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Ruth Reichl - Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed
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  to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Anna McGivern for October 6th.
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  Now, you might have noticed that my voice is a little off today.
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  I've been having some health challenges over the past two
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  weeks or so and now on top of all that, I'm losing my voice.
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  But that's OK, everything's good.
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  I'm on the mend and and I will be fully recovered soon, but the
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  show must go on. Today is National Noodle Day, a
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  delicious celebration of one of humanity's most versatile and
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  beloved foods. While the exact origins of this
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  holiday remain a bit mysterious, what we do know is that noodles
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  themselves have been nourishing humanity for over 4000 years,
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  making them one of the oldest prepared foods in human history.
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  The beauty of noodles is their universality.
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  From Italian pasta, the Japanese ramen, from Chinese Romain to
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  Thai Pad Thai, from Korean Jab Chai to German spatial,
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  virtually every culture has embraced noodles in their own
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  unique way. These simple strands of
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  unleavened dough have traveled across continents, adapted to
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  local tastes, and become integral cuisines worldwide.
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  What makes National Noodle Day special is that it celebrates
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  this incredible diversity while recognizing a common thread.
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  Noodles bring people together, their comfort food, celebration
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  food, everyday food, and special occasion food all rolled up into
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  one. Today's quote comes from food
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  writer Ruth Weischel, who said pull up a chair, take a taste,
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  come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.
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  Reichl's invitation captures exactly what noodles represent
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  in our collective culinary consciousness.
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  Noodles are fundamentally communal food.
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  Think about how we eat them. Ramen shops with their long
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  communal tables. Family style Italian dinners
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  with big bowls of pasta passed around.
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  Asian noodle dishes shared from a common plate.
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  Hot pot meals where everyone cooks their own noodles
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  together. When Reichel says pull up a
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  chair, she's talking about more than just eating.
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  She's talking about connection, community, the way food brings
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  us together and makes life richer.
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  Noodles embody this perfectly. They're rarely eaten alone in
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  silence. They're slurped, shared,
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  celebrated and discussed. Think about the memories you
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  have around noodles. Maybe it's your grandmother's
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  chicken noodle soup when you were sick.
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  Maybe it's a late night ramen with friends in college.
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  Maybe it's that life changing bowl of pasta you had in a tiny
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  restaurant in Rome. Noodles aren't just sustenance,
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  they're woven into our stories, our relationships, our most
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  delicious memories. Reichel understood that life's
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  richness isn't found in isolation or perfection.
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  It's found in Sharon tasting and joining together around tables.
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  Aladdin with food that brings us joy.
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  And don't forget Mac and cheese. Friend of ours makes mean Mac
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  and cheese and she gave us the recipe.
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  And now my daughters love making this Mac and cheese delicious.
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  So today, think about Reichel's invitation and what National
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  Noodle Day celebrates. How can you embrace the noodle
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  spirit of connection and sharing?
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  Maybe it's inviting someone to lunch instead of eating at your
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  desk alone. Maybe it's cooking dinner for
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  friends or family and actually sitting down together without
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  devices. Maybe it's trying a new noodle
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  dish from a culture you're not familiar with, expanding your
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  culinary horizons. That's going to do it for today.
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  Thanks for listening. I'm Anna McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.