Daily Holidays - February 9

[Sherman A1]

National Bagels and Lox Day Daily Five Food Finds: Bagels
1. The word Bagel is often thought to have derived from the ‘buckle‘ shape it has, but actually it is from a Yiddish word ‘beygl‘ meaning ring or hole.
2. Bagels are one of the few breads that are boiled then baked. creating the sought inside while retaining a crisp exterior.
3. Over a Billion dollars a year are spent on bagels in the US alone.
4. The top selling bagels are Plain(#1), Whole Wheat(#2) and Sesame Seed(#3)
5. Originally bagels were baked and sold by street vendors. They would have been carried around on a long string draped over the sellers’ shoulders.

http://foodimentary.com/2012/02/09/national-bagel-and-lox-day/


Pizza Pie Day Pizza Trivia

Over 5 billion pizzas are sold all over the world each year. Americans eat approximately 350 slices of pizza per second. And 36 percent of those pizza slices are pepperoni slices, making pepperoni the number one choice among pizza toppings in the United States. Saturday night is the most popular night to eat pizza. The world’s fastest pizza maker can make 14 pizza in 2 minutes and 35 seconds.

The first pizzeria in North America was opened in 1905 by Gennaro Lombardi at 53 1/3 Spring Street in New York City.

The first "Pizza Hut" a chain of pizza restaurants appeared in the United States during the 1930s. http://www.examiner.com/article/here-s-a-reason-to-order-a-pizza-february-9-is-national-pizza-pie-day

Read in the Bathtub Day A day for relaxing in style, Read In The Bathtub Day gives you the opportunity to have a guilt-free early, relaxing night with no pressures.

Disconnect the phone, lock the door, turn down the lights and pick out your favourite book safe in the knowledge that all you’ve got to worry about is enjoying yourself. Why not splash out on some scented candles, posh bubblebath and – for the more adventurous – a rubber ducky to keep you company? https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/read-in-the-bathtub-day/

Toothache Day Toothaches are no fun, and so you will no doubt be surprised to learn that Toothache Day exists. Don’t be alarmed, though. This day is certainly not about celebrating the dreaded toothache. No way! Instead, Toothache Day is actually more about education and awareness and helping people learn how to prevent them happening to begin with and how best to make them go away, and quick!

It is so important that we learn how to take care of our teeth and not only get rid of nasty aches but also stop them coming back or turning into something more serious, and Toothache Day is a great opportunity to promote and celebrate health, share knowledge and fill your brain with info and facts in a fun and silly way. One thing is for sure though, there will be no sugary candy or soda involved! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/toothache-day/

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/february9.html

[Tobin S.]

1. Happy Monday!

[Sherman A1]

3. And to you as Well!

[pinboy3niner]

2. I love it!

I always look forward to your posts, but I just got through a bunch of very bad personal anniversary dates so it's a special relief to have fun with the holidays you post.

Not so much on certain days, but okay now.

[Sherman A1]

4. Happy to be of service!

Enjoy the day, Read in The Bathtub with some pizza!

[In_The_Wind]

5. Yeah! We have 2 kinds of lox in the refrigerator.

I didn't know which one to buy so I decided it was a perfect time to try both.

We're gonna have to pass on pizza today. Too much snow!

[betsuni]

6. Happy Birthday to Soseki Natsume

From "Botchan":

"'Give me a bowl of tempura noodles,' I shouted. As soon as I ordered, a group of customers over in the corner, who up to that point had been slurping away at their own noodles, all turned to look at me. I hadn't noticed before -- it was so dark there -- but when our eyes met I realized they were all students form the school. ... The noodles were good and it had been a long time since I'd had any, so I polished off four bowls, all with tempura.

"The next day I walked into my classroom ... only to find that someone had written the words MISTER TEMPURA in giant letters on the blackboard. ... I asked them what was so funny about somebody eating tempura. One of them answered, 'But four bowls is too much ... .' I told them that as long as I paid for them and ate them, it wasn't any of their business if I had four bowls, five, or any other number I wanted. ... When I got to the next class ten minutes later, I found another message on the board: FOUR BOWLS OF TEMPURA -- LAUGHTER STRICTLY PROHIBITED. ... In the next class, the blackboard said, EATING TEMPURA MAKES A MAN TOUCHY."

[femmocrat]

7. Remembering William Henry Harrison: Ninth president

He served only 32 days in office and was the first president to die in office.



Interesting article about him: http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/02/how-harrison-won-americas-first-modern-presidential-election/

Politics have not changed much since 1840!

[betsuni]

8. Read in the Bathtub Day!

My favorite bathtub book is Garrison Keillor's "Leaving Home":

"A lot of people have been sick in Lake Wobegon, and it could be due to the weather. Norway is a seafaring country and if you have Norwegian blood you're happier and you operate best when you're cold, wet, and sick to your stomach. Misery is what keeps a Norwegian going, and in warm sunny weather such as we've had, they get sick and go to pieces and get a case of Swedish flu caused by weakness on account of a lack of suffering. (Swedish flu is like Asian flu but in addition you feel like it's your fault.)"

[Phentex]

9. I love to read in the bathtub!

but I couldn't turn down the lights or I wouldn't be able to see!

[shenmue]

10. Peetzer!