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Bagels are one of the favorites of breakfast breads in the Western World, especially the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
National Have a Bagel Day encourages everyone to enjoy this delicious doughy delight in your favorite configuration, and remember the long history of this bread and the people that made it famous.
History of National Have a Bagel Day
Round, dense and best served with a rich luxuriant topping of cream cheese, the bagel seems to have become very popular among the Jewish population of Europe sometime in the 1600’s, but the specifics of its origin remain subject to hot dispute. They may have even been around as early as the 14th century.
Some origin stories have it coming out of Krakow, Poland where it was said to be given to women who were going through childbirth, but no one really knows why it would have been used that way. And although this may be the first historical record of this dense ring of delight, it is likely that it existed for some time before that.
Other tales point to a baker from Vienna who may have developed the bagel in order to celebrate the defeat of the Turks by King Jan III Sobieski of Poland in 1683. In this case, its shape was supposedly meant to be reminiscent of a stirrup. The stirrup, known as buegel, was selected due to the folklore saying that the freed people of Austria had reached out to grasp the stirrup of King Sobieski as he rode by.
What is known is that the bajgiel (an earlier spelling of bagel) would become a central part of the Polish and Slavic diets by the 17th century, and by the 19th it would be found being sold in London on long wooden dowels.
In the 19th century, the bagel also found its way to the Big Apple by way of the Polish Jewish immigrants and was quickly brought under the control of the Bagel Bakers Local 338, a baker's union that held all of the local bagel bakeries under its sway. It eventually began spreading throughout the US in the years following 1975 thanks to the automation of production that became possible.
Whenever it began, there is no doubt that this tasty treat has become incredibly popular and spread all throughout the world. Bagels even made it into outer space in 2008! This occurred when astronaut Greg Chamitoff made the Original Fairmount Bakery famous by taking 1 ½ dozen of their bagels on the space shuttle with him when he was headed to the space station.
Surely, a baked good that makes it to space is worth having a whole day dedicated to it. And so, it is time to celebrate National Have a Bagel Day!

All December long, National Pear Month recognizes the flavor and versatility of this delicious fruit.
Whether they are enjoyed fresh off the tree or as a preserve, pears add significant nutritional benefits to any diet. In the United States, there are ten varieties of pears. They range in color, texture, and sweetness making them useful for a wide range of dishes.
Subtly alter a pear by lightly baking it and releasing the juices. It makes an elegant presentation and an even more delicious dessert. Pair it with wine and cheese for an elevated flavor. Add pears to soup to take advantage of their luxurious texture and forgiving character.
Pears offer so much with their variety and abundance. During National Pear Month, enjoy all they have to offer!

Today, December 7th, marks National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It is a solemn occasion that calls for remembrance and reflection. Let us pause and pay tribute to those who lost their lives and honor their sacrifice. Join me in observing this significant day:

We may take peppers for granted, but that all changes come November. The entire month marks the joyous occasion of National Pepper Month. Peppers are a staple in many kitchens, so it’s time to give these delicious fruits the attention they deserve. Get ready, we’ve gathered up some excellent gift and celebration ideas that are sure to help you get the party started.
NATIONAL PEPPER MONTH TIMELINE
1912
Scoville scale developed
Wilbur Scoville invented a way to measure the intensity of peppers.
1896
Stuffed peppers
Stuffed peppers made their first appearance in a printed cookbook.
1600s
Pirates and Peppers
Real-life pirate Lionel Wafer wrote about bell peppers in a book about the Americas and the Caribbean.
1493
Columbus discovered...peppers
After visiting the Americas, Columbus brought peppers back home to Europe.
5000 BC
Peppers domesticated in Mexico
In the Tehuacán valley of Mexico, peppers became domesticated as a crop.

