Food holidays for the week of 26 January

Did you enjoy your dram of Scotch and bit of haggis last week? The last full week of January is an opportunity to celebrate these exciting holidays: 

• January 26: National Pistachio Day
• January 27: Chocolate Cake Day
• January 28: National BlueberryPancake Day
• January 29: National Corn Chip Day
• January 30: National Croissant Day
• January 31: Brandy Alexander Day
• February 1: National Baked Alaska Day

Growing up I wondered, what baked Alaska was.  The term, "Baked Alaska" originated at New York City’s Delmonico’s restaurant to commemorate the United States’ purchase of Alaska in 1867.  According to Wikipedia, the dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish lined with slices of cake topped with meringue. The entire dessert is then placed in an extremely hot oven for a brief time, long enough to firm the meringue. The meringue acts as an insulator preventing  the heat from getting through to the ice cream during the short cooking time. Baked Alaska is also known as glace au four, omelette à la norvégienne, Norwegian omelette and omelette surprise. I have seen Baked Alaska presented for dessert - it can be the high, sweet note to any meal.

The National Weather Service is predicting snow for the East coast of the United States. This may be my opportunity to try making blueberry pancakes.

Which holidays will you celebrate this week? Which holidays are a surprise?  Share your comments below.

Have a great week!

Be well,

Technicolor girl

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