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National Something On a Stick Day 

Skewer your cravings with delicious foods impaled on a stick! From corn dogs to kebabs, food on a stick is a portable and fun way to snack and dine.

No, this day is not talking about mops or brooms (although it’s certainly good to be very thankful for them, of course!) but National Something On a Stick Day is all about celebrating foods that people love to eat – and this amazing food just happens to come on a stick!

Because, who doesn’t love relaxed finger food that can be picked up by the stick and eaten? Whether it’s a toffee apple, camp-fire sausage, cheese cubes on a toothpick, an ice cream bar, lollipop or other lovely treats, feel free to indulge in them in celebration of National Something on a Stick Day! Or why not try the favorite American food on a stick if it’s possible – the famous corn dog?

History of National Something on a Stick Day

For thousands of years, people have been using skewers and sticks as a useful tool for cooking food, before forks were even thought of. In fact, single sticks were used in Ancient China as a predecessor to the use of chopsticks.

The concept of being able to use a stick to hold food over a fire is a clever one, resulting in the ability to cook without the need for pots and pans. From skewers for making kebabs to rotisseries that would slow roast meat on a spit over a fire, sticks have been an important part of food delivery for many years.

In modern times, the idea of not only cooking but also eating food that is presented on a stick is more about convenience. It’s just a simple and easy way to serve something without the need for a plate or utensils.

So forget the fork, because National Something on a Stick Day offers the perfect opportunity to serve and eat foods that work naturally on a stick!

How to Celebrate National Something on a Stick Day

Take advantage of National Something on a Stick Day to round up all sorts of food options to see how well they fit on a stick! Consider some of these ideas for observing the day:

Host a National Something on a Stick Day Party

What about planning an entire meal that includes an appetizer, main course and dessert, all of which are served on sticks? This concept for hosting a dinner party couldn’t be more easy, informal, and fun. And an added bonus is that there is very little cleaning up to do afterwards! What a great theme for a dinner party to have on National Something on a Stick Day!

Although it is certainly fun to revolve the day around the food, there are also some games that might be fun to try out during the party. Adults and kids of all ages can participate by playing games that include “something” on a stick, like pick-up sticks, kick the stick, or three sticks (aka capture the flag).

Get Creative with Food on a Stick

Take the opportunity to celebrate National Something on a Stick Day by thinking outside the box. Sure, it’s possible to serve corn dogs and shish kebabs. But what about some more interesting foods that can be eaten on a stick? Try out some of these ideas:

Fruit Kebabs. Great when served as an appetizer, side dish or dessert, fruit kebabs can be made by stacking strawberries, grapes, watermelon chunks, pineapple pieces and many other varieties of delicious fruit onto a stick.

Waffle Pops. Eating waffles just got a little more fun! Make waffles ahead of time in a round waffle maker, with a stick baked into each quarter. Drizzle with melted chocolate and top with sprinkles.

Chocolate Bacon Skewers. The sweet and savory blend of bacon with chocolate is an amazing combination!

Prosecco Pops. While popsicles are a delicious treat, making them for the adults-only crowd is even more delightful. These are especially tasty when paired with slices of fruit.

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OKAY WAIT THOUGH please someone write this I’ll scream

Poor single mom who just upended her entire life and moved to a new town, and obviously during their first week there, she gets into a car accident that completely totals her car :(( and she can only afford a ten year old manual car with like 90k miles on it :(( even though she doesn’t know how to drive stick

Cue the grumpy local sheriff, who was the first on the scene when she had her accident, teaching her how to drive stick by making her sit in his lap. Then invites himself over for dinner after their “lessons” and holds her baby in his lap the whole time and does little airplane noises to feed the baby supper

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Surrounded by funny friends :-3

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days where i have nothing to do: ohhhh im so sleepy im so so tired no one is more eepy than me

nights where i have to wake up at a set time: I Have Never Been More Awake In My Life

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hate hate hate when my body decides to signal "I'm hungry" via nausea.

[rabbitcruiser]

National Corn Dog Day 

Get ready to enjoy a delicious snack on a stick! This crispy and savory treat will make your taste buds dance with joy.

