November Diversions

4 – King Tut Day

Eat some Ta’meya or Koshari and wash it down with heqet. Write your name in hieroplyphics:

https://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/hieroglyphic-typewriter/

And of course, dance endlessly to Steve Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYbavuReVF4

And the Bangles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qRpIA3RKYc

 

5 – Guy Fawkes/Gunpowder Day/Bonfire Night

Mainly an English celebration regarding the plot in 1605 to blow up the House of Parliament. Guy was hanged and quartered. A couple hundred years later, children would go around begging for pennies to make an effigy of Guy to later burn. Nowadays it’s pretty much just bonfires and fireworks. One tradition was Bonfire Toffee. There are a ton of recipes for toffee on the Internet.

 

15 – Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

No matter how vigilant you are about not wasting food and putting leftovers in the fridge for later consumption, there always seems to be one or two small containers that get shoved to the very back and forgotten. After a while it becomes sentient. Then it plots to take over the world. Don’t let that happen!

 

25 – Thanksgiving Day

AKA Stuff Yourself Into Oblivion And Watch TV Until It’s Time To Eat Again. And for the love of all that is holy…HAVE ENOUGH WHIPPED CREAM ON HAND FOR THE PIE!!!

 

26 – The Day After…

Eat leftovers and set up the Christmas tree. Then start on the second pumpkin pie. And you better have one on hand. DID YOU REMEMBER THE WHIPPED CREAM???