National Cookie Day is December 4 so get ready to refill your cookie jar. Maybe you prefer your cookies to have a crunchy snap, or maybe you’d rather bite into soft and chewy sugary heaven. Either way, eating cookies brings us happiness, and we should all do it more often. Just don’t tell your doctor.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL COOKIE DAY
In America, a cookie is described as a thin, sweet, small cake. By definition, a cookie can be a variety of hand-held, flour-based sweet cakes, either crisp or soft. Each country has its own word for “cookie.” In England and Australia they’re referred to as biscuits, in Spain they’re galletas. Germans call them keks and in Italy they have several names to identify the various forms of cookie. In America, the Dutch word “koekje” was Anglicized to “cookie.” The sweet treat came to America through the Dutch in New Amsterdam in the late 1620s. The earliest reference to cookies in America is in 1703, when the Dutch in New York provided 800 cookies for a funeral.
Hard cookie-like wafers have existed for as long (and maybe even longer) as baking has been documented. However, they were not sweet enough to be considered cookies by modern standards. They appear to have some origins in 7th century CE Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region. They spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain. By the 14 century, they were common in all levels of society throughout Europe, from royal cuisine to street vendors.
With global travel becoming widespread at that time, cookies made a natural travel snack, a modernized equivalent of the travel cakes consumed throughout history. One of the most popular early cookies, which traveled especially well and became known on every continent by similar names, was the jumble: a relatively hard cookie made largely from nuts, sweetener, and water.
NATIONAL COOKIE DAY TIMELINE 1853
The original Keebler elf
Godfrey Keebler opened his neighborhood bakery in Philadelphia.
1912
Oreos
Oreos, which were originally made as a knockoff of the first chocolate sandwich cookie called Hydrox, made its way to stores.
Late 1930s
Tall House Cookies
Ruth Wakefield, who ran the popular Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, brought the Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie into being, which is considered the first chocolate chip cookie.
1963
Chips Ahoy!
Chips Ahoy! debuted their cookie brand in 1963.

National Green Bean Casserole Day on December 3 celebrates the dish and its interesting origins. The holidays are going to be knocking on our doors soon, and there’s no harm in getting our preparations underway from today onwards. Green bean casserole is enjoyed by many all over America for its few ingredients and simplistic recipe that does not require too much time and effort. Two of the main ingredients include cream of mushroom soup and, of course, green beans. The two are either mixed together or layered on top of each other. The smooth and creamy texture is complemented with the extra crunchiness of French-fried onions sprinkled over the top and voila, you have a filling and nutritious dish. The recipe was such a gamechanger on the American food scene that its inventor, Dorcas Lillian Bates Reilly, features in the Hall of Fame alongside the likes of Thomas Edison and Muhammad Ali.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE DAY
National Green Bean Casserole Day was created as a holiday by Jace Shoemaker-Galloway. She is credited with covering many unique and wacky holidays in her writing career that spans from Yahoo, to Planet Save, to Energy Boom and many more. Having researched all such holidays, Shoemaker-Galloway started realizing the fun and merriment that unique holidays tend to bring. Out of the many holiday ventures the writer brought to life, one of the most prominent and celebrated was National Green Bean Casserole Day. This day pays homage to the classic holiday dish that is enjoyed by around 20 million Americans worldwide. Reports state that around 50% of all green bean casserole recipes are made between the period of November to January, which is when the holidays are in full swing.
So, how did this dish come into being? It was created back in 1955 in the Home Economics Department of Campbell Soup Company. At the time, Dorcas Reilly, the main inventor of the dish, was working as a manager and recipe creator for the company. The goal was to create something using ingredients that would be readily available in an average American kitchen. Reilly and her team selected five ingredients and created something in 10 minutes. The world was still reeling from the effects of WW2, and easy-to-make dishes were all the rage. Initially, the dish was named the ‘Green Bean Bake’. While the recipe was a great way to satisfy those hunger pangs in a few minutes, it did not take off until the 1960s when the Campbell Soup Company started putting the recipe on their soup cans. From then on, green bean casserole became a staple in Thanksgiving spreads. Reilly also became known as the “grandmother of the green bean casserole.”
NATIONAL GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE DAY TIMELINE
1955
Green Bean Casserole is Created
Dorcas Reilly, the recipe manager at Campbell Soup Company, creates the green bean casserole using only five ingredients.
1960s
Recipe Put on Soup Cans
The company puts the green bean casserole recipe on soup cans to market it to the masses.
21st Century
National Green Bean Casserole Day
Jace Shoemaker-Galloway creates and celebrates the first National Green Bean Casserole Day.
2002
Hall of Fame
Reilly presents her original recipe card to be displayed in the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Ohio.