And that’s all the excuse we need to head off to the fair, or anywhere else that could supply this deep fried food on a stick! The corn dog is the perfect blending of tastes: delicious cornbread wrapped around a hot dog and dropped into a deep fryer filled with oil.

What else could a person want from a quick and easy snack that can be eaten on the go? But it gets even better because they put it on a stick. It is common knowledge that anything on a stick is better, and National Corn Dog Day comes to remind everyone of that fact!

History of National Corn Dog Day

This American treat has an interesting and multicultural history. Corn Dogs can trace their heritage from the sausage makers of Germany and, by extension, those who immigrated to Texas in the United States. While the state certainly comes with more than its share of hot weather, the Germans who immigrated there weren’t intimidated. They moved there and set up business to sell their sausages.

As it turns out, those German Texans apparently found that their sausages were not well received. Because of this, they decided to be innovative, dipping the sausages in a distinctly American breading (cornbread) and frying them.

The first corn dog on record was documented in 1927, when a patent was submitted to the US Patent Office describing the process of making corn dogs in this way:

I have discovered that articles of food such, for instance, as wieners, boiled ham, hard-boiled eggs, cheese, sliced peaches, pineapples, bananas and like fruit, and cherries, dates, figs, strawberries, etc., when impaled on sticks and dipped in batter, which includes in its ingredients a self-rising flour, and then deep-fried in a vegetable oil at a temperature of about 390 °F [200 °C], the resultant food product on a stick for a handle is a clean, wholesome and tasty refreshment.

Since then, corn dogs have become incredibly popular, especially at events like fairs and county festivals. In addition, they have found a place in everything from school lunches to being served on military vessels like the USS George Washington. And, of course, frozen versions of the corn dog (on a stick or in bite-sized mini form) can be purchased frozen at the grocery store and then heated up at home. It just goes to show there’s no wrong place to eat a Corn Dog!

In celebration of this simple yet satisfying treat, a Corn Dog Celebration was inaugurated in the United States in 1992. Beginning in Corvallis, Oregon, the first one was a simple gathering  of a few folks who wanted to eat corn dogs and watch basketball.

The event grew bigger the following year when it expanded to other cities and included tater tots and beer. Eventually corporate sponsorships came through for the event (Foster Farms, an American foods company, and Jones Soda).

In 2008, the event peaked with nearly 5000 different parties on five continents, including one in Antarctica! Since then, the hype isn’t always quite as high, but this is still certainly a day worth celebrating.

How to Celebrate National Corn Dog Day

While some people might not think this is a reason to get excited, Corn Dog lovers mark this on the calendar as one of their favorite days of the year! Celebrations can range from the simple to the outrageous, but be sure to tell everyone about it and invite them to join in on the fun, as corn dogs are better when enjoyed with a loved one.

Try these Corn Dog related ideas for celebrating the day:

Eat a Corn Dog (Or Several)

National Corn Dog Day is a day to finally go out and get yourself your Corn Dog fix, whether buying them frozen in the store and throwing them in the oven, or heading out to a local county fair and buying one straight from a vendor.

Some people may even want to expand their horizons by trying a cornbrat, which is a bratwurst deep-fried in cornbread, which is basically just a gourmet corn dog–only a bit more substantial. Yum!

Get a Special Deal at Sonic Restaurants

One of the largest corn dog serving chains in the US, with locations in 44 out of the 50 states (and looking to expand internationally in the near future), Sonic typically offers a special for the day, such as 50 cent corn dogs (normally $1.29).

Wienerschnitzel is a California based chain that has stores in 10 states and Guam. They have been serving corn dogs since 1965 and have often delighted customers by offering two corn dogs for $1 in honor of National Corn Dog Day (normally $1.49 each).

Other chains and individual restaurants that serve this delicious treat often give special customer discounts in honor of National Corn Dog Day. If a Sonic or Wienerschnitzel isn’t nearby, it’s worth asking at local restaurants to find out which ones have a special offer.

Share Corn Dogs at Work

Those who work in a large corporation may be able to get their company to make plans in advance to sponsor a corn dog food truck to come to the premises for a special lunch. For smaller employers, grabbing some frozen corn dogs from a bulk grocery store and serving them to employees is a fun and rather inexpensive way to build rapport with staff.

