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National Root Beer Float Day
Today’s spotlight is on Root Beer Floats!
The root beer float is traditionally made with vanilla ice cream and root beer, but it can also be made with other ice cream flavors. It's sometimes referred to by the nicknames “brown cow” or “black cow”. Root beer floats were a popular dessert drink in 1950s diners.
Oyster Day
Today’s food spotlight is on Oysters.
Oysters are a type of bivalve, which are marine and freshwater mollusks with long, flat bodies and shells made up of two hinged parts. Oysters are plump, mineral rich, saltwater mollusks that live at the bottom of shallow coastal waters, often adhering to rocks or other objects. They use their gills and cilia to process water and feed. Oysters have a small heart and internal organs, but no central nervous system.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Today’s spotlight is on Chocolate Chip Cookies #yum
If you have been living under a rock somewhere, a chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient. Chocolate chip cookies originated in the United States in 1938, when Ruth Graves Wakefield chopped up a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar and added the chopped chocolate to a cookie recipe.
The original name of the chocolate chip cookie was "Toll House Crunch Cookie". The recipe was created by Ruth Wakefield, who ran the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts. Wakefield included the cookie in her 1938 cookbook, Toll House “Tried and True" Recipes. The cookie was intended to accompany ice cream.
Grab Some Nuts Day
Today is Grab Some Nuts Day.
All of this evidence shows that nuts have been a staple in the human diet since the beginning of history. The oldest walnut remains were discovered in Iraq, and they are believed to be from 50,000 B.C. The Greeks and Romans were fond of the walnut, and they were considered food for Gods by early Romans.
National Watermelon Day
Today’s focus is on Watermelons.
Watermelons are a large, sweet fruit that are related to cantaloupes, zucchinis, pumpkins, and cucumbers. They are members of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and are botanically classified as Citrullus lanatus. Watermelons are native to southern Africa and are cultivated around the world. They are usually eaten raw and are often used as a table dessert.
Watermelons are a berry with a hard rind and no internal divisions. They are botanically called pepos. The fruit is usually deep red to pink and has many black seeds, although seedless varieties exist. The sweet, juicy flesh is 92% water and contains vitamin A and some vitamin C. Watermelons are also a great source of antioxidants.
Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Today’s Spotlight is on the Ice Cream Sandwich.
An ice cream sandwich is a frozen dessert made of ice cream between two biscuits, wafers, cookies, or other baked goods. The ingredients can vary by region, with Ireland using wafers and the United States commonly using cookies. The current form of the ice cream sandwich is vanilla ice cream between two chocolate cookies.
Ice cream sandwiches have many nicknames, including giant sandwich, chipwich, cream between, vanilla slice, and slider. You can also make an ice cream sandwich cake by layering ice cream sandwiches between whipped topping, fudge, caramel, nuts, and M&M's.
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Today’s Spotlight is on Raspberry Cream Pie.
Raspberries have been used in desserts since the Middle Ages, most frequently in raspberry tarts. Raspberry cream pie dates back to the 1880s. The first raspberry cream pie recipe was published in 1894 by the Boston Cooking School.
Cotton Candy Day
Today’s food focus is on the carnival favorite Cotton Candy.
Cotton candy was first created in 1897 by dentist William Morrison and with the help of candy maker John C. Wharton. Cotton candy is 100% sugar. The two invented an electric machine that heated sugar in a spinning bowl with tiny holes that spun heated sugar through a screen. The sugar caramelized and turned into light strands creating the floss-like texture that we know and love. The duo premiered cotton candy at the World's Fair in 1908, where it was priced at 25 cents, which was a hefty price at the time. The original name for cotton candy was "Fairy Floss".
National Cheesecake Day
Today’s spotlight is on Cheesecake!
The origin of cheesecake is believed to be the island of Samos in Greece. Anthropologists discovered cheese molds there that date back to around 2,000 BC. The first known cheesecakes were made in the fifth century BC by the ancient Greeks. The cheesecakes were made with wheat flour, pounded cheese, and honey. Small cheesecakes were served to athletes at the first Olympic games in 776 BC.