March 26, 2023 - National Nougat Day | National Spinach Day

Welcome to March 26th, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate knowing who your friends are and a veggie that gives us super strength. If you’re celebrating today’s national day, you’re going to need a friend along, if you for no other reason than to check your teeth. For one thing nougat seems designed to get stuck to your smile. The white kind is made by whipping egg whites and honey - think divinity or Milky Way candy bars. Brown nougat is even stiffer and stickier, like Bit o Honey or Fast Break. But the serious smile busters are the German kind that add nuts to the mix. If you like this variety, better have some friends on hand to make sure you’re ready for a selfie closeup. Marlo, John - do I have anything in my teeth? On National Nougat Day, make sure you know who your friends are. The town of Crystal City, Texas survived the Great Depression thanks to an unlikely hero, Popeye the Sailor Man. In the 1930s, Popeye cartoons became very popular, which meant that kids everywhere saw him chomping away on his favorite snack, spinach. And, as luck would have it, Crystal City was a huge producer of spinach. Moms were thrilled that their kids wanted to eat the healthy food and business boomed as spinach was added to menus across the country. To this day, the town is known as the Spinach Capital of the World and they even have a Popeye statue erected outside city hall. On National Spinach Day, celebrate the veggie that still gives us our super strength. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices