National Food Holidays in the U.S. (Updated Aug. 7)

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Happy National Watermelon Day!

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And August 3 is also (I kid you not), National "Grab Some Nuts Day" in the U.S. I wonder if it is celebrated in Pattaya?

Just about every day, week and month of the year is associated with some sort of "food holiday" in the U.S.

Some are official in the sense that they have been proclaimed by an elected official or body, ranging from the President and Congress down to mayors of tiny villages. Most, however, are backed by an industry group or association. It's kind of fun to think that then-President Ronald Reagan proclaimed National Catfish Day back in 1987 or that he proclaimed a National Dairy Goat Awareness Week in 1988.

When you them all up, there are over 600 national food holidays a year in the U.S. Many have a local festival celebrating the food item.

And to get a jump on things, August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.

For the sake of completeness, August 1 was National India Pale Ale Day and August 2 was both National Mustard Day and National Ic Cream Sandwich Day.

National Mustard Day is a pretty big event, at least for one town in Wisconsin:

Evil

Edited August 7, 2014 by Evil Penevil

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Happy National Oyster Day! I found this tidbit of information on a Web site devoted to this important food holiday. Anything about Casanova has a natural connection to Pattaya:

I don't eat raw oysters in Thailand, but just about every Thai girl I have met loves them, but only when served Thai style.

And oysters seem to be cheaper in the U.S. compared with Thailand.

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And whether or not you actually celebrate National Oyster Day, remember, Pattaya, if not the world, is your oyster.

Evil

[Nightrider 340]

Well i thought i would join in the fun so i and a companion went to a very good seafood restaurant last night and i had a half dozen decent size oysters , they tasted very good washed down with a couple of Chinese beers , i just hope i don't regret it today........

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

This one is mainly for North American members: Happy National Root Beer Float Day!

 

Root beer is a flavor seldom found outside Canada and the U.S. Even there, it accounts for only 2-3% of the soda pop market.

 

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But both root beer and the root beer float have a long history, with the forerunner of today's root beer first brewed by Native Americans from the roots of the sassafras tree. For several centuries, tea or beer brewed from sassafras root was seen as a medicinal drink. When commercial production of root beer began in 1876, it, like Coca Cola, was touted as a tonic. Ice cream was added to give appeal to a broader set of consumers.

 

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The A & W Root Beer Co. was the first true franchise operation in the U.S. Franchising began in the mid-1920s and by 1933, th owners had 170 outlets across the U.S.

 

 

 

There's another way to enjoy a root beer float. There are cocktails that use root beer liqueur or schnapps.

 

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There's also a Black Cow #2 that uses Kahlua.

 

 

Evil

Edited August 6, 2014 by Evil Penevil

[MM 6,562]

Made a root beer float or two myself here..

[Nightrider 340]

In the UK it's called Dr Pepper ( Root Beer ) It's probably the closest thing we have to your original and i quite like the taste of it ( Without the ice cream )...........

[MM 6,562]

The ice cream is a treat, not a regular thing.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Today is:

It's a classic summertime dessert, simple but elegant. Nothing better than ripe raspberries and whipped or fresh cream. And raspberry is the only word in the English language with the consonants s, p and b in consecutive order. And there is a type of daylily named raspberries in cream:

I also noticed that August 1 was:

But it isn't really a raspberry cream pie in the above photo. It's some sort of frozen dessert; probably good, but not a pie. This is what raspberry cream pies look like:

Evil

[MM 6,562]

Too bad raspberries are so damned expensive here, or I'd happily celebrate this day too.

[Kev 178]

 

Happy National Oyster Day! I found this tidbit of information on a Web site devoted to this important food holiday. Anything about Casanova has a natural connection to Pattaya:

And oysters seem to be cheaper in the U.S. compared with Thailand.

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Evil

 

Don't worry about the price of oysters look at the price of a bottle of GUINNESS!!!

Edited August 7, 2014 by Kev

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

 

Don't worry about the price of oysters look at the price of a bottle of GUINNESS!!!

 

 

Booze is indeed cheap in the U.S. There are still places in mid-town Manhattan with once- or twice-a-week special nights with (brewed-through-a-horse domestic) beer sold at $1.00 a bottle. Many, many bars in NYC and the metro area have happy hours with beer at $3.00 or less.

 

I took the pics below last summer. Turtle Bay is located near the corner of 2nd Ave and 51st St, a prime location.

 

 

 

Evil