November 1 is National Cinnamon Day, and we are excited to be celebrating one of the world’s ancient spices. Did you know that cinnamon, according to Chinese medicine, can be used to treat illnesses both minor and major? Cinnamon has been around for over 4,000 years! No wonder we can get a lot of healthiness out of it.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL CINNAMON DAY
National Cinnamon Day celebrates one of the most popular holiday spices. It is quite impossible to think of the holidays without the aroma of cinnamon popping into one’s head. From cookies, rolls, and teas to pies and chocolates, cinnamon exists in almost every holiday snack, meal, and beverage.
McCormick spices founded National Cinnamon Day in 2019. The holiday encourages us to make new memories and share the warmth cinnamon brings with it. It is dedicated to celebrating the versatile nature of cinnamon by highlighting its deliciousness and plethora of health benefits.
Cinnamon is obtained from the dried inner bark of several tree species in the Laurel family (‘Lauraceae’). We use the sticks or the powder form for everything consumable. Even though initially hidden for market gains, cinnamon has been around for very long, even though there are many myths and theories surrounding how it is sourced.
Presently, Indonesia and China are the major producers, making up for 70% of the worldwide production. At the same time, the rest of the world focuses on creating new recipes, finding new uses, and exploring the health benefits of cinnamon. The world has generated the many directions of cinnamon; from producing to consuming to selling — it is a commodity everywhere.

National Mousse Day is celebrated on November 30 every year, and we can’t wait to whip up some lovey-dovey sweetness for our near and dear ones. If you’re fond of decadent desserts, you should definitely get the most out of this food holiday. Did you know that the word ‘mousse’ is derived from French? In Old French, it means ‘froth’ or ‘foam’. As the name suggests, this appetizer is made by beating egg whites and cream until they turn light and fluffy like foam. Although it is more popularly served as a dessert, mousse can also be prepared as a savory. Depending on the type of mousse, its consistency can vary from thick and creamy to light and airy. Originally prepared in France, mousse found its way into the United States only in the late 19th century. And aren’t we all glad that it did?
HISTORY OF NATIONAL MOUSSE DAY
When someone says ‘mousse’, don’t you often imagine it as a chocolaty delight? We know — almost always! Surprisingly, mousse was first concocted as a savory dish in 18th century France. It was only in the latter half of the 19th century that fruit mousses became a thing. The French would add whipped cream into fruit, coffee, or liqueurs, or pour the cream on top in the shape of a pyramid. They called this ‘crème en mousse,’ which means ‘cream in a foam’. Present-day recipes of mousse have branched out from this bygone tradition. If you are not a fan of whipped cream, you may consider replacing it with some viciously whisked egg whites. The most popular version of mousse today, chocolate mousse, wasn’t always so popular. In fact, it really got into the public eye in the U.S. in the 1930s. This was the time when chocolate pudding was being introduced into American food culture. You could say that the chocolate mousse drew its inspiration from pudding.
Mousses are ideally served cold, while sweet mousses are sometimes served frozen. The best thing about mousse is that it conveniently lends itself to both savory and sweet recipes. From a thick salmon mousse as a starter to smooth raspberry mousse or the classic chocolate mousse for dessert, there is practically no limit to the flavors that a mousse can embrace. Whereas it also works as a filling in pastries and parfaits, a savory mousse goes well with cheese and fruit platters, turning them into good-looking appetizers.
In many restaurants today, savory mousses are prepared using foie gras, shellfish, avocado, poultry, vegetables, cheese, and other ingredients. Commonly dished out as a light entrée or an appetizer, mousses are often stabilized by adding gelatin to them.
NATIONAL MOUSSE DAY TIMELINE
1892
The Mousse is Documented
The first-ever documented record of chocolate mousse comes from a Food Exposition held at Madison Square Garden, N.Y.C.
1897
First Recipe Appears in Print
The Boston Daily Globe publishes one of the first recipes for chocolate mousse, in its 'Housekeeper’s Column.'
Late 19th century
Fruit Desserts Make an Entry
The first sweet mousses make their entry into America, and they are fruit mousses topped with whipped cream.
1930s
Mousse Introduced
Chocolate pudding — the predecessor of chocolate mousse — is introduced into American food culture.

