National Sloppy Joe Day and National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day in USA

Most believe the sloppy joe was first served in Havannah Cuba at the bar and café “Sloppy Joe's” in the early 1900's. The sloppy joe goes by many names, including manwich, slush burger, yum yums,barbecue, dynamite, and even sloppy jane.

Some attribute the original Sloppy Joe to a cafe in Sioux City, Iowa, where, many years ago, in 1930 a cook named Joe added tomato sauce to his “loose meat” sandwiches. Voila: a new between-the-bread offering, and the sandwich's official name.

Lacy Oatmeal Cookies, or Oatmeal Lace Cookies, are wafer-thin, crispy, and delicate. The brown sugar gives them a hit of toffee flavor. They are similar to Florentine cookies, which are made from nuts. But they are quite different from the thick and chewy oatmeal cookie. Though delicious on their own, they make a great accompaniment to ice cream. It was Fannie Merritt Farmer who created the first-ever oatmeal cookie in the U.S. However, they gained popularity only in the 1900s when Quaker Oats made the wise decision to print the recipe of oatmeal cookies on their containers and the world was introduced to these delicious treats.