MDBCs 11 Dec 2023

Entry posted by sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 862 December 11, 2023

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December 11th 2023 - Holidays and Observances

(click on the day for details)

Christian feast day:
- Cian
- Daniel the Stylite
- María de las Maravillas de Jesús
- 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
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, BD, or week for details)

Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster

Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day

Rajneesh's Birthday

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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According to most studies, people's No. 1 fear is public speaking. No. 2 is death. Death is No. 2. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. —Jerry Seinfeld

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The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for steak to cook. —Julia Child

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"I was playing chess with my friend, and he said, 'Let's make this more interesting.' So we stopped playing chess." —Matt Kirshen

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A passenger in a taxi tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him something. The driver screamed and lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus and drove up over the curb, stopping inches from a large window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab.

Then the driver quietly said, “Please don’t do that! You scared the daylights out of me.”

The passenger, who was also frightened, apologized and said he didn’t realize a tap on the shoulder could startle someone so much

—to which the driver replied, “It’s really not your fault. Today is my first day driving a cab. I’ve been driving  a hearse for 25 years.”