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No need to wonder about what to make for breakfast on November 28 — it’s National French Toast Day. You know — that thick, sweet, savory dish that’s become a staple of the American breakfast diet. Just writing about this topic has us thinking about heading out for a late breakfast. That’s why we’re so jazzed about National French Toast Day.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL FRENCH TOAST DAY
Here’s the first thing you need to know: The French do not call this French toast. It’s called “pain perdu,” or “lost bread,” because you can literally use stale bread to make it. (Most Americans, however, might find that objectionable.)
French toast, according to Frenchly, comes from a desire to not waste food. Also, please note that it’s a major faux pas to throw bread way. (Bread has religious meaning.) Most experts agree that French toast dates back to ancient Rome. A similar recipe can be found in the book of Apicius from the 5th century BC. The Romans dipped slices of bread in milk (and sometimes eggs) before frying them, and called it “Pan Dulcis.”
Fast forward to the 1400s and you’ll find a similar recipe at the court of Henri V where the “lost bread” attracted many fans. Still, it wasn’t until the mid 17th century that the term “French Toast” appeared in England. Food historians believe the term “French” does not even mean France; instead, it refers to the verb “to French” which means “to slice” in Old Irish.
So, “French toast” is actually “sliced toast.”
Irish settlers traveling to the U.S. and Canada may have brought the term with them. The phrase “French toast” first appeared in The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink in 1871. However, similar recipes were also called “Egg toast,” “Spanish toast,” and even “German toast.”
There’s another less exotic theory. French toast may have been called “French” because it enabled chefs to inflate the price. “Traditionally in the United States, we have an admiration for French cuisine, which we consider elaborate and gastronomic,” says Kitchen Project Editor-in-Chief Stephen Block. “And that’s probably why this dish was named that way. It’s just marketing. There’s no chance that ‘Lost Bread’ could have worked. And since the dish was successful and the recipe was easy, the name spread.”
NATIONAL FRENCH TOAST DAY TIMELINE
4th Century BC
A timeless recipe
An early collection of recipes, the "Apicius," describes a sweet treat known then as "aliter dulcia," or "another sweet dish."
1400s
A recipe flung far and wide
Various recipes for what we call French toast spread the world over.
1871
French Toast Hits America
The "Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink" first includes the phrase "French toast."
2019
Cereal French Toast
A Seattle restaurant adds breakfast cereal to its French Toast recipe — which also includes milk, eggs, cinnamon, salt, butter, thick bread and whipped cream. (They use both Fruity Pebbles and Frosted Flakes.)

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National Cake Day is on November 26. We believe Marie Antoinette said it best when she (allegedly) said “let them eat cake!”
We’re not sure the peasants of 18th century France were too fond of the sentiment but nevertheless we’ll take her advice do just that!
“Let Them Eat Cake!” – A Real Quote from Marie Antoinette…Probably
WHAT IS NATIONAL CAKE DAY?
Can’t wait for your birthday? Remember, National Cake Day falls on November 26. No one really knows how this holiday came about, but we all know that we all love to eat cake.
One Cake to Rule Them, One Cake to Burn the House Down
Birthday parties, wedding receptions, baby showers, bar/bat mitzvahs, quinceañeras, and pretty much any social event has cake for dessert.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL CAKE DAY
The term “cake” has a rather complicated history. The word itself is of Viking origin, from the Old Norse word “kaka.”
It’s All Greek to Me!
The ancient Greeks called cake “plakous,” which was derived from the word for “flat.” The simple ingredients include flour mixed with eggs, milk, nuts, and honey. They also had a cake called “satura,” which was a flat heavy cake. During the Roman period, the name for cake became “placenta,” which was derived from the Greek term. A placenta was baked on a pastry base or inside a pastry case.
Baklava is considered an “O.G. Cake” by all Major Historians
(The name placenta is still used today on the island of Le**os in Greece to describe a baklava-type dessert of layered pastry leaves containing crushed nuts that is baked and then covered in honey.)
When in Rome
The Greeks invented beer as a leavener, frying fritters in olive oil, and cheesecakes using goat’s milk. In ancient Rome the basic bread dough was sometimes enriched with butter, eggs, and honey, which produced a sweet and cake-like dessert.
Early cakes in England were also mainly bread. The most obvious differences between a “cake” and “bread” were the round, flat shape of the cakes, and the cooking method, which turned cakes over once while cooking, while bread was left upright throughout the baking process.
Sponge cakes, leavened with beaten eggs, originated during the Renaissance.
NATIONAL CAKE DAY TIMELINE
1750
Eggs replace yeast
Bakers turn away from using yeast as a raising agent for cakes — turning instead to beaten eggs.
1930s
Cake in a box
The first cake in a box mix is introduced to cater to economically depressed Americans in the Great Depression.
1950s
The Great Cake Depression
Boxed cake sales plunge during the decade as consumers grow bored and turn their attention to decorating their cakes instead.
2019
Cannabis cake?
Police in Germany investigate an 18-year-old woman who baked a marijuana-laced cake that wound up being served to guests at a funeral. 🤔😂

