National Food Holidays

• Posted on November 9, 2015
• by Jamie Stahl
• in Food
• 2 Comments.

Last week was a pretty busy week.  Aside from the fact that I was a Bridesmaid in one of my best friend’s weddings, I had a lot of other stuff to do.  Of course, this stuff was 99% food related and about 1% other parts of life.

It was a very important week for those of us who are observant of the great National Food Holidays.  I’ve mentioned these holidays before and discussed various foods that have been celebrated.  But, up until now, I had not encountered so many consecutive food holidays in a row.  On one hand, it takes some of the pressure off of deciding what to eat for a given meal.  On the other hand, you need to make sure you are able to purchase the food being recognized on that particular day.  Some of this requires a bit of strategic advanced planning.  Here is a summary of how I spent last week celebrating the different National Food Holidays.

Tuesday November 3, 2015:  National Sandwich Day

For National Sandwich Day, I decided to make a trip down to SoHo for brunch.  I had been wanting to try a new restaurant that had opened, Sadelle’s and knew that I could get a bagel there.  In order to celebrate this specific holiday, I ordered the House Salmon.  This came with 2 bagels, cream cheese, capers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions.  Everything was amazing, but there was no way I could finish it all.  I recommend sharing this platter, unless you’re absolutely starving and think you can eat 2 full sized bagel sandwiches in one sitting.

Wednesday November 4, 2015:  National Candy Day

In order to celebrate National Candy Day, I felt like I needed to incorporate candy into a yummy dessert dish.  I was visiting my parents that day and decided to bring with me all of the candy I had in my apartment.  Between what I brought and the leftover Halloween candy that my parents had, I could basically provide a small country with a years worth supply.  Using Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough, I baked a cookie cake for about half the amount of time.  Then I took it out, and covered most of the top with various types of candies.  I used Swedish Fish, Gobstoppers, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles, Nerds, Gummy Bears, Lifesaver Gummy’s, and more.  Once the cake was decorated, I put it back into the oven to finish baking.  By doing this, the candy on top didn’t melt or burn because it wasn’t in the oven for that long of a time.

Thursday November 5, 2015:  National Doughnut/Donut Day

There was a National Doughnut/Donut day back in June, which was a little confusing, I have to admit.  Then I thought about it and realized that there really wasn’t anything to be confused about because I love doughnuts/donuts and it didn’t matter.  In anticipation of Thursday’s holiday, I had purchased some doughnuts/donuts the day before.  I knew I’d be busy all day with packing for the wedding I was going to over the weekend, so I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss out on the celebration.  On my way out of the city on Wednesday, I decided to make a stop at Underwest Donuts.  I had never been before, but had been wanting to go for a while.  It’s located on the West Side Highway at 47th street inside of the giant car wash.  I found a parking spot on 11th avenue and walked over.  Although I knew Underwest Donuts was inside of the car wash, I didn’t actually believe it was really inside until I got there.  It’s completely inside of the car wash, like where you stand and wait for your car to be ready.  Underwest Donuts is a really cool place!  Oh, and the food is great too!  I picked up 5 in total, The Carwash (their take on basic glaze), an Old-Fashioned, A Coco-Raspberry Sugar, An Espresso Bean Sugar, and a Cinnamon Sugar.

Friday November 6, 2015:  National Nachos Day

Friday was the day I was heading out to Long Island for my friend’s wedding, so I knew eating nachos was probably not something that was going to happen that day.  Instead, I planned ahead and ordered nachos for dinner on Thursday night.  I figured it was close enough to Friday that it counted as me celebrating!  I wasn’t sure where I wanted to order dinner in from and I was doing a little internet research when I came across Pig N Whistle.  I’d never been inside, though I had walked past it before.  I knew it was an Irish Pub of sorts and when I saw nachos on the menu, I was curious.  It turns out, Pig N Whistle makes Irish Nachos, which are probably one of the greatest inventions of all time.  It’s like a combination of Nachos and Cheese Fries.  The main difference is the use of sliced potatoes instead of corn chips.  They are topped with cheese, scallions, sour cream, and Irish bacon.  I can’t believe in my 29 years, I never came across Irish Nachos before.  They were so delicious!

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