December 11th - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Cian
  • Daniel the Stylite
  • Maravillas de Jesús
  • Peris
  • Pope Damasus I
  • Sabinus of Piacenza
  • Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian
  • December 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)
• Indiana Day (United States)
• International Mountain Day^[27]
• National Tango Day (Argentina)
• Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)
• Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. (Burkina Faso)

 

Observances (click on the day or week for details)

Have a Bagel Day

International Shareware Day

Gingerbread Decorating Day

 

Fun Observances

Noodle Ring Day

December 11 is Noodle Ring Day, a day for comforting baked pasta.

Popular during the mid-1900s, Noodle Ring Day is a dish made of flat noodles or any other type of flat pasta baked in a ring mold or a bundt pan.

Fill the Ring

Making noodle ring from scratch is easy, all you need is some cooked pasta, eggs, bread crumbs and a cheese that melts easily. Mix all the ingredients and put it in a mold and bake until all the eggs cook and the cheese melts. Unmold and fill the center with a filling of your choice. Many recipes recommend chicken salad, sautéed vegetables or canned tuna as a filling.

How to Celebrate?

• Dig out your grandma’s cookbooks and make a noodle ring for dinner.
• Don't like the pasta that is available in the stores? Make your own from scratch and then use to make a noodle ring.
• Make a dessert version of the dish - use sugar while baking the noodles and instead of a savory filling use fresh cut fruit or a custard or pudding.
• Host a vintage dinner party and have friends bring their favorite vintage dishes to share. Make a noodle ring as your contribution to the dinner table.

Did You Know…

…that experts believe that people around the world consume over 600 types and shapes of pasta?

 

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First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down. —George Burns

 

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