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November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Spicy Guacamole Day, and National Educational Support Professionals Day.

🥒National Pickle Day! There are many different varieties of pickles: Dill, Gherkin, Cornichon, Brined, Kosher Dill, Polish, Hungarian, Lime, Bread and Butter, Swedish and Danish, or Kool-Aid Pickle. The term pickle comes from the Dutch word pekel, meaning brine. In the United States, the word pickle typically refers to a pickled cucumber. Over 5,200,000 pounds of pickles are consumed each year in the United States. Pickles are a great snack, low in calories and a good source of vitamin K, though they can be high in sodium. When served on a stick at festivals, fairs or carnivals, pickles are sometimes known as “stick pickles”. A rising trend in the United States is deep-fried pickles which have a breading or batter surrounding the pickle spear or slice. For thousands of years, pickles have been a popular food dating back to 2030 B.C. At that time, cucumbers were imported from India to the Tigris Valley where they were first preserved and eaten as pickles. The National Pickle Day holiday has been celebrated for nearly 70 years, starting with encouragement from the Pickle Packers Association in 1949.

🥑National Spicy Guacamole Day! Originating with the Aztecs in Mexico, guacamole is an avocado-based sauce which has become popular in American cuisine as a dip, condiment and salad ingredient. Guacamole is made by using a mortar and pestle to mash ripe avocados and then mixing in sea salt. Sometimes tomatoes, onion, garlic, lemon juice, chili, yogurt or other seasonings are added. Jalapenos, chilis, cumin or red pepper can be added to the recipe to make the guacamole spicy. Guacamole has become Super Bowl Sunday and Cinco de Mayo celebrations staples and has pushed avocado sales to 30 million pounds on those two days each year. A simple Avocado carries a healthy dose of unsaturated fat (the good one), as well as substantial amounts of Vitamins C and E. There are nearly 400 calories in 1 cup of guacamole.

📚National Education Support Professionals Day honors all secretaries, classroom aides, cafeteria workers, maintenance workers, bus drivers and the others that help and do their part in making public schools great for every child so that they can be safe, learn, grow and achieve. National Education Support Professionals Day was first celebrated in 1987 when the National Educational Association’s Representative Assembly called for a day to be set aside to salute the school’s support employees.

Pickles get their own day! Yum! Bread and butter pickles my favorite. Even the onions in them taste like pickles. Along with dill slices and spears, but not fried pickles. I know avocado are a super food but not for me so I'll take a pass on the guacamole. Thank you to all the educational professionals for your support. I know what some of you go through especially the school bus drivers. My mom was my bus driver for all but two of my school years.

The temperature barely reach 30 degrees today and maybe snow again in a couple of days from now.

Sending warm and fuzzy hugs!🐶💕🍂💕🦃