Netherlands Edition
World Lost Sock Day leads today's complete edition for Netherlands.
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A day for the universal mystery of laundry, missing pairs, household systems, and the small comic defeats of domestic life.
A day celebrating the Dutch pannenkoek, which is large, thin, and served with a variety of toppings. The Dutch pancake is not like the American pancake: it is the size of a dinner plate, and it can be savory (with bacon, cheese, and onions) or sweet (with apples, raisins, and powdered sugar). The tradition is to eat pannenkoeken at a pannenkoekenhuis (pancake restaurant), and the best pannenkoekenhuizen are located in old farms and windmills. The Dutch pancake is also served as a traditional meal on New Year's Eve, and the saying goes that the thinner the pancake, the better the cook. The largest pancake ever made in the Netherlands was 13 meters in diameter.
A day for the footwear that knows the job better than the person wearing it wants to admit.
A day for pencils, forms, snacks, chargers, books, forgotten papers, and the nightly search before morning.
You observe spotted hyenas, spotted-necked otters, and various antelope species in Gambia's savannas and wetlands along the river. You see that Gambian families typically keep goats, sheep, chickens, and occasionally dogs and cats as domestic animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
