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Category Archives: Food
Happy Spaghetti Day! (1/7)
When we’re talking pasta, we’re talking about pretty much the exact same ingredients constructed into a variance of shapes. Make them flat, thick and long, and you got lasagna. Small curvy and hollow, it’s a pasta masata. Shape it like … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Entrees, Food, Lunch
Tagged Food, jim clark, kinds of pasta, national english toffee day, national spaghetti day 2013
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Happy National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (1/3)
At this point in the confectionary culture, there is possibly nothing in existence that has not been dipped and/or coated in chocolate. Cakes, cookies, bananas, strawberries, peanut butter, popcorn, booze, bugs, they all have been well doused. In recent years, … Continue reading
Posted in candy, Desserts, Food
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Happy National Buh… Buh… Buffet Day! (1/2)
Giant feasts of seemingly endless portions of food is not an American invention by any stretch. Royalty has thrown down in such fashion in every account ever told, from ancient Egypt to King Arthur’s court. Hawaiians have held whole pig roasts at … Continue reading
Happy National Bicarbonate of Soda Day (12/30)
“I don’t know, I think it’s just, like, an ice cream soda,” I told my wife when she asked what bicarbonate soda is. Certainly, because that 85% of the entire “National Day” list has been composed of desserts, it was a … Continue reading
Happy National Candy Cane Day! (12/26)
For a hundred years or more, a Candy Cane was absolutely defined as a red and white striped, peppermint flavored hard candy, formed in the shape of an upside down “J,” or a traditional cane. There are many fun little … Continue reading
Happy National Pumpkin Day (12/25)
“I’ll have a Pumpkin chai tea with one of those pumpkin muffins, please,” says everyone this time of year. “Go ahead and throw in a few of those pumpkin spiced marshmallows while were at it.” Pumpkin has become the latest … Continue reading
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Tagged dessert, Food, holiday desserts, jim clark, National Pumpkin Pie Day 2013, pumpkin pie from scratch
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Happy National Roasted Suckling Pig Day! (12/18)
A tradition that dates all the way back to “long ago,” the Roasted Suckling Pig is both delicious and disturbing. That is, at least, the case for most United States citizens who do not own shotguns. It seems that somewhere … Continue reading
