![]() So on National Joe Daygrab your friends Joey, Joanna and Joseph and take them to lunch or maybe grab a cup of, well, Joe. Today we also celebrate the people we know and love who have the name Joe. But morale went from bad to worse and sailors began referring sarcastically to coffee as a cup of Joseph Daniels or a cup of Joe. Daniels thought he could make up for it by increasing rations for coffee. Needless to say, this didn’t always sit well with the troops. ![]() Celebrate National Spanish Paella Daywith this uniquely delicious dish and its spicy history.Įver wonder why we call coffee a cup of Joe? Back in World War I, Joseph Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy, banned alcohol on naval bases. Some people claim that the word paella is a contraction of “para ella,” which means “for her,” because the man who supposedly came up with the recipe did so for his lover. The word comes from the old French for pan or paelle. Then there’s the word “paella” itself which refers to the pan in which the meal is cooked. Because of this, the word for rice (arroz) does not come from Latin, but rather from Arabic. ![]() Rice was first brought to Spain by the Moors around 1,200 years ago. The Spanish rice dish known as Paella, has an interesting linguistic history. Today we celebrate a sizzling history and a cup of Joe. ![]() Welcome to Maon the National Day Calendar.
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