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National French Dip Day & Sweet Potato Awareness Month · National Day Spotlight | Presented By National Day Calendar

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to November 12th on the National Day calendar.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Today we're celebrating a savory dipable sandwich in honoring a sweet versatile route.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You won't be able to prepare for the holiday is without the official 2026 National Day calendar.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: How else can you plan your grocery shopping if you run out of sugar before cranberry relish day?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our calendar is your guide to a year's long celebration of pizza, pie, and everything in between.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And don't forget the importance of national sardines day.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Okay, maybe it's fine if you miss that one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But if you do burn that turkey, you'll know exactly when national fast food day is.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Visit our website for your full-color guide to all the fun and unusual ways to celebrate
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  [SPEAKER_01]: French dip-day celebrates a savory sandwich whose origin is a classic Los Angeles mystery, with two restaurants claiming credit.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Philippe the original claims an accident in 1918.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The owner dropped a roll into drippings.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Cole's PE buffet claims the sandwich was intentionally created years later for a customer with sore gums who needed the bread softened.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: No matter which story you believe, we can all agree that the combination of tender beef, savory azu, and a soft French roll is absolutely delicious, and a testament to LA's unique food history.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It sounds awesome.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I just love a good French dear.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, let's go have some after this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's do that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: November is also sweet potato awareness month.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We celebrate the versatile root vegetable that is a staple of fall cuisine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For many years, only the white flesh sweet potato was common in the U.S.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But in the 1930s, farmers began to successfully grow and market the sweeter, moist, orange fleshed
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  [SPEAKER_00]: which was then incorrectly labeled and sold as a YAM, that simple marketing decision completely changed the American diet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This month encourages us to appreciate the true sweet potato for a unique flavor and incredible versatility, and to celebrate this journey from a Southern crop to a national food icon.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I love a sweet potato.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: My favorite way to eat it though is baked with nothing on it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just the sweet potato.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't mind them so much, you know, like an orchestral dish with... You like the marshmallows and all of that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's good too.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm Alice Anderson.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm while the Anderson reminding you to celebrate every day.