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November 13th: World Kindness Day, and National Indian Pudding Day.

🌷World Kindness Day, we are encouraged to spread kindness. We want to share it more than usual because studies show when others observe kindness in action they are more likely to carry out an act of kindness, too. We each have the potential to improve each others lives through understanding and kindness. Whether it’s a friend, family member, coworker or stranger, our ability to show our humanity should have no limit. The World Kindness Movement started World Kindness Day in 1998 and has spread to 28 countries.

National Indian Pudding Day! It was in the seventeenth century that English colonists brought hasty pudding to North America and completely transformed it. Although it was initially made with wheat, they substituted cornmeal due to a shortage of the grain at the time. The colonists had learned how to cultivate maize (corn) from the indigenous peoples. Indian pudding was derived from their name for cornmeal, Indian meal. Milk was substituted for water, and they added either molasses or maple syrup along with cinnamon, ground ginger, butter, eggs, raisins, and nuts. Indian pudding is then slowly baked for several hours, transforming its texture from the original porridge-like quality of hasty pudding to a much smoother texture which is more typical of custard. Indian pudding was found in most American cookbooks before 1900. 20th-century commercial puddings with industrially perfect creamy consistency replaced the popularity of Indian pudding. The long cooking time required for Indian pudding did not appeal to 20th century home cooks. Indian pudding is still associated with autumn holidays and is occasionally served by some restaurants. Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream are usually served with Indian pudding.

Be kind everyone! You never know when you might need it in return. I had heard of Indian pudding, but have never had a chance to try it. The closes pudding I've seen to it is persimmon pudding. And I don't care for it.

Hi Ef! Everyone is welcome. I was putting these on here for everyone. Thank you and anyone else that is reading them. And if I get anything wrong please don't hesitate to let me know. Because I want it to be right.

Sending warm squishy hugs!🐶💕🍂💕🦃