No sun-no morn! No morn! no noon...
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds,
November!
~Thomas Hood~
Lots of goings on for the month of November. Better get right to them...
Monthly Food Celebrations
- 1. National American Indian Heritage Month
- 2. National Diabetes Month
- 3. National Peanut Butter Month
- 4. Georgia Pecan Month
- 5. National Pepper Month
- 6. Raisin Bread Month
- 7. National Bread Month. Celebrate National Bread Month with Crusty Water Rolls (PDF)
- 8. Vegan Month
- 9. Clean Out Refrigerator Month
- 10. National Pomegranate Month (there's a pomegranate contest @ The Left Over Queen
- 11. National Fig Week is the first week in November. The Nibble has a whole list of November food holidays. Recipes for National Fig Week.
Daily Food Celebrations
- 1st. Mexican holiday Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). On this day, Mexicans remember and honor dead relatives and friends. This site includes a recipe for Marshmallow Skeletons. Here's a Bread of the Dead recipe.
- 1st. National Men Make Dinner Day
- 2nd All Souls Day
- 2nd.National Deviled Egg Day
- 3rd. On Sandwich Day, we celebrated Scandinavian Style. The Earl of Sandwich & the Sandwich history.
- 4th. Faygo Pop Day. Faygo was founded on November 4, 1907, as Feigenson Brothers Bottling Works by Russian immigrants Ben and Perry Feigenson. Faygo is credited with the spreading of the word "pop" instead of "soda" to mean "soft drink" in the Midwest.
- 4th. Brooklyn's fabulous cheesecake landmark was opened today in 1950. I adore any flavor or style of Junior's Cheesecake.
- 4th. National Doughnut Day is sometimes celebrated twice during the year. In June, always on the first Friday, to honor the first donut makers of the Salvation Army and on November 4th when Free Doughnuts are given away on Donut Day @ Krispy Kreme
- 5th. Friedman Paul Erhardt was a German American pioneering early television chef. "Chef Tell" to his fans was born on November 5, 1943. Chef Tell is widely regarded as one of the first chefs to enjoy widespread popularity on American television. His accent reportedly made him the inspiration for the Swedish Chef, a well known Muppet character on The Muppet Show.
- 5th. Bonfire Night - (Guy Fawkes)This British celebration commemorates a foiled attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in Westminster on the evening of November 5, 1605, and it’s celebrated by setting off fireworks and burning effigies of Guy throughout the UK. Guy Fawkes Night comes with its own menu of treats and bonfire bites.
- 5th -On November 5, 1923 the Genesee Pure Foods Company became the Jell-O Company, Inc. Here are a few Historic Jell-O Recipes you might like to revisit. We celebrated Rose O'Neill and the Kewpies on her birthday in June and Jell-O Week in February.
- 7th The Pillsbury Poppin' Fresh Doughboy made his debut on November 7, 1965.
- 9th Gail Borden the first person to develop a commercial method of condensing milk was born today November 9, 1801. His invention is celebrated at the Inventors' Hall of Fame.
- 10th On November 10, 1953, the French Sardine Company of California registered the "Star-Kist" trademark. But, it wasn't until 1961, that Charlie the Tuna made his debut.
- 11th 11th-Martinmas In medieval and Elizabethan times, November 11th was regarded as the end of the farming year. The feast of St Martin of Tours. It was also a time for a feast of meat, because livestock which could not be fed through the winter. An ancient folklore tells the story of predicting the winter ahead on the Feast Day of St. Martin. This could be deduced from markings on the breast-bone of a goose eaten on Matinmas Eve; white marks meant snow and dark ones hard frost, while the front part of the bone meant before Christmas and the back part afterwards.
- 11th Food historian and author Karen Loft Hess was born on November 11, 1918. I often refer to her wonderful book The Taste of America which she co-authored with her husband, when posting on my Months of Edible Celebrations.
- 13th Boy, I sure could use a Mallomar right about now. Did you know, "On November 13, 1913, the famous cookie was "born."
- 15th Sadie Hawkins Day, an American folk event, made its debut in Al Capp's Li'l Abner strip November 15, 1937. So, go grab a man you gals, Today is Sadie Hawkins' Day.
- 15th National Bundt Pan Day (cake)
- 15th The first Wendy's restaurant was opened in Columbus, Ohio on November 15, 1969.
- 15th Eliza Leslie was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 15, 1787. She was the eldest of five children and even at an early age she loved to write. "Her literary career began in earnest when she published one of the earliest American cookbooks, Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats by "a Lady of Philadelphia" in 1828."
- 17th On November 17, 1885 The first patent that can claim to be for an electric mixer was issued to Rufus M.Eastman. (egg beater) Amazing Huh!
- 17th. National Baklava Day
- 17th Homemade Bread Day
- 18th Mickey Mouse Day! Disney's Steamboat Willie is a landmark in the history of animation. The movie opened at the Colony Theater in New York on November 18, 1928, a date that would become known as Mickey's birthday. We will be celebrating Mickey Mouse Day @ Months of Edible Celebrations so check the calendar above on the 17th!
- 20th Noveau Beaujolais Day (2008) "At One Minute past midnight on the third Thursday of each November, from little villages and towns like Romanèche-Thorins, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world...continue to read about its journey...
- 20th Universal Children's Day is observed on November 20th each year. In 1954, the UN General Assembly recommended that all countries should establish a Universal Children's Day on an "appropriate" day.
- 21st. Gingerbread Day
- 21st. Pumpkin Pie Day! Pumpkin Pie Day Recipes
- 25th. At a time in American history when women were not allowed by law to register a patent in the colonies, Sybilla Masters, was not only the first woman, she was also the first person ever, although, America was not yet the United States of...What did she invent? A new corn mill. The patent was granted on November 25th, 1715. more at Colonial Women Inventors
- 25th Feast St. Catherine
- 26th National Cake Day @ Slashfood
- 27th Thanksgiving Trivia To Amaze Your Friends...Thanksgiving Recipes From America's Past.
- 28th National French Toast Day
- 29th Saturday November 29th 2008 is Buy Nothing Day (UK), It's a day to challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. The rules are simple, for 24 hours you will detox from consumerism and live without shopping. Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending! Good night for leftovers!
- 30th The last Sunday of the Church Year, or the Sunday before Advent, is often called 'Stir-up Sunday' or Christmas Pudding Day. It's traditional for everyone in the family to take a turn at stirring the Christmas pudding, while making a wish.
Baking History is delighted to host the November edition of Think Spice… , a monthly event founded by Sunita of Sunita’s World. The theme of this month is Anise. So Everyone...Think Spice…Think Anise!
The first week of December is National Cookie Cutter Week. Here it is at @ slashfood. See ya next month!
