Food holidays, August 3-9

With the long weekend I forgot to post food holidays yesterday, and I was so looking forward to it! You know why? Because yesterday was “Grab Some Nuts Day”. I thought of it (and mentioned it) on Saturday and should have posted it asap. On the bright side, no nuts were harmed as a result.

Here’s the weekly:

August 3: National Watermelon Day (ate some)
August 3: Grab Some Nuts Day
August 4: National lasagne Day
August 5: National Waffle Day
August 5: National Oyster Day
August 6: National Root Beer Float Day
August 7: National Raspberries in Cream Day
August 8: National Zucchini Day
August 8: National Frozen Custard Day
August 9: National Rice Pudding Day

Source: The Nibble.

Food holidays July 6-12

July 6: National Fried Chicken Day (yuck)
July 7: National Strawberry Sundae Day (yum)
July 8: National Chocolate with Almonds Day (even yummier.)
July 9: National Sugar Cookie Day
July 10: National Piña Colada Day (Yes! And it’s on a Friday. How convenient?)
July 11: National Blueberry Muffin Day
July 12: National Pecan Pie Day (I heart pecan pie.)

Eat well, be well.

Food Holidays: June 22-28

• June 22: National Chocolate Éclair Day
• National Onion Rings Day.
• June 23: National Pecan Sandy Day. I’m kind of sorry that I Googled this because I found the Urban Dictionary definition, which is gross (think “camel toe”).
• June 24: National Pralines Day. Personal fact: When I was young(er) one of my favourite ice cream flavours was pralines and cream. I’ve always been nuts about anything caramel (no pun intended).
• June 25: National Strawberry Parfait Day. Do you remember the episode of Muppets Tonight in which Prince did a spoof of “Raspberry Beret” called “Raspberry Sorbet”? Now I’m singing “strawberry parfait” to that tune. Strawberries are in season.
• June 26: National Chocolate Pudding Day
• June 27: National Indian Pudding Day
• June 27: National Orange Blossom Day.  I’m not certain what the context for “orange blossom” is here (the flower of the orange?) but I chose to link to the alcoholic drink.
• June 28: National Tapioca Day

Food holidays, June 15-21

• June 15: National Lobster Day
• June 16: National Fudge Day
• June 17: Eat All Your Veggies Day
• June 17: National Apple Strudel Day
• June 17: National Cherry Tart Day
• June 18: International Picnic Day
• June 19: National Dry Martini Day
• June 20: National Vanilla Milkshake Day
• June 21: National Peaches and Cream Day

Food holidays, June 8-14: More sweets + nostalgia

June 8: Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day

June 9: National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day

June 10: Herbs & Spices Day (maybe – I found only two sources that mention it.)

June 10: National Iced Tea Day

June 10: National Black Cow Day (An ice cream float made with vanilla ice cream and root beer. According to some websites it also has chocolate syrup, whipped cream and maraschino cherries)

June 11: National German Chocolate Cake Day

June 12: National Peanut Butter Cookie Day

June 13: Kitchen Klutzes of America Day (it exists and there are greeting cards for it!)

June 14: National Strawberry Shortcake Day – The cake, not to be confused with the character. (As a child, I had the dolls and the board game.)

Food holiday article in the Guelph Mercury.

More Strawberry Shortcake because now I’m feeling nostalgic:

Eat well, be well.