Ravioli for dinner, anyone? 11.11.11

In America, today is not only 11.11.11, but more importantly it is Veterans Day! Today, all non-essential federal government offices are closed. No mail is delivered. We take time to reflect on, pray for, and generally just be grateful that we have an abundance of brave men and women that willingly sacrifice themselves in order to maintain and fight for, when needed, Americans freedoms! THANK YOU!

Here is a little known fact (at least I hadn't ever heard this before) about Veterans Day. Apparently, the holiday is often celebrated by having a ravioli meal. This tradition dates back to the ending days of World War I (the whole reason we celebrate Veterans Day) when President Woodrow Wilson, aware that the returning soldiers would be longing for home cooked meals, invited 2,000 soldiers to the White House and helped his staff chefs cook them ravioli, which had just become a mainstay in mainstream American kitchens due to commercial canning. We were planning on eating tacos tonight, but I think we just may have to have ravioli instead. It'll be a great jump off point for good conversation with the family.