March 31

How I Celebrated

Setting the gold standard for the internets


It took me a while to decide how I wanted my lemon. Sliced, squeezed over my mussels, but I decided that water was the way to go since I had orange slices and the mussels were pre seasoned. The taters are actually "potato crowns" I think Nate said. Hmm the things companies call their food these days.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  All Good here

• Gluten Free

  And here as well

• Vegetarian

  You will have to find some vegetarian clam substitute.

Recipes

• Bon appetit has a few clam recipes for you
• And so does Food Network
• Here are some tater tot recipes from Buzzfeed
• Delish has more suggestions of what to do with tater tots
• Here are some lemon orange bars from Rachael Ray
• Orange and lemon marmalade from Food and Wine

Follow Molly's board March 31 Recipes on Pinterest.

History

I think it was clams that my aunts were gathering in the ocean in New Zealand when I visited. That was my first experience in a low tide that spread really far. I was most afraid of the crabs pinching me, but it was a thrill jumping and running in puddles and muddy sand. I remember trying to open a clam shell and thinking, how would anyone ever figure out how to open these to eat them? They were sealed so tight almost like a rock! I didn't eat any unfortunately. I was curious if they looked anything like mussels. It is lemon and orange day also though, and that works quite well. Or maybe just another clam chowder day with potatoes.

Merchandise

Napoleon Dynamite. You know what I'm talking about.
Follow Molly's board March 31 Merch on Pinterest.

Restaurants

• Here are a few places in UT you can get tater tots
• And some suggestions to eat clams in LA
• Lemon Middle and Orange is in Austaralia

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Nano Days
• National Cleaning Week
• National Protocol Officer's Week
• National Tsunami Awareness WEek
• Orthodox Lent
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
• Root Canal Awareness Week
• Cesar Chavez Day
• Eiffel Tower Day
• National Bunsen Burner Day
• National She's Funny That Way Day