Welcome to our series featuring Food Holidays: December 25th, 2022. Today is National Pumpkin Pie Day a holiday I know David would have wanted to participate. Charlie and I sit out this Holiday because we don’t care for Pumpkin Pie. How about you?
National Pumpkin Pie Day #NationalPumpkinPieDay
National Pumpkin Pie Day dishes up the slice of Pie many Americans are looking for around the dinner table. As family enjoys time with friends, they also take the opportunity to honor the ever-humble and often favored Pumpkin Pie.
Pumpkin Pie is eaten during the Fall and Winter months and invited to Thanksgiving and Christmas tables, in the United States, Pumpkin Pie is a traditional dessert. Pumpkin itself is a symbol of harvest.
To make a Pumpkin Pie, the pulp of the Pumpkin is mixed with Eggs, Evaporated and/or Sweetened Condensed Milk, and Sugar and is typically flavored with Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Cloves and Ginger.
Pumpkin pie recipes were found in Seventeenth-Century English Cookbooks, including Hannah Woolley’s 1675, The Gentlewoman’s Companion. A Century later, Pumpkin Pie recipes began to appear in American cookbooks
Pumpkin Pie became a familiar addition to the Thanksgiving dinner in the early Seventeenth Century when the Pilgrims brought Pumpkin Pie back to New England. Initially, Pumpkin Pie was prepared by stuffing Pumpkin with Apples, Spices, and Sugar, then baking the Pie whole.
Many seasonal Pumpkin Pie flavored products fill the grocery store shelves. Including Ice Cream, Pudding, Lattes, and Beer. All Season long, advertisers pitch Pumpkin in their Seasonal drinks and scents.
Candles, and waxes promise to fill our homes with Pumpkin Pie Scent. Before long, our homes smell like a bakery. Some of us haven’t turned on the oven since June.
Pumpkin Pie brings back such fond memories, too. Writers and Poets include Pumpkin Pie in their seasonal Poems, Songs, and stories. The 1844 Thanksgiving poem, “Over the River and Through the Wood,” written by Lydia Maria Child, references Pumpkin Pie in one of its verses: “Hurrah for the fun! Is the Pudding done? Hurrah for the Pumpkin Pie!” Another familiar one is the song, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” contains the lyric, “Later we’ll have some Pumpkin Pie, and we’ll do some caroling.”
HOW TO Celebrate NATIONAL PUMPKIN PIE DAY
Enjoy a piece of Pumpkin Pie with a dollop of Whipped Cream. Share conversation and a cup of Coffee while you celebrate. Use #NationalPumpkinPieDay to post on Social Media.
NATIONAL PUMPKIN PIE DAY HISTORY
As we serve up another slice, National Day Calendar continues researching the origins of National Pumpkin Pie Da
In a slice of Pumpkin Pie there is 276 calories.
Most Pumpkin Pies contain 6-8 servings.
Pumpkin-related holidays include National Pumpkin Seed Day and National Pumpkin Spice Day.
Thank you, Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
