2 Likes
Today is my day!
Oh, and apparently something to do with spicy food as well.
3 Likes
Itâs amazing I found this post as I came to the forum to post this:
Edit: Actually Iâm ashamed to say I only had 1 tabasco pepper and 3 Mozambiquen bastardos in my lunch today⊠Iâll have to make up for that at dinner
3 Likes
Good morning! 
Itâs Sunday, 17 January 2021 (W2/D17)
Today is:
Perhaps somewhat appropriate given the current restrictions on alcohol sales that have created a whole new generation of bootleggers. It was exactly 100 years ago when Prohibition outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages on 17 January 17. At the time enterprising residents of a small town in Iowa chose to become outlaws. They began producing a sought-after whiskey known as Templeton Rye, or âThe Good Stuffâ to those in the know. Templeton Rye Whiskey shares its January 17th birthday with bootlegger Al Capone and the son of another bootlegger, Meryl Kerkhoff. Infinium Spirits founded National Bootleggers Day in 2015 to celebrate the birth of Templeton Rye.
Ditch New Yearâs Resolutions Day
Only 9% stick to their resolutions, so you might as well be part of the other 91% and quit right now, saving yourself all the hard work, because you are likely to fail in the end anyway. Today everyone has an excuse to ditch all their New Yearâs resolutions without any guilt. Stop your overburdening diets and exercise routines! Have yourself a drink! Instead of being tied to specific resolutions, you could reevaluate your life as a whole, and still try to improve yourself over the year. Get out there and start living your life and being satisfied with who you are, and if you arenât genuinely satisfied, change it for that reason, and not because a new calendar has flipped over! Get rid of your silly New Yearâs resolutions! Now is your chance!
Have a superb Sunday! 
4 Likes
Good morning!
Itâs Monday, 18 January 2021 (W3/D18)
Today is:
Celebrated on the birthday of author A. A. Milne, hereâs a special day that fans of the silly old bear canât bear to miss! Every year, the occasion is marked with events such as teddy bear picnics, featuring plenty of honey on the menu, and marathon Pooh television and film binge watching. Of course, going back to Poohâs written roots and reading the original stories with your children or just for yourself is definitely an option too. However you decide to acknowledge Winnie the Pooh Day, bringing more Winnie, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, Rabbit, and Eeyore into the world cannot be a bad thing. Spread the Pooh! 
Have a mega Monday!
6 Likes
A little home town pride
3 Likes
Good morning! 
Itâs Tuesday, 19 January 2021 (W3/D19)
Today is:
The US is in love with popcorn, so itâs not surprising that they celebrate Popcorn Day. Or that there is a National Popcorn Board who are the ones that declared today Popcorn Day. Admittedly, the delicious and nutritious fluffy snack does deserve its day in the limelight. Hot or cold, savoury or sweet, day or night, in public or alone, popcorn can be enjoyed anyway you like, whenever and wherever you like. How do you like your popcorn? Drenched in hot butter? Drizzled with caramel? Gourmetified with herbs and spices? Or straight up, with a light dusting of salt? 
Have a poppinâ Tuesday!
4 Likes
Salt and Vinegar seasoning! Enough to make you cough if you carelessly inhale just after youâve poured it onto the popcorn
5 Likes
Never been a salt and vinegar fan. Iâll definitely make some spicy popcorn tonight if my stomach settles down.
3 Likes
Specifically the Salt and Vinegar seasoning that Ster Kinekor uses. Iâm drooling just thinking about it!!
4 Likes
Makes the jaws selavate.
4 Likes
Butter salt . . . .
I cant stand salt and vinegar
3 Likes
It also dissolves the tongue
4 Likes
Good morning!
Itâs Wednesday, 20 January 2021 (W3/D20)
Today is:
Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on, I wanna dance with my baby!
DJs are fairly unappreciated until you realize how difficult it is to pick and mix the right songs to please the crowd. If they get it wrong, theyâll be booed off the stage and go home feeling awful. However, if they manage to please the crowd and get them moving, theyâll be hailed as the hero of the night. Respect needs to be paid to this creative profession, and thatâs why disc jockey day exists.
One of the most influential early radio disc jockeys was Albert James Freed, also known as Moondog on air. As one of the pioneering disc jockeys, he pushed the medium and even popularized the term ârock ânâ rollâ to describe an up-and-coming music genre that weâve all come to love and appreciate today. His influence was so great that Disc Jockey Day is observed on the day of his death to celebrate the art of DJing and to remember legendary pioneers such as Freed.
Have a dance filled Wednesday!
5 Likes
3 Likes
Good morning!
Itâs Thursday, 21 January 2021 (W3/D21)
Today is:
For those working from home or in lockdown and isolation, itâs the perfect day. You get to wear what youâve been wearing for the last year anyway, only today you can justify your sartorial choice.
Cooler weather (at least here in Joziburg) would be better to appreciate the comfort and warmth of a good pair of sweatpants, but donât let the heat stop you from showing your love for the comfy clothing item that has its own day today. Besides, itâs not just about the sweatpantsâŠ
The first pair of sweatpants was introduced in the 1920s by Ămile Camuset, the founder of Le Coq Sportif. The first sweatpants to be made were simple knitted gray jersey pants that allowed athletes to stretch and run comfortably.
International Sweatpants Day was created to show people that wearing sweatpants doesnât necessarily have to be embarrassingâafter all, why should anyone be embarrassed of being comfortable? Life is too short to be wearing uncomfortable clothing all the time.
International Sweatpants Day is not just about spending the day wearing sweatpants or something equally comfortable, although that is definitely part of the fun involved. International Sweatpants Day is also about giving yourself a break from the often stressful and rushed lives many of us live. Wearing sweatpants means we want to be good to ourselves for a change, put our own comfort before our worries of what other people think of of us. And thatâs how we should spend this whole day: being good to ourselves, enjoying our lives without paying attention to what other people think about what we do, wear or say.
So, spoil yourself and have a comfy and carefree Thursday!
3 Likes
Good morning!
Itâs Friday, 22 January 2021 (W3/D22)
Today is:
Coming soon after Spicy Foods Day, hereâs another celebratory day that I know a good number of MEWbs will appreciate - Hot Sauce Day.
Whether you use it to make Bloody Marys, use it in your cooking, or put it on your foods as a condiment, hot sauces, and their uses, are plentiful. And while there are a huge number of variations and brands of hot sauce available these days, many hot sauce lovers -including some of you I think- make their own.
Hotter peppersâthose that are higher on the Scoville scaleâare used to make hotter sauces, although pure capsaicin extract and mustard oil can increase the heat of a sauce as well. Ingredients vary by region, as does how hot sauces tend to be.
Habanero, cayenne, jalapeño, and chipotle peppers are commonly used to make hot sauce in America. Habanero and scotch bonnet peppers are favorites for hot sauce in the Caribbean, while chipotles are a favorite to make the sauce in Mexico. Raw chiles are often used instead of hot sauce in Thailand, although Sriracha is a hot sauce made there, and it has become popular around the world.
I mentioned my inability to deal with spicy foods recently, so I have zero knowledge of which hot sauces top the hot parade. What are your favorites? Whatâs the highest heat you can handle and still enjoy? And whatâs the hottest sauce youâve tried called? (Hot sauce names amuse me).
Whether you opt for a Tabasco, a Sriracha, a locally made craft sauce, or go with your own private recipe and homemade sauce, have a hot and spicy Friday!
3 Likes
Iâm sure some of these are expired. Iâll double check by how much before putting stuff back in the fridge. Can always use more bottles!
3 Likes