Posted on 04/30/2024 7:40:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
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NATIONAL OATMEAL COOKIE DAY
National Oatmeal Cookie Day on April 30th each year recognizes a delicious and nutritious cookie. This day is also often recognized on March 18th in conjunction with National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day.
#NationalOatmealCookieDay
Oatmeal cookies have been around since the 1800s. The cookies quickly became popular, and by early the 1900s, a recipe for the delicious treats appeared on containers of Quaker Oats. Oatmeal cookies are also considered health food because they are an excellent source of iron and fiber. Just another reason to have an oatmeal cookie today! Some of the other benefits of the oatmeal in the cookies include:
It may lower cholesterol.
Oatmeal reduces the risk of heart disease.
It may reduce your risk of cancer. (According to the American Cancer Society, eating a diet high in fiber may help reduce your risk for cancer.)
The grain is low in fat.
Oatmeal is low in calories.
Add oatmeal to your diet as a good source of iron and fiber.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL OATMEAL COOKIE DAY
Bake up a batch of oatmeal cookies. Make a delivery to someone you know to share! We even have a recipe for you to try.
Soft Oatmeal Cookie recipe:
https://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Soft-Oatmeal-Cookies/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=oatmeal%20cooke&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe&soid=sr_results_p1i2
Use #NationalOatmealCookieDay to share your love for this heart-healthy food holiday!
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NATIONAL RAISIN DAY April 30th recognizes another food holiday known as National Raisin Day. Raisins are tiny sundried grapes. While sunlight dries most grapes naturally in vineyards, some are mechanically dehydrated.
#NationalRaisinDay People have been enjoying raisins for as long as grapes have been growing. Raisins are naturally low in fat and contain healthy nutrients. California produces the majority of the world’s raisin supply.
Besides adding raisins to baked goods, you can also use raisins to make wine. Yes, grapes are used to make raisins AND wine. But in this case, we can make wine from raisins, too! So, technically, raisin day could be considered a wine day, too.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL RAISIN DAY Since April 30th is also National Oatmeal Cookie Day, add some raisins to your cookie dough. Make some raisin wine. And, try this delicious Oatmeal Raisin Cookies I recipe.
You can also explore the history of raisin production, the people, and traditions. We've included some history from 1924 below, so keep reading!
When it comes to people and raisins, it's a love 'em or leave 'em relationship. Discover9 foods improved by adding raisins.
Use #NationalRaisinDay on social media to share your love for raisins!
NATIONAL RAISIN DAY HISTORY
The raisin growers of California promoted the first National Raisin Day in 1909. They advertised in papers on and on the radio, delivered flyers door to door leading up to the day. The advertisements included recipes, deals, and announcements reminding everyone to celebrate National Raisin Day on Friday, April 30th. When the day arrived, restaurants, dining cars, hotels, and steamships around the country included dishes featuring the dried fruit. Schools, local and state governments provided education and information about the quality of California raisins and their health benefits. What started slowly soon exploded into an annually celebrated event.
More History
One of our subscribers provided family photos taken during the 1924 Raisin Day Parade in Fresno, California. June Eidson's grandmother and great-grandmother were on another float in the parade. She writes:
"I first found it in one of the scrapbooks of Euphamia Sereptha Gilstrap Pemberton/William Frederick Pemberton's, my great grandparents. She worked as a cook at various ranches throughout California while he was a ranch foreman for Miller & Lux, Estrella, Burrel, and others, and was the cattle inspector and headed the hoof/mouth eradication for Tuolumne County. They also had a store in Berenda with the only telephone in the area while their girls were in their teens."
Ms. Eidson also added:
"This photo appeared again in their son-in-law'/my grandfather's album, Archie Floyd Eidson. Floyd moved to California from Missouri as a child with his farming family and went to Chowchilla High School with ESP/WFP's daughters (I have early class photos), marrying the youngest after graduation."
1924 Raisin Day Parade in Fresno, CA; Chowchilla's entry
In the February 20, 1924, The Fresno Bee, an article about the Raisin Day Parade Committee meeting, stressed that quality over quantity would be the goal for the 1924 parade. As you can see, the floats were indeed elaborate and eye-catching! Traditionally held in April, the parade was postponed that year due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease impacting livestock in California. On October 2, 1924, the spectacular parade was attended by thousands in Fresno.
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April 30th Celebrated History 1789
The United States first president took his oath of office. George Washington's inauguration took place at Federal Hall in New York City.
1803
France and the United States agree to the terms of the Louisana Purchase. The two countries will sign the treaty two days later.
1897
English physicist J.J. Thomson announced at the Royal Institution the discovery of the electron. His discovery of the particle thousands of times smaller than an atom led to a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906.
1938
The animated short film Porky's Hare Hunt introduced Happy Rabbit, the comical and wascally wabbit we know as Bugs Bunny today.
April 30th Celebrated Birthdays
Julian Abele - 1881
You may recognize the American architect's contributions if you frequent places like the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Duke University, and Harvard's Widener Library.
Gerda Lerner - 1920
After teaching history at Sarah Lawrence in 1972, Lerner established the first graduate program in women's history. She continued pioneering the study of women's histories, serving as president of the Organization of American Historians, and developed programs at other universities.
Bobby Vee - 1943
The Sixties teen idol led the group Bobby Vee and the Shadows when they signed with Liberty Records in 1959. He produced 7 Gold Records and numerous hits during his career, including "Take Good Care of My Baby" and "Rubber Ball."
Isiah Thomas - 1961
The 2-time All-Star American point guard played 13 years in the National Basketball Association. During his career, Thomas set several Piston's records, including scoring, assists, and steals. In 2000, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Yes, but the oatmeal cookies I see in the store contain either sugar or palm oil.
one of the sure signs of growing into your elder years. The craving for oatmeal cookies with raisins
LA
I don't think she ever made a pie...cake was for birthdays...
Best peanut butter cookies in town.
I don’t think my mother ever made a cookie in her life..................
Mom lived on a farm until my parents married in 1938. All she knew was a wood stove, a pump for water in the kitchen and an outhouse. She surely had a rough life.
So did mine. She hated cooking.......................
Best cookie I ever had was a cowboy cookie. Oatmeal, raisin, chocolate chip, macadamia and Pecan, and coconut.
I could handle that. That would be ideal.
Then I will be like Peter Pan and be forever young. Why ruin a great oatmeal cookie by adding raisins? I like fresh raisins as a snack but not in baked goods.
I was thinking about this the other day. I haven’t made cookies for the family in quite some time, but I made them all the time growing up. Peanut butter, chocolate chip, and oatmeal raisin were my favorites. I typically don’t make sweet things anymore. Trying to cut out sugar wherever I can, which is no fun at all.
bkmk
Alas! The day is over and I missed all the oatmeal with raisin cookies!!
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