpose of smoking to enhancing the flavour of the fish.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Rochdale Town Hall


It is thought that Rochdale Town Hall in Greater Manchester,  was so admired by Adolf Hitler that he wanted to ship it, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the UK been defeated in World War II.

Otto Weiß


Otto Weiß was the first Luftwaffe attack aircraft pilot to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Jesse L Brown


Jesse L. Brown (1926–1950) was the first African-American naval aviator in the United States Navy, and the first naval officer killed in the Korean War.