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Happy National Martini Day!   James Bond may have liked his martinis shaken, but many bartenders suggest stirring them for a more velvety drink. The first official mention of Martini was in The New and Improved Illustrated Bartending Manual in 1888. Harry Craddock, author of the Savoy Cocktail Book popularized the martini with his dry martini recipe in the 1930s. The martini glass was used for other drinks before the actual martini became popular. It was originally known as a cocktail glass. A “perfect martini” is made with equal parts of gin and vermouth, with the vermouth portion having an equal amount of both sweet and dry vermouth. 🍸 #NationalMartiniDay #Martini #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodService #Food #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodOfTheDay #DrinkOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_TtEHguww/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

National Black-eyed Peas Day Cultivated since pre-historic times in China and India, they are related to the mung bean. The ancient Greeks and Romans preferred them to chickpeas.   In the American South, eating black-eyed peas and greens (such as collards) on New Year’s Day is considered good luck: the peas symbolize coins and the greens symbolize paper money.   They are a key ingredient in Hoppin’ John (peas, rice and pork) and part of African-American “soul food.”   Originally called mogette (French for nun). The black eye in the center of the bean (where it attaches to the pod) reminded some of a nun’s head attire. #NationalBlackEyedPeasDay #BlackEyed Peas #Food #FoodSolutions #FoodService #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodOfTheDay #DrinkOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4LsHjgRPK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy National Coffee Day! #Coffee is the world’s most valuable traded commodity next to petroleum.   Coffee beans are fruit pits and not beans.   The taste of coffee is different from its scent due to your saliva diluting the flavor. The world consumes about 2.25 billion cups of coffee each day.   The Arabic word for “wine of the bean” translates to coffee. More than half of the population in the US drinks coffee every single day. ☕️ #NationalCoffeeDay #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodService #Food #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjFqCTmASLH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

National Box of Chocolates Day! Research to date supports that chocolate can be enjoyed as part of a balanced, heart-healthy diet and lifestyle.   The average serving of milk chocolate has about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of decaf coffee.   Studies have demonstrated that one of the major saturated fats in chocolate does not raise cholesterol like other hard fats–meaning chocolate can be enjoyed in moderation.   Cacao beans were so valuable to early Mesoamericans that they were used as currency.   Chocolate contains two doses of cocoa butter—the natural amount from the bean, plus an extra dollop to bump up creaminess. Chocolate can make dogs and cats ill–meaning no tastings for your furry friend, and more for you. 🍫 #NationalBoxOfChocolatesDay #BoxOfChocolates #Food #FoodSolutions #FoodService #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmtadT5Aj6k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

National Bouillabaisse Day The name #Bouillabaisse comes from the method of the preparation — the ingredients are not added all at once. The broth is first boiled, then the different kinds of fish are added one by one, and each time the broth comes to a boil, the heat is lowered.   The dish known today as #Bouillabaisse was created by Marseille fishermen who wanted to make a meal when they returned to port. Rather than using the more expensive fish, they cooked the common rockfish and shellfish that they pulled up with their nets and lines, usually fish that were too bony to serve in restaurants, cooking them in a cauldron of sea water on a wood fire and seasoning them with garlic and fennel. Tomatoes were added to the recipe in the 17th century, after their introduction from America. According to tradition, the origins of the dish date back to the time of the Phoceans, an Ancient Greek people who founded Marseille in 600 BC. Then, the population ate a simple fish stew known in Greek as ‘kakavia.’ 🐟🥣 #NationalBouillabaisseDay # #Food #FoodSolutions #FoodService #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmJhIETADKx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy National Chicken Wing Day! Teressa Bellissimo, the owner of Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, claims to invented them in 1964. When her son arrived late at night with other buddies from college, she needed to make a quick meal and deep fried chicken wings that were left over for making stock soup. It caught on quickly, and other bars began selling them the same year.   Another claim is that in 1964, John Young, a transplant to Buffalo from Alabama began serving uncut chicken wings that were breaded, deep fried and served in his own special tomato based “Mambo Sauce” at his Buffalo restaurant beginning. 🐓 #NationalChickenWingDay #ChickenWing #BuffaloWings #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodService #Food #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodOfTheDay #DrinkOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgl_VNZAISP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

National Watermelon Day! Watermelon is a very good source of vitamin C. It is also a good source of pantothenic acid, copper, biotin, potassium, vitamin A (in the form of carotenoids), vitamin B1, vitamin B6 and magnesium. The health benefits of watermelon include prevention of kidney disorders, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, heat stroke, macular degeneration, and impotence. 🍉 #NationalWatermelonDay #Watermelon #Food #FoodSolutions #FoodService #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgy4p5Vg8NB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy National Chicken and Waffles Day! Food historians have unearthed #ChickenAndWaffles recipes in cookbooks as far back as the late 1700s, after Thomas Jefferson returned from France with a waffle iron. They traced the trend and found that eventually, the hearty, sweet/savory combination became a celebration-type supper in African American families.   There are a myriad of ways to eat this dish: Some people go right for the chicken, saving the waffle for dessert. Others do exactly the opposite: They start with the waffle, because they want to save the chicken for last. Some shred the chicken, put it on the waffle, pour the syrup over the whole thing and nosh away. 🍗 🧇 #NationalChickenAndWafflesDay #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude #FoodService #Food #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj78ZvHAc2l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=