Ñoquis

Today is Ñoquis day. The 29th of every month is reserved for eating Ñoquis, the Italian pasta/dumpling food made from potatoes and flour. Ñoquis day is known for two things:

1. Poorer people had no more money at the end of the month (the 29th) waiting for their salary so they had to scrap out food from whatever they could. Throwing together some potatoes and flour is a pretty cheap combination, hence your ñoquis. There´s an even cheaper combination: ñoqui de pobre. That's just flour and eggs, or maybe just flour and water (when the money is really thin at the end of the month).

2. Ñoquis is a term given to government employees who are on the payroll, receive a check, but do no work and often don´t show up for their jobs. Apparently, there are a large number of these ñoquis here in Argentina. They normally get their checks on the 29th of the month.