Posted on 10/14/2022 7:20:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
People around the country indulge every October 14th on National Dessert Day! Celebrated by way of the local bakery, grandma’s house or chocolate shop, desserts include candies, pies, ice cream, fruits, cookies, pastries, cobblers, and donuts, too.
#NationalDessertDay
The available ingredients affect the range of desserts made in each region. The very first desserts required minimal effort or preparation since ancient cultures were more focused on the nutrition in foods to survive. Over the years, desserts have changed from natural candies and nuts to complex soufflés and multi-layered cakes. In modern culture, there are many more options available in desserts.
Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. ~ Erma Bombeck
Throughout the year, we see seasonal delights. As we near the holiday season, the flavors change. For some, the taste of gingerbread or fruitcake may come to mind. Others will pull out recipes handed down for generations. Pecan, pumpkin, and apple pies come to mind. Other rich desserts round out the dessert table, too. Flan, tarts, and everything with maple glaze.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL DESSERT DAY
This is an excellent day to order dessert first! Whether you go out to your favorite bakery or whip up something delicious at home, share your celebrations with others. Give a shout out to your favorite baker or share your go-to recipe. What’s your favorite dessert? Pie, cake, or something in between? Post photos on social media using #NationalDessertDay.
NATIONAL DESSERT DAY HISTORY
National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of the sweet food holiday.
Dessert FAQ
Q. How much ice cream do Americans eat?
A. Well, in 2019, Americans spent $6 billion on ice cream.
Q. What are America’s favorite desserts?
A. America loves its cakes, pies, and ice cream. But it also loves cookies and donuts.
ALSO OCTOBER 14:
NATIONAL REAL SUGAR DAY
BE BALD AND BE FREE DAY
Ping!.................
Big deal. Russia has National Dezzert Day every day!
“In 2019, Americans spent $6 billion on ice cream.”
And that was just Nancy Pelosi, stocking her freezers!
I had apple pie last night.
A cinnamon roll with coffee for breakfast. Not my usual breakfast, but my wife keeps bringing these things home, and I keep eating them. Not good for my waistline….
When it comes to that stuff, I have little self control. Abstaining from alcohol is easy. Staying away from sweets, not so easy…🙄
And Biden.........................😉
Pumpkin pie time is nearing. Glad the kids are grown and out of town...It’s all mine!!
I must admit, there are likely huge swaths of people who might see the graphic in my post above and wonder what in the hell I am talking abut there!
Mmmmmm….
With lots of whipped cream!😛
You can turn ice cream into so many things...Chocolate Sundaes, Banana Splits, Root Beer Sodas. Or add peaches, berries, nuts, sprinkles....
Could be. Yet, we might be surprised... even among today’s yout’s, many are aware of specific scenes from the 1980 blockbuster Airplane!
I'm especially good at turning ice cream into fat!....................
Donuts are now waaaaay over-priced. I buy dough...fry some and make a pizza with the rest.
I think about 15 years ago, my brother and his wife took in eight kids from his sister in law who, after the father took all the money and fled to Greece, really couldn't care for the kids, she wasn't capable. A remarkable thing to do, and those kids spanned the ages from something like 5 years old to 12 years old. Crazy. They all had Greek names like Socrates, Telemachus, Plato, etc.
But I was visiting one day, and looking at all the kids out in the driveway, spinning with their arms out, running to and fro, and it looked vaguely familiar. I asked my brother what they were doing, and as we watched, I could hear them all singing in unison "We're the Knights of the Round Table, we dance when we are able!"
This is what they were doing!
My brother said they all loved "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and would walk around spouting dialogue from it! That had to be 30 years after the movie came out, but...there they were!
To me.....sheer dessert decadence......chocolate pudding and whipped cream.
Thought the same thing.. you beat me to it...
My favs aren’t even on that chart!
Coconut Cream and Banana Cream!.....................
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