Last Year on 25 Days of Christmas (Food)…

Remember last year when I went insane and wrote a post a day for the 25 days prior to Christmas?

I think this is actually someone’s house.

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I’m doing it again this year.

Me on December 26th.

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While you reflect on my poor decision making, here’s the 25 (technically 26 because one was a two-parter) posts I did last Christmas.

Poor decision making. Ya know, kinda like getting a lower back tattoo.

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Tidbit Tuesday: Let’s Get Turkeyfied

Aloha! That’s Polish for “Holy crap, it’s Tidbit Tuesday!”

THEY’RE MINI TURKEY BURGERS!!!

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Thanksgiving is on Thursday. It’s a day for us to eat all the green bean casserole and take all the naps and have all the family fights. Those things are, of course, essential to a proper Thanksgiving, but the real star of the day is our tricky friend, the turkey.

Ooooooh so fiiiiine.

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Tidbit Tuesday Continued: Yamituals

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

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Soooo yesterday we talked about yam mythology. Today let’s talk about the rituals that surround those myths.

Dancer in the New Yam Festival in Nigeria.

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Tidbit Tuesday: Yamology

It’s Tidbit Tuesday. Rejoice!

Tiny tubers on Tidbit Tuesday. BOOM.

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It’s nearing Thanksgiving so today we’re going to talk about yams. Not all about yams because, frankly, it would take several posts. The history of the yam is complicated and lengthy and, while I think it would be mega interesting, I want to keep it simple.

So I’m going to tell you a bit about yam mythology. Tomorrow I’ll tell you about yam rituals.

An Abelam yam mask. The Abelam people put these masks on their yams to transform them into the yam god.

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The yam is a staple in many cultures. There are tons of species all over the world and for the most part they aren’t that different from each other. People use the word “yam” to talk about other root crops, like sweet potatoes, taro, and oca, but they aren’t the same root. The confusion comes from the origin of the word “yam.”

Story time!

Tidbit Wednesday?: Election Cake

You may have noticed that it’s not Tuesday.

Doesn’t have the same ring.

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My bad.

I was pretty busy yesterday, running here and there and doing things like voting. Oh, right, there was that election thing yesterday. Woo!

WE ARE BOTH SO INTENSE TAKE US SRSLY.

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So lemme ask ya this:

Ever heard of Election cake? Now ya have.

Errrm….not….exactly….

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Tidbit Tuesday: Candy and Trick-or-Treating

Wut wuuuuuut it’s time for another Tidbit Tuesday!

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I had a discussion the other day with my coworkers about how we trick-or-treated. There was talk of plastic orange pumpkins, shopping bags, and pillowcases (my weapon of choice). One girl even used a McDonald’s Happy Meal box. Then we talked about how awesome candy is and everyone should eat candy all the time and then not get obese and die.

omgcandy

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But why do we trick-or-treat for candy on Halloween? Where did that tradition start? When did it start? Why candy?

Because CANDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

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Well, it started in America. To understand why it started we need to talk a little about the beginning of Halloween in North America. Very, very briefly.

Briefs.

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Tidbit Tuesday: A Halloween Menu

Well, hello! It’s Tidbit Tuesday!

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Today’s Tidbit is a short but thematically correct one. It’s a Halloween menu published in the Fort Wayne Sentinel on October 29, 1906.