Today's almanac
Monday June 1
🥛 World Milk Dayanno 2026
The building block of the Norwegian kitchen – from porridge to ice cream. The UN celebrates it; Erken used it in everything.
Notable food day added by the Erken Archive in 2026 – a modern addition for a fuller calendar.
🔔 Tomorrow (June 2) is 🍩 Doughnut Day! Doughnut Day, originally a tribute to the Salvation Army's doughnut bakers during the First World War.
Erken's dinner suggestions (1940)
Dinner I: Rabarbrasuppe, Ny sild, poteter, smør og flatbrød, Lapper
Dinner II: Varme småbrød med spinat
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