Everyday Is a Holiday - January 2013 Community Forums - p1

Holiday Tag Hosts

Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:49 pm

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Your hosts are Debbwl and alligirl...
We welcome everyone to "EVERYDAY IS A HOLIDAY"

Everyday is a holiday somewhere in

Food.com. It's the perfect place to try out all those recipes so come join in with your Food.com friends

Rules for jumping into the Holiday game:
1. Find out who is "IT".

2. Tag one of their recipes that you have not previously reviewed (doesn't matter how many times the recipe has been reviewed by others)

3. Tagging the same recipe in multiple games is not allowed. But this does not prevent players from using their tags for the Photo Forum or special events in other forums.

4. Make & review that recipe within two weeks from the date of your tag. When you chose to tag someone’s recipe, you are committing to making that recipe and reviewing it within 2 weeks (14 days). We realize life sometimes does get in the way of our cooking/tagging, so if you aren’t going to be able to meet the 2 week deadline, please ask us for a additional 2 week extension. Players will be put on the Restricted List once they have passed the 4 weeks (28 days) deadline, unless they have special circumstances. If you feel you have a special circumstance preventing you from completing a tag within 4 weeks, please contact the game host. Once on the Restricted List, you will no longer be able to participate in any of the games or events in the “Cooking Games with Friends Forum” until you have made and reviewed any recipes that have you on that list. This is done in order to keep it fair for all players in the games.

5. Report back to this thread to say you've made the recipe so we can update the "completed"!

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Holiday Tag Hosts

Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:57 pm

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A whole new year of food holidays means more than 365 days of different food festivities. Each month has foods with entire dedicating feasting months, plus foods with special feasting weeks. Let's start with January!

Month-long celebrations include:
Bread Machine Baking Month
National Candy Month
National Egg Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Meat Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Soup Month
National Wheat Bread Month
Prune Breakfast Month

Other exciting events:
National Pizza Week the second week of the month
National Meat Week & National Irish Coffee Week are both the fourth week
And, if you didn’t have enough pale gold Champagne on December 31, start the New Year with something bright and colorful:

January 1: Bloody Mary Day & Apple Gifting Day
January 2: National Cream Puff Day
January 3: Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day
January 4: National Spaghetti Day
January 5: National Whipped Cream Day
January 6: Bean Day & National Shortbread Day (seems wrong to combine these two...LOL)
January 7: National Tempura Day
January 8: English Toffee Day
January 9: National Apricot Day
January 10: Bittersweet Chocolate Day
January 11: Milk Day & Hot Toddy Day
January 12: Curried Chicken Day
January 13: National Peach Melba Day
January 14: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15: Strawberry Ice Cream Day
January 16: National Fig Newton Day, International Hot & Spicy Food Day
January 17: Hot-Buttered Rum Day
January 18: Peking Duck Day
January 19: National Popcorn Day
January 20: National Buttercrunch Day, National Cheese Lover’s Day, National Granola Bar Day, National Coffee Break Day
January 21: New England Clam Chowder Day
January 22: National Blonde Brownie Day
January 23: National Pie Day
January 24: National Peanut Butter Day
January 25: National Irish Coffee Day & Burns Night
January 26: National Pistachio Day
January 27: Chocolate Cake Day
January 28: National Blueberry Pancake Day
January 29: National Corn Chip Day
January 30: National Croissant Day
January 31: Brandy Alexander Day

January 7 is National Tempura Day

It’s National Tempura Day! Tempura is a delicious deep fried Japanese dish made with lightly battered vegetables and seafood. The original cooking technique is actually attributed to the Portuguese, who landed in Japan in the sixteenth century to establish new trade routes.

The word “tempura” is also related to the European roots of the dish. It comes from the Latin phrase “quattuor tempora” meaning “Ember Days.” This term refers to the days when Catholics eat fish or vegetables instead of meat.

Tempura batter is made with cold water and wheat flour. Some recipes also call for eggs, baking soda, oil, or spices for extra flavoring. A traditional tempura will usually include shrimp, scallops, eggplant, green beans, sweet potato, mushrooms, or bamboo.

To celebrate National Tempura Day, try making your own tempura at home or head out to your favorite Japanese restaurant!

National Hot Buttered Rum Day!

Whether you like a little rum with your butter or a little butter with your rum, today is perfect for rum and butter lovers! A few sips, and you'll feel warm from your head to your toes - and happier than you were just minutes ago.

We've been sipping on this venerable drink since colonial times in America. Once we started importing molasses from Jamaica, distilleries opened across New England in the 1650s. Adding rum to hot drinks like toddies and nogs seemed natural - and thank goodness for that! (There's that inventive American spirit at work again.)

This winter cocktail is exactly what it sounds like: rum, butter, hot water or cider, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and a sweetener of some sort. Simmer up some creamy, spicy and sweet hot buttered vanilla rum for a cheery start to the week.

Whether you're snowed in or stuck at work, anytime is a good time for winter cocktails in January. Check out our Hot Buttered Rum recipes here!

January 19 is National Popcorn Day

It’s National Popcorn Day! Americans eat about 16 billion quarts of popcorn each year (about 51 quarts per person), which makes it one of the most popular snacks in the country. It is also one of the oldest.

Popcorn has been around for centuries. It is one of six main varieties of corn. (The others are pod, sweet, flour, dent, and flint.) Popcorn originated in Mexico, but eventually made its way north. In 1948, archaeologists in the state of New Mexico discovered ancient popcorn ears that were at least 5,600 years old! The Native Americans (in both North and South America) popped their corn by throwing it on hot stones over a fire.

Today, we rely heavily on microwaveable popcorn, which was introduced in the 1980s. To celebrate National Popcorn Day, make your favorite kind of popcorn and enjoy it while watching a movie with your friends!

Holiday Tag Hosts

Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:04 pm

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Current & Completed tags:

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= late, please review a.s.a.p. or ask for extension to avoid restriction.

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Tagged 12/08 due 12/22

Alli