Posted on 05/22/2025 6:53:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL VANILLA PUDDING DAY
We recognize National Vanilla Pudding Day on May 22 and use it as an excuse to enjoy a delicious dish of cold, creamy vanilla pudding.
#VanillaPuddingDay
The puddings we enjoy as desserts today are not what was commonly known as pudding at ancient dinner tables. Most medieval puddings were meat-based and seasoned with herbs and spices. Even sweetened cooks usually served them hot. Toward the end of the 18th century, people more than likely made puddings from grains or day-old bread with nuts, fruit, or meats. They used these puddings to stretch meals for a large family.
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but spouses who are chemists are the inventors. When you are Alfred Bird and your wife is allergic to eggs, that is very true. In 1837, Bird invented an egg-free custard powder using flavored cornstarch. The creamy pudding we are more familiar with today is related to the custard, minus the eggs.
My-T-Fine produced the earliest packaged pudding in the United States in 1918. This and other puddings like them still required cooking on the stove. The instant version came along in the mid-1940s. On its own or as an ingredient in a larger recipe, pudding can be enjoyed in various flavors.
HOW TO OBSERVE VANILLA PUDDING DAY
You can celebrate by enjoying vanilla pudding on its own or making another dessert. A few suggestions include:
Layer fresh fruit and pound cake to make a trifle.
Poke holes in a cake and pour the pudding over the top to make a poke cake.
Use vanilla pudding to make a parfait.
Make a pudding pie.
What are your favorite ways to use vanilla pudding? Share your recipes using #VanillaPuddingDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL VANILLA PUDDING DAY HISTORY
National Day Calendar continues researching the origins of this dessert holiday.
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Notable Birthdays for May 22
Alfred Sully (1821-1879) - Brevet Major General for the Union Army.
Oliver Perry Hay (1846-1930) - Paleontologist whose work helped with classification of dinosaurs and vertebrate paleontology.
Horton Smith (1908-1963) - The first Masters Tournament (golf) champion.
Johnny Olson (1910-1985) - Announcer for The Price is Right.
George Aratani (1917-2013) - Owner and founder of the Kenwood Electronics Corporation.
Robert Spitzer (1932-2015) - Psychiatrist and major developer of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
George H. Heilmeier (1936-2014) - Engineer who helped invent LCD displays.
Susan Strasberg (1938-1999) - Stage actress who played Anne in the The Diary of Anne Frank on stage in NY.
Dustin Moskovitz (1984-Still Living) - Co-founder of Facebook.
Memorable Events for May 22
1761 - The first life insurance policy in North America is issued in Philadelphia.
1803 - The first public library opens in Connecticut.
1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery.
1807 - A grand jury indicts former Vice President Aaron Burr of treason.
1846 - The Associated Press is formed in NY City.
1849 - The future President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for a lift boat invention.
1863 - The War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops.
1906 - The Wright Brothers are granted a patent for their "Flying-Machine".
1930 - MLB first baseman Lou Gehrig becomes the first to hit 3 home runs in a game.
1933 - World Trade Day/National Maritime Day is celebrated for the first time.
1964 - President Johnson launches his "Great Society" program aimed to eliminate inequality financially and socially.
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Pudding Ping!.......................
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?
In before the Biden ref.
I knew you were going to post that!.........................😎
Tomorrow is pudding skin singles day.
For years I have been putting off making a Boston Cream Pie like I used to when I was married, maybe the Poke Cake is the answer to that, it sounds almost as good and a heck of a lot easier.
I also keep putting off making homemade pudding again, store pudding doesn’t even come close to seeming real.
Love it - but love tapioca pudding best, homemade only - directions are right on the box.
Not sure if anyone even eats it any longer - except for the likes of Biden.
Careful with those X-Acto knives....
Tapioca was Eisenhower’s favorite..............
Well, no wonder my elderly relatives loved it.
That reminds me, I’ve been thinking of making some eclairs, which I fill with vanilla pudding. Yum.
Today the Democrats can eat their brains.
Is that verb “eat” or “beat”?
Constanza!!!!!!
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