Posted on 11/01/2024 6:43:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
Founded in 2016 by Minsky's Pizza.
NATIONAL CALZONE DAY If the air is resplendent with the aroma of garlic and tomato sauce on November 1st, it might just be time to celebrate National Calzone Day.
#NationalCalzoneDay Calzones take the delicious toppings and cheese of a pizza and tuck it up tight in a warm garlicky, crusty package. Also known as calzoni in some parts of Italy, like the pizza, it originated in Naples. It looks much like a turnover. As varied as pizzas come these days, so does the calzone.
The loose translation of the word calzone from Italian to English is trouser legs. This translation may explain the purpose of calzone, which is essentially a pizza hand pie. However, carrying out the task of eating a calzone while walking on two legs is mighty improbably. Consider that they overflow with a bounty of cheeses, meat, vegetables, and sauces!
Calzone dough is infused with garlic and butter to add flavor. Sauces made from scratch with Italian herbs and spices lend that old world flair to every calzone recipe. By the time the mozzarella, provolone or parmesan melts into the sausage, spinach or whatever choice ingredients, aromas fill the air. No wonder our mouths begin watering.
So take a seat, invite some friends, and enjoy the evening savoring a well-made calzone.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL CALZONE DAY Experience a fresh, hot-from-the-oven calzone and use #NationalCalzoneDay to share on social media.
minskys-national-calzone-day-with-photo NATIONAL CALZONE DAY HISTORY
Minsky's Pizza founded National Calzone Day in 2016 to celebrate its 40th anniversary and their passion for delicious, handmade calzones.
The Registrar at National Day Calendar proclaimed the day to be observed November 1st, annually.
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Notable Birthdays for November 1
Caroline Still Anderson (1848-1919) - One of the first Black women to become a physician in the U.S.
William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) - Founder of the Chase School, which is now Parsons School of Design.
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) - Novelist and short story writer who wrote Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.
Grantland Rice (1880-1954) - Poet and journalist who became a well-known sports writer and announcing.
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986) - Blues musician who is best known for her hit Up the Country Blues in the 1920s.
Laura LaPlante (1904-1996) - Silent film actress.
Johnny Indrisano (1906-1968) - Film stuntman.
Maxie Rosenbloom (1907-1976) - Professional boxer known as "Slapsie Maxie."
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1915-2010) - Co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History.
John W. Peterson (1921-2006) - Successful Christian musician who wrote of 1,000 songs.
Betsy Palmer (1926-2015) - Actress who played the mother of Jason on Friday the 13th.
James Bradford (1928-2013) - Olympic weightlifter.
Bill Anderson (1937-Still Living) - Country music singer nicknamed "Whispering Bill."
Barbara Bosson (1939-2023) - American actress known for her role as Fay Furillo in Hill Street Blues.
Larry Flynt (1942-2011) - Founder Larry Flynt Publications.
Jim Steinman (1947-2021) - Songwriter and producer who has written songs for Bonnie Tyler and Meatloaf.
Jeannie Berlin (1949-Still Living) - Actress best known for her role in the 1972 hit The Heartbreak Kid.
Belita Moreno (1949-Still Living) - Actress best known for her role as Benny Lopez on George Lopez.
Mitch Kapor (1950-Still Living) - Founder of the Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Robert B. Laughlin (1950-Still Living) - Physicist who created the Laughlin wavefunction.
Dan Peek (1950-2011) - Pioneer of contemporary Christian music.
Ronald Bell (1951-2020) - Founding member of Kool and the Gang.
Jan Davis (1953-Still Living) - Female NASA astronaut.
Lyle Lovett (1957-Still Living) - Country music singer.
Anthony Kiedis (1962-Still Living) - Lead vocalist and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
William Kenneth Alphin (1963-Still Living) - Second half of the country duo Big and Rich whose stage name is Big Kenny.
Jenny McCarthy (1972-Still Living) - T.V. personality.
Penn Badgley (1986-Still Living) - Actor known for his role as d Joe Goldberg in You.
Memorable Events for November 1
1683 - New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1776 - Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in CA.
1787 - The African Free School in NY opens.
1800 - President John Adams moves into the Executive Mansion (White House).
1802 - Ohio begins forming a state constitutional.
1834 - Poker is officially published for the first time as a Mississippi riverboat game.
1848 - The first medical school for women (Boston Female Medical School) opens MA.
1870 - The Weather Bureau makes its first official meteorological forecast.
1894 - Thomas Edison films the Buffalo Bill show.
1896 - National Geographic shows an image of a woman's breast on the cover of their printed magazine.
1897 - The Library of Congress building opens to the public.
1921 - The American Birth Control League after the National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge.
1938 - Baseball legend Ernie Lombardi (Cincinnati Reds) becomes the first catcher to win the National League MVP.
1938 - Seabiscuit beats Triple Crown winner War Admiral by 3 lengths and becomes the greatest horse race in history.
1941 - Japanese naval staff officer Suguru Suzuki arrives at Pearl Harbor on the Taiyo Maru boat carrying 340 passengers with intentions of scoping out the island for a future attack.
1942 - John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of the Negro Digest.
1951 - U.S. Army soldiers are exposed to desert rock after a few atomic explosions used for training.
1957 - The world's longest suspension bridge opens MI.
1968 - The movie rating system is officially introduced with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
1971 - The President Eisenhower dollar coin is put into circulation.
1988 - Staten Island ferry gets pay phones installed.
1997 - The Expanded Negro Leagues Museum opens in Kansas City to honor Black baseball players.
2009 - Sisters Serena and Venus Williams play against for the WTA Championship.
2012 - Gmail becomes the world's most popular email provider.
Leave the gun, take the calzone.....................
Cal Zone... Danger is his middle name.
I’m making stuffed shells today.
I heard about a guy that opened a Calzone shop.
It had a high turnover rate and it folded.
Fancy Hot Pockets?
Fancy Hot Pockets?
Yes.................
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In our neck of the woods, which was founded by the Cornish/British lead miners who first settled here, it’s the Cornish Pasty that you want.
Meat, potatoes, veggies & gravy. Same pastry wrapping.
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Cornish-Pasty/
Hand-held pot pie?.................
Very convenient to eat when you’re a Miner, working underground and getting lead poisoning while doing so. ;)
Actually, it’s the ARSENIC in the lead, not the lead, itself.
Authentic Italian Calzone
ING 1 recipe Pizza Dough 1 cup ricotta 1 tbl ea chp parsley, chp basil, 1/2 cup parm, 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper, 1 cup grated mozzarella, divided, 1 cup cooked Italian sausage, 1/2 cup fire-roasted diced tomatoes, drained, 1 egg.
Steps Divide pizza dough into four sections. Stir well ricotta, parsley, basil, parm, black pepper, ½ cup grated mozzarella. Use fingers or rolling pin to flatten dough into 4-8-9” rounds. Place ¼ of ricotta mixture in center. Add fave toppings – diced roasted tomatoes, bell peppers, cooked grnd beef, Italian sausage, end w/ mozzarella. Fold one side of dough over to form half moon. Pinch and roll sides to enclose toppings completely.
Whisk egg, tbl water. Brush over calzone (adds a golden sheen to baked calzone). Cut 2-3 slits in top for steam to escape. Bake 450 deg 20-25 min to deep golden brown. Plate. Brush tops w/ olive oil, sprinkle w/ parm, fresh herbs. Serve w/ marinara sauce dip.
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