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National Cashew Day is celebrated every year on November 23 all around the United States. This kidney-shaped nut isn’t just loved in the United States, it is also popular around the globe. They have innumerable uses — snack on them, cook with them, and even get drunk off of them! Cashews are indeed elite nuts that deserve a day to celebrate them. National Cashew Day is that special day dedicated to enjoying the crunchy, savory, and versatile nut in many ways.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL CASHEW DAY
The name ‘cashew’ comes from the Portuguese for its fruit, ‘caju’ or ‘acaju,’ derived from the Tupian word ‘acajú,’ which means ‘nut that produces itself.’ Cashews, unlike other nuts, grow like tails out of the bottom of cashew apples. Their trees are generally huge, but Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, is home to the world’s largest cashew tree, which covers more than 81,000 square feet, almost 70 times the size of a regular one! The outer covering of the cashew nut contains an anacardic acid that causes skin irritation, which is why when Europeans first discovered cashews in Brazil in 1558, they thought they were inedible.
The Tupi-Indians, a local native tribe, showed the Portuguese the value of the actual seed, which they had discovered while watching the local capuchin monkeys. They trained the Portuguese to roast the seeds to get the irritant off. Not only did they come to enjoy the taste of cashews, they even made wine out of its fruit’s pulp. The Portuguese were such fans of the nut that their missionaries brought cashews to Goa, India, in 1560. The Indian climate proved the perfect fit to plant them, and cashews took the country by storm. Indians even discovered healing properties within the nut, adding to its popularity. Cashews spread rapidly through Southeast Asia and Africa and became essential parts of their food and commerce. It wasn’t until 1905 that cashews reached the United States. They initially saw a slow spread, only becoming popular around the mid-1920s when the General Food Corporation began regularly shipping cashews to the U.S. and Europe. Once Americans got a taste of it, the demand for cashews spiked. By 1941, about 22,046.23 tons were imported from India annually.
Research has shown that these nuts are effective antidepressants. They are rich in minerals and vitamins and a perfect ingredient for soups, stews, desserts, especially in Latin American and Asian cuisine. Other parts of the main plant, including the fruit, oil, pulp, bark, are just as valuable.
NATIONAL CASHEW DAY TIMELINE
1558
Discovery of Cashews
The Europeans discover cashews in Brazil.
1560
Welcome to India
The Portuguese bring cashew seeds to plant in Goa.
1905
Cashews Go to America
Cashews arrive in the United States.
1941
Americans Go Nuts
Cashews become a hit overnight, with 22,046.23 tons imported each year.

