Swiss Beer Day -Last Friday in April
The Schweizer Brauerer-Verband (Swiss Brewey Association) founded in 1877 began the annual event in 2012.
Here is a list of events going on in Switzerland this year to celebrate.
Tag des Deutschen Bieres (Germany)
April 23, 2021
German Beer Day
Recognized since 1994 by the German Brewers’ Association.
Reinheitsgebot a beer purity law regulating beer to only be brewed with four ingredients, water, hops, malt, and yeast. The most famous version of the law went into effect April 23, 1516.
Weihenstephan is the world’s oldest brewery founded in 725, and the brewery was established in 1040.
National Tea Day (UK)
April 21, 2021
Share a cup of tea, and talk about what’s ever on your mind. Is what the national tea day website says. A promotional holiday/ mental health awareness day? It seems to be a rapidly growing recognized day in the UK with maybe tea houses, and hotels offering tea specials or free cups of tea in conjunction with charitable fundraising events. Lend an ear, talk with a friend over a cuppa tea.
International Milk Tea Dumpling Day (Mongolia)
April 20, 2021
Banshtai Tsai
Cooked meat dumplings in a milky tea soup
International Milk Tea Dumpling Day
April 20, 2021
Again, I have no source for this other than wikipedia saying is began in 2019. But I’m including this one because I’m intrigued about eating the options.
The Mongolian dish Banshtai Tsai is translated as ‘milk tea with dumplings’, and is described as a hot salty tea with milk dumplings. And is the cure all comfort food for when you’re sick. In 2019 the dish was included in the UNESCO list of sustainable food recipes, giving the meal cultural protection.
I am somehow imagining this is where the wikipedia post came from? But it could all be random. Either way I wanted to try the meal. The closest Mongolian enclave to me is in Arlington, Virginia 5 hours away. I considered driving down for a day to get take out soup, but then reminded myself how I was doing a more relaxed version of food holidays this year, and I decided to celebrate with a milk tea and an order of dumplings for today. But as soon as I can get down there, I will try Banshtai Tsai!
World Trifle Day
April 18, 2021
I have no info on this, and no accreditation I can find other than wikipedia says it exists and it was founded in 2016. SInce I love trifle I’m celebrating! I like many types of trifle, but i’ve never made a British trifle with “jelly” (Jell-o) on the bottom. So i figured I’d use this day to cross that off my list.
Malbec World Day / Dia Mundial del Malbec (Argentina)
April 17, 2021
Founded in 2011 Malbe World Day was designated as April 17th to recognize the founding of the first agricultural school in Argentina in 1853 in the hopes of adapting French grapes to the soils of Mendoza. Over 75% of all Malbec grapes are grown in Argentina. The initiative to transform Agentina’s wine industry was tasked to Michel Aimé Pouget a French soil expert at the request of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento who later became the seventh president of Argentina. The Holiday was founded to promote Argentine food lifestyle and of course their wine internationally.
Here is more info on the holiday itself:
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More info on Malbec:
https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/what-is-malbec-wine
An article about the 10th anniversary:
I celebrated Argentina not just with a Malbec for the holiday, but also a nice dinner of lomito completo, empanada, and flan de palta (avocado):
A list of other 2021 international wine holidays. (As I have missed some already) can be found at http://www.travellingcorkscrew.com.au/blog/international-wine-days/
(Maybe a project for next year)
Black Day (Korea)
April 14, 2021
2 months after Valentine’s Day it’s a holiday for Korean singles, perhaps dressing in Black and eating Jajangmyeon (A noodle with black bean,sauce, pork and vegetables photo below.)
The 14th of each month has an unofficial holiday about love/friendships in Korea.
Feb 14th Valentine’s Day where often women give gifts to men
March 14th White Day where the gender roles are reversed and men gift to women
April 14th Black Day (Today*) a day for singles
May 14th Yellow Day – aka Rose Day. dress in yellow, yellow roses to symbolize friendship. A day for singles and couples. Eat yellow curry?
June 14th Kiss Day – Confess your love to a crush
July 14th Silver Day – Plans of marriage and promise rings
August 14th Green Day – Drink soju and take romantic walks in the woods
September 14th Photo Day/Music Day – Professional photos and Karaoke
October 14th Wine Day – Couple share wine over a romantic dinner while single drink away their sorrows
November 14th Movie Day
December 14th Hug Day
January 14th Diary Day/Candle Day
Espresso Italiano Day (Italy)
April 9, 2021
Falls on either the second or third Friday of April. (i’m unsure)
The holiday was created by the Italian Espresso National Institute in 2008 however their website has no mention of any festivities going on for this year, 2021.
Espresso is both the name of the beverage and the method for brewing the coffee. It’s not a type of bean. Espresso is coffee that’s brewed with a small amount of water under pressure through finely ground coffee bean which winds up producing a thicker brew with a higher concentration of caffeine. The espresso maker was patented by Angelo Moriondo in 1884 Turin, Italy.
For more info on Espresso, here is a link to the Espresso Italiano National Institute:
Click to access istituzionale_inei_hq_en.pdf
International Carrot Day
April 4, 2021
Founded in 2003 to raise global interest and knowledge in carrots.
According to the UN the top 5 largest producers of carrots are: 1.) China 2.) Uzbekistan 3.) US 4.) Russia 5.) Ukraine
Usually Orange, carrots also come in purple, white, red, yellow, and balck
The domestic carrot originated in Central Asia; the wild carrot, likely Persia
The English word Carot comes from Middle French Carotte
I’m craving a Moroccan Carrot Salad. But I made a carrot pudding:
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