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The Summer Solstice

This year, the solstice brings summer on Wednesday, June 20, at 7:09 P.M. (ET).

The word solstice is from the Latin solstitium, from sol (Sun) and stitium (to stop), as the Sun appears to stop at this time (and again at the winter solstice). Read more about the solstice and first day of summer!

Did you know that the solstices and the equinoxes this year occur earlier than in any year since 1896? This is because the year 2000, which was an “extra” leap year (the first time in four centuries that such a change was made), combined with 2012, a routine leap year, to create a tweak of time that jump-starts the seasons this year.

Enjoy every extra minute of summer!

–Information from The Old Farmer’s Almanac

RECIPE:

Old-Fashioned Blackberry Cobbler

Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients
2 cups fresh blackberries
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup salted butter, melted

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, gently combine fruit and half cup sugar.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk remaining half cup sugar, flour, baking powder and milk.
4. Pour melted butter into a 1.5 quart casserole dish. Pour in milk mixture but do not stir. Add fruit, but do not stir. Bake 1 hour. Serve warm or at room temperature.