Category: Food Holidays

RECIPE: Gourmet Sloppy Joe For National Sloppy Joe Day

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When we first discovered March 18th to be National Sloppy Joe Day, our only experiences with a Sloppy Joe sandwich were in our high school cafeteria. Instead of a hamburger, Sloppy Joe stretched the ground beef with onions, ketchup, maybe with some Worcestershire sauce, and maybe other seasonings (although high school cafeterias are not known…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Artichoke Hearts – National Artichoke Hearts Day

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March 16th is National Artichoke Day. We love artichokes; both steamed whole artichokes and the hearts themselves, purchased in cans or jars. If you go to a club store, you can often find a good deal on a large jar of artichoke hearts. When we land a few jars, we go to town with different…
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FOOD FUN: Roll-Up Sandwiches For St. Patrick’s Day

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You can use whatever ingredients you like to make these St. Patrick’s Day roll-up sandwiches. These shamrock-shaped sandwiches have no corned beef: they’re turkey and Swiss cheese. But the fun is arranging the slices in the form of a shamrock, and decorating with a scallion stem and scattered diced scallions. We do recommend adding at…
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RECIPE: Reuben Pizza For National Reuben Sandwich Day

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[1] Reuben pizza, a new way to celebrate National Reuben Sandwich Day (photo © DeLallo). [2] Classic Reuben sandwich (photo © J. Java | Fotolia). [3] Reuben Irish Nachos. Here’s the recipe (photo © Idaho Potato Commission). [4] Reuben muffins. Here’s the recipe (photo © King Arthur Flour). [5] Hold the corned beef: a Reuben…
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PRODUCT: Reed’s Ginger Ale For National Ginger Ale Day

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March 13th is National Ginger Ale Day. We’ve been drinking ginger ale since early childhood—Mom gave it to us not as much as a soft drink, but as a palliative for stomach aches. It still works! In fact, ginger tea has been brewed for centuries, if not millennia, to aid with everything from indigestion to…
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