Join A National Corn Dog Day Celebration or Festival

Folks in Oregon started it, so that would be the ideal place to celebrate the day! But various cities throughout the US and the rest of the world have also now joined in. Check out local community listings to find one nearby. If there isn’t one? Consider getting one started!

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I have this weird specific headcanon that I gotta share so sorry in advance if this is too random 🩵

After the war twelve is still mainly a walkable place but cars do make their way to the district and become more accessible and commonplace esp as twelve expands as the years go by. Katniss thinks the cars are stupid and a Capitol luxury that she doesn’t have any interest in at first. But Peeta actually wants to learn because Peeta wants to learn everything he possibly can. but then after a little while when they’re like 24ish Katniss one day comes to Peeta and is like “could you … teach me … how to drive…?” All shy because she was so adamant that she would never step foot in a car but now she’s like “babe, would you mind… teaching me something?”

And anyways I just think it’s so cute to picture Peeta teaching Katniss how to drive and work the car and being very patient and understanding when she’s all uptight and nervous because she’s never even really been in too many cars in her life let alone the driver

oooh i’ve always thought that after the war peeta learns how to drive, buying a truck to use for the bakery. he doesn’t use it for much else, preferring to walk because there really isn’t a need to drive between town and home, but it’s pretty necessary for collecting stock and doing deliveries (which i think he’d like to be able to offer for people who are housebound etc.)

i personally don’t think katniss would ever drive, i doubt she would like it and she’d probably worry about him. however, peeta might try to teach her some of the basics when she goes out on delivery runs with him. i love your idea that she’s very nervy when she tries to learn, and she’d get frustrated with herself sooo easily and try to throw the towel in when she doesn’t get it right the first time. (peeta laughs at her for being so uptight about it and that makes her worse because she hates when he laughs at her)

later, when the babies come along, they love to play in papa’s truck. they pretend to drive, and hide in the truck bed, and give mama a heart attack by pressing the horn. their son loves to go out on deliveries with his papa, early on sunday mornings and he begs to get picked up from school in the old truck too (even though it’s a short journey).

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[FIERI: ...a cozy café stacking up the savory... Oh, yeah. FIERI: ...and rolling out the sweet. This is getting good.]

[dire-kumori]

And now for some not-so-fun Evbear shenanigans.

Now obviously there’s gonna be a bit of an adjustment period for Evan and Michael after the discovery of Evan’s soul inside the Fredbear suit, and the subsequent sneaking of the suit into the Afton home. Mike succeeds on getting Evan home but neither are quite sure what to do next. Evan just wanted to be safe at home in his room, but being back home isn’t the relief he expected. His new body is too large to curl up under the blankets. He couldn’t feel their warmth even if he could. He can’t even sit on his bed without breaking it.

Michael stays with him, wanting to make it better, but it’s really dawning on Evan that Michael actually did kill him. Even though he’s taller than Mikey now, he can’t help but react with terror when Michael is near. Michael doesn’t want to hurt him more, but he can’t leave Evan alone either. What if he breaks something? What if he breaks his own body? What if Father finds out and does something bad? When Evan sobs and rages Mike tries to stay close and offer comfort that Evan can’t feel, despite being painfully aware of how much larger and stronger Evan is in this new body and...

Evan isn’t. Not in the slightest. When Michael approaches him and tries to calm him down, Evan really only means to swat his hands away. It’s not until he hears the sharp crack that he realizes what he’s done, and he turns around to find  Michael halfway across the room slumped against a piece of furniture. And he’s out cold. Evan begins to panic, especially when he sees the blood soaking his brother’s hair. Fortunately, Michael’s only out for a few minutes. Evan begins to apologize frantically, but Michael assures him it’s alright, he can take care of it.

At that moment, Evan becomes very, very aware that he doesn’t have to be afraid of Michael anymore. There’s nothing left Mike can do to him. But Michael has every reason to be afraid of him.

And when he sees the way Mike’s hands shake the next time he tries to comfort Evan, he realizes Mike knows it too.

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