We celebrate National Gingerbread Cookie Day annually on November 21. It’s the perfect time to celebrate as the holiday season is not too far away. Gingerbread cookies instantly make us feel warm and cozy, they’re tasty, and no amount of cookies will be enough. Their rich flavor profile makes you want to keep going back for more. Gingerbread cookies come in all shapes and sizes, but gingerbread man cookies are the most popular ones.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL GINGERBREAD COOKIE DAY
Gingerbread has been around for centuries. The Ancient Greeks and Egyptians often used gingerbread for ceremonial purposes. Later, in the 11th century, crusaders brought ginger into Europe from the Middle East. It was in the 16th century that gingerbread figural biscuits made their first appearance. Queen Elizabeth I of England asked her staff to make gingerbread figures that looked like the foreign dignitaries and the other guests of honor and later presented them in the likeness of some of her very important guests.
In England, gingerbread biscuits were also sold around the 17th century in monasteries, pharmacies, and farmers’ markets. In certain places like Nuremberg and Pulsnitz in Germany, it is regarded as an art form. The German version of gingerbread cookies is known as Lebkuchen and has been around for over 400 years. These are often heart-shaped and decorated with names and messages of love written in icing. Gingerbread cookies are also highly regarded as art in Torun in Poland, Tula in Russia, Pest in Hungary, Pardubice, Prague in the Czech Republic, and Lyon in France. Later as years went by, gingerbread tied with ribbons became a popular feature at local fairs and were even exchanged as a token of love.
Now gingerbread cookies are popular in many western countries and especially baked around the holiday season. You can make a house, cake, biscuits, or simply cookies, and munch your way through it during the holidays and soak in the warm and spicy flavors.
NATIONAL GINGERBREAD COOKIE DAY TIMELINE
16th Century
Gingerbread Houses
People decorate gingerbread houses with foil and gold leaves.
1812
Hansel and Gretel
Gingerbread houses become a fixture in Europe with the introduction of the Hansel and Gretel story.
1930s
Cookies for Santa Claus
The tradition of leaving cookies and milk out for Santa Claus begins.
2013
World’s Largest Gingerbread House
A club in Texas gets the Guinness World Record for having the world’s largest gingerbread house.

National Peanut Butter Fudge Day on November 20 is when we try our hands at making a delicious batch of fudge. There is a wide range of viable peanut butter fudge recipes to be found on the internet and elsewhere, but what they all have in common is a quick prep time (a matter of minutes, in some cases), and a short list of simple ingredients that most of us probably already have in our kitchens. As a bonus, peanut butter fudge is much easier to make than chocolate fudge, because it doesn’t involve melting the chocolate to a specific temperature measured by a special thermometer.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY
Fudge itself has been around since the 1880s. The widely held belief is that fudge was ‘invented’ when a European pastry chef’s preparation of a batch of caramel went awry, eliciting the exclamation of the euphemism, “Oh, fudge!” The name stuck. Some versions of the story even have the sticky batch being spilled on the floor and picked back up to minimize waste. What the fudge? In any case, peanut butter fudge is a favorite flavor for many, and the week before Thanksgiving is the perfect time to whip up a batch.
Some of the first late-19th-century print references to fudge are advertisements for fudge shops in popular tourist destinations like Michigan’s Mackinac Island. Recipes also began to appear in periodicals and cookbooks around that time. Strangely enough, fudge-making was especially popular at that time on the campuses of women’s colleges like Smith and Vassar. One source details how the New York newspaper “The Sun” published a recipe called ‘Fudges at Vassar’ in 1895.
With fudge’s popularity and availability on the rise from then on, it was only a matter of time before the American peanut got involved in the game as a fudge flavor. There’s no denying our love affair with peanuts and peanut butter considering that over 75% of modern American households contain a jar or more of peanut butter, and that an American child on average eats over 1,000 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches by the time they graduate high school. The exact first instance of peanut butter being used in a fudge batch is unknown, but it was only a natural progression, and we won’t complain about having enjoyed the confection for so long!
It was the National Peanut Board that first established November 20 as National Peanut Butter Fudge Day. The organization’s chairman, Bob White, said in 2015, “I’m not certain anyone knows for sure why Americans have named so many days or months for U.S.A.-grown peanuts and peanut butter. But it doesn’t surprise me that America’s favorite nut is top of mind all year long.” We can’t help but agree.
NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY TIMELINE
1880s
Do You Believe in Accidents?
Whether by chance or by design, an American chef happens upon the recipe for fudge, a crystalline but creamy confection, and opens the door to the gustatory delight.
1917
A First Time for Everything
A Girl Scout unit in Muskogee, Oklahoma, first sells cookies at their high school, paving the way for the production of Tagalongs and Do-Si-Do’s to consume 230,000 pounds of peanuts per week of baking.
1976
Filling Some Very Large Shoes
Jimmy Carter is elected President of the U.S., the second peanut-farmer president in history after Thomas Jefferson.
2020
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
A heavily abbreviated Major League Baseball season produces a huge surplus of peanuts, encouraging alternate uses of the legume (hint, hint).