March 28, 2015 – NATIONAL SOMETHING ON A STICK DAY – NATIONAL BLACK FOREST CAKE – NATIONAL WEED APPRECIATION DAY

                            NATIONAL SOMETHING ON A STICK DAY

Celebrated each year on March 28, National Something On A Stick Day is a food holiday that lets you use your creative talents.  Once you get started, the possibilities are endless.  Foods that comes on a stick are fun and easy to eat.
The most common one that we all think of is the Popsicle, fudge bar, ice cream bar or any of that type of  frozen treat.  Next on the list might be the corn dog or the caramel apple and of course the lollipop.  Also, as summer nights are drawing near, we might hunger for roasted marshmallows on a stick.  Of course we must mention, one of the newest popular treats on a stick, and a favorite to many, is the cake pops.
Now that some of the regular ones have been mentioned, get inventive and make up some ones of your own.   How about a pear on a stick, meat and cheese squares, brownie bites and marshmallows, fruit and chocolate kabobs or a waffle on a stick?  Have a very creative breakfast, lunch and/or dinner and fun with the day!!
NATIONAL SOMETHING ON A STICK DAY HISTORY
Our research failed to find the creator and the origin of National Something On A Stick Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

National Black Forest Cake Day – March 28

NATIONAL BLACK FOREST CAKE DAY  

March 28th celebrates a food holiday known as National Black Forest Cake Day.  Black Forest cake is the English name for the German dessert Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte, meaning “Black Forest cherry torte”.
Most often, the Black Forest cake is made of several layers of chocolate cake with whipped cream and cherries between each layer. The cake is then decorated with whipped cream, maraschino cherries and chocolate shavings.   In some traditional recipes, sour cherries are used between the layers and a Kirschwasser (a clear liquor distilled from tart cherries) is added to the cake.  In the United States, alcohol is usually not used, however,  in Germany the liqueur is a mandatory ingredient otherwise the cake can not legally be sold under the  Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte name.
The cake is named after the specialty liquor (Schwarzwalder Kirschwasser) of the region of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) mountain range in southwestern Germany.
To celebrate, try one of the following, “tried and true”,  Black Forest Cake recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/black-forest-cake-i/
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/jennys-black-forest-cake/
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/black-forest-cake/4e66caed-4e29-4154-a92d-27332162baa4
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