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Daily Holidays - May 14
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
It's time to celebrate biscuits, that go well with gravy.
Biscuits appeared in the USA prior to Civil War. Cooks used them as a cheap addition to meals. As far as biscuits do not require yeast, it's a kind of quickbread, that anyone can make for dinner and even breakfast.
The leavening agent in biscuits is baking soda, that reacts with buttermilk. The reaction results in production of carbon dioxide bubbles, that let dough expand while baking. As far as biscuits do not require any time for leavening, busy moms can bake them for breakfast.
Biscuits became popular when people realized, that their hardness, compared to sliced bread, worked better to wipe up gravy on the plate. This evolved into a well-known meal, biscuits and gravy.
Biscuits are great as breakfast bread and they are usually served with butter, molasses, jam, honey. Although dough for biscuits contains a healthy dose of butter, many people butter biscuits after they were served. No matter how you prefer buttermilk biscuits, it would be great to bake them for National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. https://anydayguide.com/calendar/1016
National Chicken Dance Day
Dance Like a Chicken Day is celebrated each year on May 14th! This is a fun day from start to finish! Everyone has probably danced the ”Chicken Dance” at least once in their lifetime. This fun, silly song is popular at wedding dances, Oktoberfest and other celebrations. The song gets people of all ages up and moving on the dance floor.
The “Chicken Dance” is a fad dance to an oom-pah song and is now a contemporary dance throughout the Western world. The song was composed by Swiss accordion player, Werner Thomas, in the 1950?s and originally titled “Der Ententanz” (The Duck Dance). In the late 1970?s, the name of the song was changed to “Vogeltanz” (The Bird Dance) or “Vogerltanz” (Little Bird Dance or Birdie Dance). When arriving to America in the 1970?s, the song had acquired choreography with repetitive beak, wing, and tail motions and the name was again changed to “The Chicken Dance“. http://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-dance-like-a-chicken-day-may-14/
Underground America Day National Underground America Day is observed annually on May 14th and was created by architect Malcolm Wells in 1974. Wells (1926 – 2009) is considered “the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture”. Wells was also a writer, illustrator, draftsman, lecturer, cartoonist, columnist, and solar consultant, practiced what he preached by living in a modern earth-sheltered building of his own design. He took up the challenge of underground architecture as he believed the Earth’s surface was “made for living plants, not industrial plants”. http://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-underground-america-day-may-14/
http://www.famousbirthdays.com/may15.html
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It's 37 degrees outside my back door this morning which makes it a perfect morning for baking something lovin' from the oven.
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Not as cool here, in the mid 50's but still a cool morning with rain on the way. It would be what my Mom would call "Crimpy". So Hot coffee for me and my favorite donuts from the donut shop. 
but, I recall about 10 years ago trying to cover the young lilacs which didn't work out too well (they were okay, my plastic covers went everywhere).
Have a great morning with the biscuits to start the day! 
Ah...such memories!
let's chicken dance!!!
to Madame Secretary !Got to see her speak a few years ago. A wonderful evening. 
She's my idol!
