Dontcha just love food holidays? Today is National Prime Rib Day. This April 27 holiday is a real culinary treat. This is definitely my kind of day, the kind of day you can sink your teeth into. National Prime Rib Day gets your mouth watering and starts you drooling. Many of us look to this day on the calendar to enjoy one of America’s favorite roasts.

For just a day, forget about the diet. For just today, don’t fret over the high fat and cholesterol content. And mad cow?………. well isn’t prime rib worth the risk? After all, if you don’t have some prime rib today, you’ll be “madder than a wet……cow!”

There’s only one way to celebrate Prime Rib Day. And, that is with a big, thick, juicy cut of prime rib, cooked perfectly to your liking. Don’t forget the au jus and the fully loaded baked potato.

See How to Cook Prime Rib Roast

Great Poetry Reading Day is today, an April 28 holiday. This day honors some really great verses. We all were introduced to poetry in high school. During those impressionable teenage years, many teens became enamored with poetry, especially the romantic kind. 

There’s lots of poetry out there. Some poems are good, and some are not so good. Today is intended to read the world’s greatest poetry. But, you don’t have to limit your readings to famous poets. If you wrote a poem to that special someone, today is the perfect time to read it to her.

Tip: Guys, you will score a lot of points, if you read romantic poetry to your lady today. Today is also Kiss Your Mate Day.

Today is International Plant Appreciation Day, an April 13 holiday. Plants are our friends, our counterparts. We breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. Why, you could say it’s a marriage born in heaven, or at least the garden of Eden.

Today is a perfect opportunity to get closer to the plant world. Pamper your indoor plants. Don’t have any? Well, what are you waiting for? Go out and buy some. This special day falls in the spring, a perfect time for you to plant outdoor plants. If you are not yet a gardener, now is the time to start a relaxing and rewarding, lifetime gardening hobby.

Learn all about gardening and all of your favorite plants at The Gardener’s Network.

Let’s chow down and celebrate! Today is Pigs in a Blanket Day. This April 24 holiday is a day to eat pork sausage wrapped in a pancake. Why? Because that’s what “Pig in a Blanket” is. Somebody somewhere decided that this was a very special treat for them. So, they created a special day to celebrate this culinary delight. Aren’t you glad that they did?

How does one go about celebrating Pigs in a Blanket Day? Cook up some sausage. Make some pancakes. Wrap the sausage inside of the pancake. Add maple syrup. Then, dig in.

For the diet-conscious:

• If you are generally in good health, consuming this high-calorie and high-carb food once will not cause long-term health problems.
• If you are on a low-fat diet, we won’t tell if you use low-fat turkey sausage.
• If you are on a low-carb diet, look for a low-carb pancake recipe. Dozens of these recipes are just a quick internet search away.
• Also, diabetics can use low-carb syrups. Or, just use butter or margarine. 

Draw a Picture of a Bird Day is a special day for budding artists and young bird lovers. On this April 8 holiday, we are encouraged to put our artistic talents to work. And, on this day everyone, talented or not, are encouraged to participate. If you’re like me with little or no artistic talent, a stick picture of a bird is perfectly okay. It doesn’t matter whether you are young, or not so young. If you like to draw, then today is a day to draw pictures of a bird or two, or three, or…….

Ready boys and girls? Grab some crayons. Now, open up your window curtains and look for some birds. Once you spot a nice one, start drawing. Make sure to autograph your picture. You never know, your work may one day become famous!

According to the Draw a Picture of a Bird Day website, this day was created as a way to express joy in the very simplest of things in life and as a way to help soldiers everywhere forget war and suffering even if only for a short time.

Pet Owners Independence Day is indeed a time to celebrate. First of all, if you have a pet, that is a reason in itself to celebrate. For, this April 18 holiday is truly great to own a pet.

So just what is the reason for this holiday event? According to the great folks at Wellcat.com who created this day: “Dog and cat owners take off from work and their pets go to work in their place, since most pets are jobless, sleep all day and do not even take out the trash. Owners get to stay home all day and lie around on the sofa. ” It’s a double pleasure, a day off from work and quality time with your pet.

If you don’t have a pet, you don’t get to enjoy this holiday…. how sad.

You may not have known it when you awoke this morning, but today is National Peach Cobbler Day. How sweet this April 13 holiday is!  Peaches are one of America’s favorite fruits. When you put it into a cobbler recipe, you’ve got a real treat. Undoubtedly, people will be asking for seconds.

Peach Cobbler is a deep-dish fruit pie, made with peaches and biscuits (or its equivalent). While it is best to be served hot, it is still delicious when consumed cold, too.

Back in the 1800s, American settlers traveling to the west did not have the ingredients to make a then-popular suet pudding. They used peaches and dough to cobble together this tasty fruit pie. We are sure glad they did!

For the record! The largest Peach Cobbler ever made was baked at the Georgia Peach Festival in 2007. It measured 11′ X 5′ and 8″ deep.

Today is New Beer’s Eve, an April 6 holiday. Sit back and enjoy a bottle or two of suds. Or, visit your favorite bar or brewery. The 21st Amendment, repealing the prohibition of beer and alcohol went into effect at 2:01 a.m. on April 7, 1933. On the evening of April 6, 1933, anxious Americans heralded the repeal of this law and were ready to celebrate.  On this night many people jumped the gun and quaffed a little suds before the turn of the calendar. To commemorate, this event, fill up your beer stein and bottoms up!

For over a decade (1920-1933), beer and alcohol were banned in the United States. This ban was set in place by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. The 18th Amendment failed miserably. It was largely ignored. Millions of people turned to making their own bathtub beer and made alcohol in homemade stills. Bootleg beer and alcohol, much of which was smuggled in from Canada, caused the loss of millions of dollars in potential tax revenues.

Do you know what day tomorrow is? It’s National Beer Day. Unlike New Year where people drink on the night before and feel the effects on the first day of the new year, people drink their share of beer on both New Beer’s Eve and National Beer Day.

We hope you thoroughly enjoy New Beers’ Eve. Please do so responsibly. If you drink, don’t drive.

National Pretzel Day, an April 26 holiday, celebrates pretzels of all shapes and sizes. People all over the world enjoy them. They are a perfect snack for parties, events, at the bar, or just an evening snack. One thing is certain, you can’t eat just one. We grab them by the handful, often returning for a handful or two more.

How do you like your pretzel? Thick or thin? Straight or twisted? Crisp and crunchy, or soft? Salted, unsalted, mustard flavored, perhaps? There’s no shortage of types of pretzels. If you are having trouble deciding which ones, we suggest you mix a bunch of different types of pretzels in a big bowl, and grab a handful, or two, or three, or…..

Did you know? Pretzels are believed to be the world’s oldest snack. Pretzels date back to 610AD in Southern France. Catholic Monks baked thin strips of dough into the shape of a child’s arms folded in prayer. Add a little salt, and Voila! …the pretzel industry was born. 

While pretzels were first baked in France, pretzels have been popular in German bakeries for hundreds of years. In the U.S., the first pretzel was baked in 1850 in Lititz, Pa., by Julius Sturgis. In the early days before machines made them, the traditional pretzels were individually shaped by hand. Experienced pretzel shapers shaped one every 8-10 seconds! 

Do you know how to celebrate National Pretzel Day? We thought so!