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🍝 EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY! 🍝
September 15 is Linguine Day!

Good news, everybody.

We figured out what’s for dinner tonight. 😂

Today is Linguine Day!

🍝 FIRST — WHAT MAKES LINGUINE…LINGUINE?

Linguine is an Italian pasta that’s long like spaghetti, but instead of being round, it’s slightly flattened.

Its name comes from the Italian word lingua, meaning tongue — so linguine roughly translates to “little tongues.”

You’re welcome.

You can now announce at dinner:

“Kids! Come eat your little tongues!”

Please report back with their reactions. 😂

🇮🇹 Linguine is traditionally associated with the Liguria region of Italy, where it’s commonly paired with seafood or pesto.

But we’re in Rural Northeast Wisconsin on a Tuesday.

We’re keeping dinner EASY. 😂

🍋🧄 EASY GARLIC BUTTER LINGUINE

You’ll need:

🍝 1 package linguine
🧈 4 tablespoons butter
🧄 3–4 cloves garlic, minced
🧀 About ½ cup grated Parmesan
🍋 A squeeze of lemon juice
🧂 Salt & pepper
🌿 Parsley or Italian seasoning if you’ve got it

Make it:

Cook the linguine according to the package directions — but save about ½ cup of that pasta water before draining.

Melt the butter in a large pan, add the garlic and cook briefly until fragrant.

Add your cooked linguine, Parmesan and a splash of pasta water. Toss everything together until it’s creamy and coated.

Finish with lemon, salt, pepper and herbs.

DONE.

Want to turn it into a bigger meal?

🍗 Add chicken.
🍤 Add shrimp.
🥦 Toss in broccoli.
🍅 Add fresh tomatoes.
🥒 Use whatever vegetables are currently staring accusingly at you from the refrigerator. 😂

🌾 AND HERE’S OUR LOCAL CHALLENGE!

Before dinner, check your kitchen — or your local Farm Stand or Farmers Market — for something local you could toss into tonight’s linguine.

Fresh tomatoes? 🍅
Garlic? 🧄
Peppers? 🫑
Zucchini?
Fresh herbs? 🌿

Our Farm Stand Guide can help you find local goodies for tonight’s experiment, too!

Because apparently we’re now using completely made-up food holidays as an excuse to support local farmers.

We’re okay with this. 😂❤️

👇 NOW SETTLE A VERY IMPORTANT DEBATE:

If you’re picking the pasta tonight, what’s winning?

🍝 Spaghetti
🍝 Linguine
🎀 Bowties
🌀 Rotini
🧀 Macaroni
🥣 Penne
❤️ Or another favorite?

And the REAL question…

Red sauce, Alfredo, pesto or butter & Parmesan?

🍝 Happy Linguine Day!

Dinner: SOLVED.

Now we just need somebody else to do the dishes. 😂