Posted on 07/11/2023 10:46:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
(Last Updated On: July 5, 2023)
NATIONAL BLUEBERRY MUFFIN DAY | JULY 11
National Blueberry Muffin Day on July 11th gives us a great reason to get up in the morning and celebrate! Americans love their blueberry muffins so much, it’s their number 1 favorite muffin flavor. Whether it is for breakfast or a snack, blueberry muffins are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
#BlueberryMuffinDay
While enjoying a delicious blueberry muffin, consider the powerhouse the blueberry is. This once wild berry became domesticated during the early 1900s thanks to the observations of Elizabeth Coleman White and the research of Dr. Frederick V. Coville. Before their efforts, wild blueberries were never successfully transplanted and raised in any farming operation for personal or commercial production. The only way to enjoy fresh blueberries was to seek them out where they grew naturally.
Today we can enjoy the abundant potassium, vitamin C and B6, and other health benefits of the blueberry much more readily than they did 120 years ago. We bake them into muffins and eat them by the handfuls. They are so likable that we celebrate blueberries as a popsicle, cheesecake and a popover day, too! Don’t forget, July is also National Blueberry Month.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL BLUEBERRY MUFFIN DAY
While celebrating the day, be sure to make a few for co-workers and family, too. It’s not a celebration if you don’t share. It is America’s favorite muffin after all.
Give this blueberry muffin recipe a try! If you don’t bake, be sure to stop by your favorite bakery and pick up a few. Give them a shout out, too.
Use #BlueberryMuffinDay to share and follow on social media.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL BLUEBERRY MUFFIN DAY
National Day Calendar has not determined the origins of National Blueberry Muffin Day.
July 11th Celebrated History
1801
French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons co-discovers with Charles Messier the comet once known as Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes. The discovery is Pon’s first. Throughout his career, he discovers 37 comets in all.
1804
Aaron Burr fatally shots Alexander Hamilton during a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.
1914
Babe Ruth makes his professional baseball debut in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.
1960
Harper Lee publishes To Kill A Mockingbird.
1979
Skylab is destroyed as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. It was the first space station deployed by the United States.
July 11th Celebrated Birthdays
John Quincy Adams – 1767
Following in his father’s footsteps, John Quincy Adams served as the 6th President of the United States.
Isabel Martin Lewis – 1881
The American astronomer became the first woman assistant astronomer hired by the Naval Observatory.
E.B. White – 1899
The American author and essayist also wrote several popular children’s books, Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan.
Yul Brynner – 1920
The award-winning Russian-American actor is best known for his role in The King and I.
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Top of the muffin TO YOU!!!
Now I’m wanting one. 😆
During university, I lived above a bakery. They had the best blueberry muffins ever.
Do you really need three exclamation points?
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