Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: August 19th, 2021. Take a look at the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know which Holiday you most would like to celebrate and why.
Charlie and I will be studying Planes for Aviation Day and Aviator Orville Wright in our Homeschool Reading Class this week. Charlie picked out Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers for reading class. Would you like to come here Charlie read?
National Aviation Day is in honor of the birthday of Aviator Orville Wright.
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were pioneer aviators in the United States. Orville was the first person to successfully fly an airplane. His first flight was December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This inaugural flight was soon to change the skies forever.
It’s heavier than air, and it flies! National Aviation Day honors the accomplishments of Orville and Wilbur Wright. National Aviation Day is sometimes called Wright Brother’s Day.
To a lesser degree, National Aviation Day sometimes honors other early Aviation and Space Pioneers. This Holiday was selected, because its Orville Wright’s birthday. (August 19, 1871)
The History and Origin of National Aviation Day:
This special day was created by a Presidential Proclamation by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939
National Potato Day is a day to celebrate and enjoy Potatoes. The versatile Spud can be enjoyed in a variety of ways for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or as a snack.
While Potatoes can be eaten raw, they’re usually cooked, boiled, baked, mashed or fried. Potatoes are in countless recipes. What really makes the Potato stand out, is the things you can put on or in it, as demonstrated by the Loaded Baked Potato.
Regardless of how you cook Potatoes, or what you put on Potatoes, Americans can’t seem to get enough of the starchy Spud. We just love to cook with Potatoes, which are very ap-peeling!
Did you know Potatoes are one of the largest Vegetable crops in the world. Potatoes were first cultivated in Peru, around 5,000- 7,000 BC. Pardon the broad estimate, but records were sparse back then, often written on the inside wall of a cave.
While most Potatoes grow to about the size of your fist or less, the largest Potato ever grown, weighed in at 18 pounds, 4 ounces. Now, that’s a whole lot of French Fries!
In celebration of National Potato Day, make certain to include Potatoes at every meal today, and for snacks, too!
Related Day: National Potato Chip Day
The History and Origin of National Potato Day:
We didn’t uncover the creator, or the origin of this Holiday which was most likely created by the Food Industry, or perhaps a Home Gardener who enjoys growing and eating Potatoes..
Like many other food related Holidays, this is referred to as a “National” day although we didn’t find any congressional records or Presidential Proclamations for this day.
Recipe Loaded Baked Potato
- 6 Russet Potatoes
- 12 strips Bacon
- 1 pound Broccoli Florets
- ¾ cup diced Red Bell Pepper
- ½ cup Water
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground Black Pepper
- 4 cups grated Cheddar Cheese
- 8 green Onions, chopped (Optional)
- Step 1 Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F. Pierce each Potato with a paring knife and roast in the oven until tender, about 1 hour, depending on the size of your Potatoes.
- Step 2 Meanwhile, dice up the bacon. Heat a Sauté Pan over a medium heat and cook the Bacon until crispy, about 7 minutes. Drain the Bacon fat and reserve.
- Step 3 Return the Sauté Pan to the heat and add the reserved Bacon fat. Cook the Broccoli and Red Pepper for 2 minutes. Add the Water and allow to cook until the Water has evaporated. Remove from heat.
- Step 4 When Potatoes are done cooking, remove and allow to cool until you can handle them. Cut the Potatoes in half and with a spoon, scoop out the insides, leaving about 1/4 inch border on the Skins.
- Step 5 Place the scooped-out Potato in a bowl and mix with half the Bacon, Broccoli, Red Pepper, Sour Cream, Salt, Pepper, and half the Cheddar. Divide this filling back among the Potato Skins.
- Step 6 Return the Stuffed Potatoes to the 400-degree oven and bake until heated through, or until an instant-read thermometer reads 165 degrees, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove and top with remaining Bacon, Cheddar, and Green Onions.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
