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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-02-11, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, February 11,4998 4c->->c7c.-2c7c.- SAM'., FEB. 14 VALENTINE SPECIALS Prime Rib of Beef 1/2 Roast Chicken J EVERY THURS. YELLOW PERCH EVERY FRIDAY PRIME RIB OF.BEEF EVERY SATURDAY BBQ RIBS EVENING DINNER SPECIALS amous for our fast, friendly service and great prices •77- 111111110 40/ Eros GoerRCPT KItctitelrt 16 Main St. ZURICH Sun., Feb. 15 SWEETHEART BRUNCH served 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Al! day breakfast ' Children's Menu Pasta Dishes and more Licensed under L,L..B.Q. . Reservations recommended 236-4812 Your host: Michael Ryckman Q+e-)*-)Qc'e>•-)Qc-e->••)Qcc.>-)r"".7)*C"W Valentine's Dayan ancient celebration Fchruary 14 rs Valentines - Day. 'Although it is:celebrated .as• a lov- ers' holiday today, with .the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts be-. twecn couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to • St. Valentine, a Catholic'hishop. For eight hundred years prior to • the cstahlishment- ' of Valentine's -Day, the •Romans had practiced a pagan -celebration in mid-February - conunemorating young -men's rite of passage to the god Lupercus. The celebration featured a' lottery_' • in which young men would draw - the names 'of teenage girls from a- hox...-The -girl assigned to each.. ' young man in that manner would be his sexual companion d uring.the remaining year. Irr'an effort to do away with the • :pagan festival, Pope._Gelasius or- dered a slight .change in the lottery:' • Instead of the names of young. women, the -box -would .contain the • names of saints. -Both- men and women were allowed to draw -from -,the box, and the game was to enn- ulate `the ways of the 'saint they drew during -the rest of the year. Needless to say, many'of the young Roman men were not too- pleased with the rule changes • instead of thc pagan god Lu- nercus, the Church looked. for a suitable patron saint of love -to take his place._ They found an appropri- ' ate choice in Valentine,' who,. in = AD 270 had been beheaded by Em- '• m-•• peror Claudius. ' Claudius had determined that -married men made poor soldicts. So he banned marriage from his 1 empire. But VtIentine wouldse- cretly marry young men and wom- cn That came to him. When Clau- dius found out about Valentine: he • first tried to convert him to pagan- ir1M. But Valentine_ reversed .the strategy, trying instead to convert Claudius. When he failed. he was stoned and beheaded. ' - During the: days that .Valentine was imprisoned. he fell in love with the blind daughter. of his jailer. His - love .liir her, and his great .faith: managed to miraculously .heal her. from her blindness before his death. Refine he was taken to;his death, he signed a farewell message to her, "From ,your Valentine." The phrase has been used on his day ever since. Although the :lottery fig women had been banned by the church: -the mid-Fehruary holiday . in con memoratioin of St. Valentine was stilled used by Reiman men to seek the' affection of women. It became a tradition for the men to give the ones they admired handwritten Mes- sages of affection, containing Val- . entinc's name. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Val- entine card was sent-• in , 1415 by Charles, Duke of Qrleans. to his wife. Hc was imprisoned in- the Tower of London at the time. Cupid; another symbol of the hot- iday, became associated with it be - Cause he was the son of Venus. the Roman god of love and beauty. Cu- pid- often appears • on -.Valentine_ cards. - • Cupid The Most Famous- of Valentine Symbols Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers. He is known as a mischievous, winged child, whose arrows would pierce the hearts of his victims caus- ing them to fall deeply in love. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros the young son ,of. Aphrodite, • (he goddess of love and beauty. To the Roman's he was Cupid. and his' - . is`. mother Venus . One legend tells the story of Cu- ..pid and the mortal maiden, -Psyche. Venus was jealous of the beauty'of Psyclie, and ordered Cupid to pun- ish the 'mortal. But instead, Cupid - fell dcepty in love: with her. He `took- her as his wife. but as a mortal she was forbidden to look at him. Psyche was happy until -her sisters • convinced her to look at Cupid. Cupid: punished her by •departing. Their lovely castle and gardens -vanished - with him and.- Psyche found herself alone in an open field As she wandered to find her love; she cams. upon (he temple of •Ve- - nus. . - - . - Wishing to dcstruy her. the.god- dess of love gave Psyche a series of tasks,_ each ,harder and more _dan- -.gerous than the last. For_ her last task Psyche was given. a little hex and told to• take _it to the under- world. She was told to get some of the beauty of Pros_erpinc, the wile of Pluto, and put it in the box. - During her- trip she was given .tips on -avoiding the dangers of,the realm of. the dead. And also warned not to open the, box. Temptation would overcome. Psyche and she opened the box. But instead of Minding beauty,.she .found deadly slumber Cupid (bund her, lifeless on the ground. He gathered thc sleep from her hody'and put it hack in the box. Cupid firrgave her, as did Venus. The' gods. moved by Psyche's love for Cupid made her a -goddess. The Valentine's Day Card Valentine: noun - A sentimental -.or humorous greeting card to a sweetheart. friend. or family mem- ber on Saint Valentine's Day - A gilt sent as a token of love to 'one's sweetheart on Saint Val- - entine's Day - .A person singled Out especially a5 one's sweetheart on Saint Val- entine's Day . - Verses and Valentine greetings were popular as tar hack as the Middle Ages; when lovers said or sang their valentines. Written -vaI- entines began to appear after 1400. -The oldest "valentine" in existence was 'Made inlhe1400's-and is -in the British Museuin. Paper valentines - were exchanged in Europe where they- were given in place of val- • entine sifts. - • GIVE YOUR LOVE A LITTLE SWEET TALK Say "1 love you" with a freshly baked Valentine's cake from your neighbourhood Tim Notions. Well even personalize your cake with your own special message. 153 Main St. N. Exeter 235-4540 • Recipes to tempt your sweetheart's tastebuds on Vale Cupid's Cyberspace Cupcakes * Plan A: Don.1 cook, just buy some plain ones. • * •Plan B: Buy the.ntix. * 1 box of Strawberry Cake Mix • - * Ingredients to make and ice the cupcakes (read the box) Either -way you get them; use,the folliiwing to decorate..and play! P.S. • The funis in decorating' i "4 * • Frozen Strawberries * Those little sprinklie things, chocolate or mosaic colors:) * Red Hots candy. * Redi Whip in the can * Conversation hearts (the one with the messages onfilen from 2nd grade) *.. Hergheys Kisses Start witk iced cupcakes. Pink or white icing looks good. Use a little of each ingredient :to make some of your own designs. Eat sonic candy, and whipped. cream while you• are decorating them. It makes the ex- perience. more -fun • + • +♦+• + + • + • • • • + + + • • • • • + + • + • 4 + • + + + • • • • • • + • • • + • + • •••+ the purple tl turtle co. •Par children's wear 4O6O% off Fall & Winter Clothing NEW SPRING ARRIVALS 355 Main St. S. Exeter (519) 235-1500 + ntine's Day Cupid's Red Velvet Ice * . 2 pounds fresh cranberries * 4 cups unsweetened apple- juice pplejuice (separate into 2 cups each) * 3/4 cup of sugar * 1 teaspoon grated orange rind Wash cranberries, combine with only 2 cups apple juice and sugar in • ,a..large pot.: Cook on high/medium high -until cranberries pop, about 8 - minutes. Put through a food _mill. Add remaining ingredients and Chill. • Put this mixture into an electric freezer or a hand cranked one, Read the directions on your freezer for the time or crank till it freezes.. Serve frozen mixture ,-in sham- patent-ses. B /6 Tilly:ire:a at Mur s h 's Pub & Eatery VALENTINE'S DAY February 14 5-10 p,m.. 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