May 10 - National Clean Up Your Room Day

Happy National Clean Up Your Room Day! On May 10, spring cleaners get their wish granted with the annual observance called National Clean Up Your Room Day.  

  

This parent appreciated day is often dreaded by their children. Though, some years, the timing makes it the perfect gift for Mother’s Day! 

  

However, the observance isn’t aimed only at kids. It is about picking up, straightening up and cleaning up. Serious spring cleaning takes place and homes get aired out.  

Organize, de-clutter, and rearrange. Fix the broken. Find missing parts and put like with like. Clean out a cluttered closet and donate or throw away those things you are not using.  

Help your children make their beds, clean their rooms, and eliminate the toys and clothing they have outgrown. 

Garages, sheds, and cabinets see the light of day. Drawers, closets (did we say that already), and under the bed get thoroughly organized. Find ways to repurpose items around the house, too. Look at old things in new ways: 

• • Use an old towel bar on your potting bench and hang S hooks to store your tools.  

• • Broken dresser drawers become bookshelves or under bed storage. 

• • How many ways can you repurpose an unused wine rack?  

• • storage for towels in the bathroom 

• •  take it to the craft area for all the small tools, glue and yarn 

• • store water bottles and travel mugs 

• • Tissue boxes make terrific storage for plastic bags, but they also work well for used dryer sheets. Reuse the dryer sheets to wipe down the washer and dryer to keep it dust-free and to clean out the lint trap. 

• • Use old magazine racks to store cutting boards, baking sheets, and other flat kitchen items.  

HOW TO OBSERVE 

  

Spend some time getting your home looking and feeling clean and fresh for summer. Post photos on social media using #CleanUpYourRoomDay. 

  

HISTORY 

  

National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this spruced up day. 

  

#CleanUpYourRoomDay 

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May 10 - National Shrimp Day

Happy National Shrimp Day! Each year on May 10, today recognizes America’s favorite seafood. Americans eat more shrimp than any other seafood, and this is the day to celebrate this delicious seafood. 

The word “prawn” is used loosely to describe any large shrimp, sometimes known as “jumbo shrimp.” Some countries use the word “prawn” exclusively for all shrimp. 

Preparing the shrimp for consumption usually involves the removal of the head, shell, tail and “sand vein”.   

There are many ways to cook shrimp. Standard methods of preparation include baking, boiling, broiling, sauteing, frying, and grilling.  Cooking time is delicate for shrimp, and they are at their best when not overcooked. 

A healthy food, shrimp is low in calories and high in levels of omega-3, calcium, iodine, and protein. Shrimp is also known to be considered good for the circulatory system. 

A healthy food, shrimp is low in calories and high in levels of omega-3, calcium, iodine, and protein. Shrimp is also known to be considered good for the circulatory system. 

Popular North America Shrimp Dishes:
  

• • Seafood Gumbo:  A stew or soup that probably originated in southern Louisiana during the 18th century.  Seafood gumbo typically consists of a strongly flavored stock, shrimp and crab meat (sometimes oysters), a thickener, and seasoning vegetables.  Gumbo is often categorized by the type of thickener used:  okra, the Choctaw spice, file powder (dried and ground sassafras leaves), or roux, the French base made of flour and fat. 

• • Shrimp Cocktail:  The Golden Gate served shrimp cocktail before any other restaurant. Their menu listed shrimp cocktail for .50 cents in 1959. It is now a Las Vegas cliché. Called the “Original Shrimp Cocktail” on the menu, it is a favorite among tourists as well as the locals. The original Shrimp Cocktail consists of a regular-sized sundae glass filled with small salad shrimp and topped with a dollop of cocktail sauce. 

• • Shrimp DeJonghe:  A specialty of Chicago, it is a casserole of whole, peeled shrimp blanketed in soft, garlic, sherry-laced bread crumbs. It is served as an appetizer or a main course. It originated in the late 19th or early 20th century at the DeJonghe’s Hotel and Restaurant. 

• • Shrimp Scampi: This dish has its own day on April 29 and is cooked in butter, garlic, lemon juice, and white wine. 

Shrimp and other shellfish are among the most common of food allergens. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Celebrate this fantastic food day by making your favorite shrimp dish. Need some ideas? 

As Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue from the 1994 American drama/comedy-drama film 'Forrest Gump' would say, “Shrimp cocktail, shrimp scampi, fried shrimp, broiled shrimp, spicy shrimp…”   

Share your favorite shrimp dish using #NationalShrimpDay. 

HISTORY 

National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this seafood holiday. 

How do you like to have your shrimp? 

#NationalShrimpDay 

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@Foodimentary 

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