By VPJ Staff
We struck it rich looking at the National Calendar today! October 11, we love ya!
Today is World Egg Day. Eggs are arguably one of the oldest foods known to man. They are consumed raw or cooked and used in thousands of recipes around the globe. Your baking projects may suffer from a lack of eggs. MY baking projects just suffer!
We eat lots of eggs, mostly chicken. They are a great source of protein and vitamins. That’s why Rocky Balboa drank half-a-dozen raw every morning in training. Whatever floats your boat; duck, quail, ostrich, but I draw the line at reptiles and lizards. We have family members coming in this weekend and they are bringing us farm fresh eggs. Yumm!
The first weekend in November, down in Abbeville, LA, they hold the Giant Omelette Celebration. This is truly a great Louisiana festival Nov. 2-3, and the crowning moment comes when chefs from around the world cook a 5000-egg omelet in the town square. Yes, a 5000-egg recipe! The town has had 40 years of celebrating the egg. Make them chickens work Boudreaux!
Today is also National Gumbo Day, and yes Louisiana has a festival or two in celebration. This weekend the town of Chackbay hosts the Louisiana Gumbo Festival. Over 500 gallons of scratch-made gumbo of all types! I’m-ma gonna’ need a big spoon if I go! Chackbay is in northern Lafourche Parish down near Houma/Thibodeaux. Rice or potato salad, cher?? I once judged a gumbo cookoff at Ft. Johnson (nee Polk). I tasted 10 entries and none of them tasted anything remotely like gumbo! It really is a Louisiana thang!
Today also happens to be National Sausage on Pizza Day, and this is where it gets tricky. I can’t go for breakfast sausage on my pizza. It has to be Italian sausage and it needs to have some fennel/anise flavor and garlic. Smoked Cajun sausage will work as a twist, but don’t bring me maple flavored breakfast sausage with my red sauce and provolone, just don’t! Many a pizza of mine were billed as sausage without the Italian and my taste buds can tell! Sorry to hold such rigid standards but hey, it really is an east coast thang!
Today is National Spread Some Joy Day! Take someone out for a meal, compliment a stranger today, tell a fun story to someone. Bring a smile to the face of a child. How about a hug? That’s a sign of joy! Do as R&B singer Bobby McFerrin said…Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Go out there and be joy contagious! Spread the word — Tell Your Neighbor!