Food Holidays: August 8th, 2022

Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: August 8th, 2022. I would like to ask you to check out the holidays below and let me know which holiday you most want to celebrate and why. David says he would like to go to Braum’s this morning for a up of Frozen Custard. Would you like to go with David?

National Frozen Custard Day

Five things to learn about Frozen Custard:

1. Did you know Custard bases may also be used for Quiches and other savory foods.
2. Depending on how much Egg or thickener is used, Custard can in consistency from a thin pouring Sauce Crème Anglaise, to a thick Pastry Cream used to fill Eclairs.
3. Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on a cooked mixture of Milk or Cream and Egg Yolk.
4. The most common Custards are used as desserts or dessert sauces and typically include Sugar and Vanilla.
5. Sometimes Flour, Corn Starch, or Gelatin is added as in Pastry Cream or Creme Patissiere.

National Zucchini Day 

Five facts about Zucchini:

• Did you know Zucchini has more Potassium than a Banana.
• The word Zucchini comes from ‘zucca’ the Italian word for Squash.
• Biggest is NOT best in the case of the Zucchini because the most flavorful Zucchinis are small to medium-sized.
• According to the World’s Healthiest Foods Nutrition info, nutrients and vitamins found in Zucchini can help prevent Cancer and Heart disease.
• here is a fun tip for you. The flower of the Zucchini plant is also edible.

International Beer Day

Beer is  one of the oldest drinks the world has ever known and International Beer Day gives fans worldwide one more excuse to have a Beer on the first Friday in August. Beer has a reputation as the drink of choice for working men or women. When Beer is served up cold and frothy we celebrate International Beer Day on the first Friday in August every year. August 5th, when Summer’s end begins to loom large. The start of another weekend beckons us to put aside our work, set aside differences, and come together to celebrate Beer.

Beer somehow manages to do what Politicians have tried to do for Centuries. Beer can unite people in a common cause for good. Our thirst for Beer gives us reason to pause; to stop what we’re doing, sit down and converse with one another over a Pint. The conversation may be pleasant or not, calm or animated, but Beer makes it possible to agree to disagree and still walk away friends. Plenty of us have no doubt solved many of the World’s problems over a few pints of Beer.

HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY

Celebrating mankind’s common thirst for what is likely the world’s oldest and most beloved beverage is what International Beer Day is all about. Humans have been fascinated with Beer since the first grains were accidentally discovered to have fermented. Producing a bubbly aromatic product that someone dared to taste then drink, did not die but instead felt a lovely little buzz, smiled and said, “Wow.” Mankind has been obsessed ever since with perfecting Beer recipes and brewing processes in pursuit of the next “Wow.”

Beer has been consumed by almost every Culture throughout human history. The oldest evidence of man’s obsession with brewing Beer dates back to ancient Babylonia and Mesopotamia. Archaeologists have unearthed recipes for Beer that were written on clay tablets in 4300 B.C., and ceramic vessels from 3400 B.C. that are still sticky with Beer residue. Everyone drank Beer in ancient Egypt: pharaohs, peasants, priests, even children, as part of their everyday diet.

, “Hymn to Ninkasi” is the first song to Beer an ode to the Sumerian Goddess of Beer. Which dates back to 1800 B.C.  and includes a recipe for a Beer brewed by female Priestesses.

By the Middle Ages, Christian Monks were brewing Beers, and introduced the use of Hops. Until then, Beers were brewed with local additives like dates and Olive Oils to add flavor. Beers continue to be brewed with Hops, Herbs, or Fruits that add flavor. Macro, micro, or craft, the art of brewing Beer today remains a craft that employs age-old techniques carefully perfected over Centuries and millennium.

Our love of Beer is what Jesse Avshalomov no doubt had on his mind back in August of 2007 while Jesse Avshalomov and a few friends enjoyed conversation and brews in the Beach community of Santa Cruz, California. Back then Jesse Avshalomov reasons for founding International Beer Day were:

• For people to gather with friends and enjoy Beer
• Celebrate those responsible for brewing and serving Beer
• Unite the world under the banner of Beer, by celebrating Beers of all Nations together on a single day

INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY TRADITIONS

Happy hours, chugging competitions, and enjoying someone’s company over a glass of Beer; go “Bottoms up ”is what people do on International Beer Day. Most people unite and have a good time over servings of Beer. Friends are convinced to buy a round of Beer for the gang and, with some luck, a local bartender may offer Beers on the house. These memorable moments make their way to Social Media using certain hashtags for everyone to see.

Special deals and hours are set in Pubs and Breweries, with some places kicking it up a notch and presenting Beer in custom-designed glasses. The bartenders and servers who work round the clock to provide great conversation and Beer just the way we like it are appreciated and tipped generously.

INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY ACTIVITIES

1. Tune up the twang in your voice and head out to your nearest Karaoke Venue to pay tribute to Beer. Nobody sings about Beer like American Country Music Artists. Don’t worry about being able to carry a tune on International Beer Day just add a Southern drawl to that song and everyone will be singing along with you. Celebrating your good taste in music and Beer.
2. It’s a big Beer world, so step out and try something new on International Beer Day. Better yet, why not make a day of it? Tour a Brewery first to learn about the Science behind brewing Beer and then do taste testing.
3. If you are a regular at your local Pub, Tavern or Taproom, leave an extra generous tip at the bar today. Tell your bartender how much you appreciate him or her. Take their photo and post the picture on Social Media sites with lots of kisses and hugs.

5 ODE TO BEER COUNTRY SONGS 

1. “I Like Beer” which was recorded by American Country Music Artist Tom T. Hall. Released in August 1975, this Beer song peaked at #4 as a U.S. Country Music single.
2. “Drink a Beer” was recorded by American Country Music Artist Luke Bryan. Released in November 2013, this Beer song hit #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
3. “Bubbles in My Beer” a Western Swing song was originally recorded by “Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys” in 1947 and has been a Bar room standard performed by countless Country Music Artists ever since.

WHY PEOPLE LOVE INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY

1. We make no judgement when it comes to your taste in Beer. Whether you pick up cheap Macro Brews on the way home from work. Or savor Craft Brews at the Taproom, we’re just happy there is a Beer for every budget to enjoy on International Beer Day.
2. =The adult beverage of choice at reunions, backyard cookouts, and get-togethers with family for Centuries. Someone always offers to bring the Beer. We think today is a fine day to open a cold Beer and enjoy reminiscing about days gone by with a toast to those whose memories we love and cherish.
3. Who doesn’t love waking up and seeing today is devoted to Beer? We admit we don’t need a reason to enjoy a Beer today. But knowing there are millions of Beer lovers all around the world bending elbows together to enjoy a brewski makes us feel like family on International Beer Day.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates