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January 19: World Quark Day, and National Popcorn Day.

🍁World Quark Day invites you to experience Quark and its many benefits. Quark is the European Superfood hitting supermarket shelves around the world. Quark is a delicious high-protein, low-fat alternative to soft cheese and yoghurt that can be used for baking, cooking and blending. There are no limits to the uses of Quark. Whether the menu calls for sweet or savory, hot or cold, Quark is extremely versatile. Replace cream cheese or sour cream with Quark and enter the world of healthy, low carb, low-fat culinary delights. Experience Quark smoothies, cheesecakes, dips, spreads and be prepared to be surprised by the many delicious tastes. Also, learn about the many powerful uses of Quark in home remedies and beauty applications that millions of Europeans have benefited from for centuries. World Quark day was first introduced by The Queen of Quark, healthy eating enthusiast and nutritional author, born in beautiful Bavaria, Germany. Her mission is to share the many benefits of Quark through her blog, on Facebook and connecting with Quark Lovers from all over the world to support clean eating habits via www.queenofquark.com.

🍿National Popcorn Day! This time-honored treat can be sweet or savory, caramelized, buttered or plain, molded into a candied ball or tossed with nuts and chocolate. The word “corn” in Old English meant “grain” or more specifically the most prominent grain grown in a region. As maize was the most common grain in early America, the word “corn” was aptly applied. As early as the 16th century, popcorn was used in headdresses worn during Aztec ceremonies honoring Tlaloc, their god of maize and fertility. Early Spanish explorers were fascinated by the corn that burst into what looked like a white flower. Popcorn started becoming popular in the United States in the middle 1800s. It wasn’t until Charles Cretors, a candy-store owner, developed a machine for popping corn with steam that the tasty treat became more abundantly popular. By 1900 he had horse-drawn popcorn wagons going through the streets of Chicago. About the same time, Louise Ruckheim added peanuts and molasses to popcorn to bring Cracker Jack to the world. The national anthem of baseball was born in 1908 when Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer wrote Take Me out to the Ballgame. From that point onward, popcorn, specifically Cracker Jack, became forever married to the game. Today, who can image going to the movies without getting a box of buttered popcorn. While popcorn itself was an economical choice for a snack food, the expense of installing a machine and venting the building properly didn’t seem worth the effort. If it weren’t for Glen W. Dickson, we would be purchasing our popcorn from a vendor on the street before taking in the show. Dickson put in the effort and expense of placing machines inside his theaters. After realizing how quickly he recouped his costs, other theater owners followed suit. The next significant advancement for popcorn was the invention of the microwave. Magnetrons, a technology produced by Raytheon Manufacturing Corporation for the military during World War II, were later used to develop microwave ovens. Percy Spencer was the man who made it happen. Popcorn was one of his primary experiments during the microwave’s development. Today, Americans consume 13 billion quarts of popcorn a year, more than any other country in the world. A majority of the popcorn produced in the world is grown in the United States. Nebraska leads the corn belt in popcorn production.

I've never heard of Quark. Extra butter on my popcorn please and the movie is optional.

I can see us now going caravaning around, we would probably be like college kids on spring break. Then we would settle down with our computer devices to play the game asking each other what they needed.😀

Sending warm hugs with individually wrapped wet ones for the buttery fingers!🐶🐶💕❄️⛄️💕