Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: July 15th, 2022. I would like to ask you to check out the holidays being celebrated today and let me know which holiday you most want to celebrate. David said he wouldn’t mind having Tapioca Day which Charlie and I will pass on. But Charlie says he will celebrate National Gummy Worm Day with his dad which I will also sit out on. How about you?
National Tapioca Pudding Day is celebrated on July 15th which is a sweet Pudding typically made with small Tapioca Pearls, Milk, Vanilla, Sugar, and Eggs. Tapioca is the most popular American dish. For some people, Tapioca Pudding is a dessert their parents used to make them growing up. For those of you whose taste buds have already been accustomed to Tapioca, National Tapioca Pudding Day is your holiday to make the best Tapioca Pudding to your liking.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL TAPIOCA PUDDING DAY
The first occurrence of National Tapioca Pudding Day is unknown but word has it that the first known reference to a National Tapioca Pudding Day was in a Texas publication “Hood County News” in 2000. However, the exact date is not mentioned. We can assume that the holiday has been celebrated for some time. We’re here to proclaim the merits of this Tapioca.
Tapioca is a starch extracted from the roots of the Cassava Plant, native to Brazil. For people living in Tropical Countries, Tapioca is a staple food, providing an important energy source in the form of carbohydrates. In other Countries, Tapioca is used for thickening Soups or Stews and as Noodles, Fries, and Crackers. Tapioca can come in different forms, including flakes, sticks, and Pearls. The Pearls are the kind typically used to make a Tapioca Pudding. The larger Tapioca Pearls, commonly referred to as Boba, can be found all over the World in a classic Taiwanese favorite, Bubble Tea.
In its Country of origin, Tapioca is prepared differently. Brazilians make Tapioca Flatbreads and add sweet or savory fillings to them. In the United States, Tapioca Pearls are probably commonly used for making Tapioca Pudding which has several variations, including instant Tapioca Pudding, Brown Sugar Tapioca Pudding, or Pumpkin Spice Tapioca Pudding. We can see that there are many ways to experiment with Tapioca Pudding. Are you prepared to experiment with Tapioca Pudding?
Food Facts Tapioca Pudding
- Tapioca pudding which is similar to Sago Pudding is a sweet Pudding created with Tapioca and either Milk or Cream.
- Coconut Milk is also used in cases in which the flavor is preferred or in areas in which it is a commonplace ingredient for cooking.
- Tapioca is made in many Cultures with equally varying styles, and may be produced in a variety of ways. Tapioca consistency ranges from thin or runny, to thick or firm enough to eat with a fork.
- Tapioca Pudding can be made from scratch using Tapioca in a variety of forms: including flakes, coarse meal, sticks, and Pearls. Many commercial packaged Tapioca mixes are available.
- British schoolchildren have traditionally nicknamed Tapioca dish Frog Spawn, due to its appearance. American children often call Tapioca Fish Eyes and Glue.
NATIONAL TAPIOCA PUDDING DAY ACTIVITIES
- Today is the time for us to create our Tapioca Pudding masterpiece. Whether you add Brown Sugar or make Dairy-free, the choice is yours.
- Not everyone may know about National Tapioca Day. S\hoot some photos of your creation and post them on your Social Media platform and don’t forget the hashtag #NationalTapiocaPuddingDay
- Some of us live two different lives nowadays. You’ve let your online friends know about the holiday. Now it’s time for you to let your offline friends taste Tapioca Pudding.
5 FACTS ABOUT TAPIOCA YOU NEED TO KNOW
- For many people, Tapioca is easier to digest than Flours made from Grains or Nuts.
- People who want to gain weight quickly may benefit from consuming Tapioca.
- The high carbohydrate content of Tapioca works as an effective energy booster.
- Tapioca contains no saturated fat, so consuming a lot of Tapioca won’t affect your health.
- Tapioca intake can replace the lost calcium in our body.
WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL TAPIOCA PUDDING DAY
- For some people, their parents often served Tapioca Pudding when they were kids. This holiday can recall a childhood memory of the time when you’re waiting for your parents to prepare Tapioca Pudding as the family dessert after Supper.
- Tapioca Pudding is like a blank canvas which is why there is so many thing we can do with Tapioca Pudding. Having the holiday National Tapioca Pudding Day is here for us to be adventurous with your Tapioca Pudding.
- Did you know the main ingredient of Tapioca Pudding has many benefits? If you want to gain weight quickly or if you need an energy booster then you should look for a food intake with no saturated fat? Tapioca Pudding has got you covered.
Did you know National Gummi Worm Day, is July 15th? Grown-ups want more Gummi flavors, more colorful styles, and more silly sizes. Adults, not kids, have made Gummi Worms one of the most popular candies on earth. Did you know the name ‘Gummi’ is the German word for ‘rubber’. You can get a satisfying stretch out of the squiggly candy before you pop it in your mouth or just bite the Worms head off.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL GUMMI WORM DAY
We can trace National Gummi Worm Day to the marketing minds at Trolli, the German confectionery candy that created Gummi’s in 1981. On July 15th, according to some sources. They were a cheeky response to the reigning Gummi Candi, which was the popular Gummi Bear, which originated in1920 in Bonn when Hans Riegel began making candy in his kitchen.
Riegel’s company, HARIBO, produced soft, fruity Gelatin dancing Bears that evoked entertainment at European Circuses and Festivals. The Bears became worldwide favorites. Trolli wanted to give kids something that had a gross-out factor they could play up with their parents, so they created Gummi Worms. Gummi historians don’t agree on this, but some claim that Trolli introduced Gummi Worms on the anniversary of the birth of the bears in Bonn — July 15th.
After the Bears became popular, there were Gelatin Candies in other shapes, but nothing could beat the Bears until the Gummi Worms emerged. Trolli celebrated their success by giving Gummi Worms their own holiday.
In 2004, Trolli decided to break the mold with another non-Bear form Roadkill. Trolli produced Gummi Squirrels, Chickens, and Snakes with tire tracks giving evidence of their demise. By then, Kraft Foods had bought the Trolli U.S. brand, and they had to take Roadkill off the market the next year in response to consumer protest.
Today, Gummi Worms can be either sweet or sour and Gummi Worms can be dual-color and dual-flavor. Gummi Worms been served in Ice Cream, used to make Vodka Shots, and poked half-way down into the Frosting of Chocolate Cake to make dessert even more fun. Gummi Worms are a key part of the global Gummi and Jellied Candy market that is predicted to reach $40 billion between 2020 and 2024.
Is National Gummi Worm Day a real holiday?
Yes, National Gummi Worm Day is a marketing milestone created by the German Trolli GmbH company to commemorate the holiday they introduced Gummi Worms as the new Gummi shape. An American candy company, Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc., in Merrillville, Indiana, which also makes Gummi Worms, has declared July 15th to also be National Gummi Bear Day, and they mark the Holiday with a contest on Social Media to win a 5-lb. bear.
What brands are the market leaders in Gummi Worms?
Trolli, whose U.S. operations have been sold over the years to Nabisco, Kraft, Wrigley’s, and Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company, is now part of Ferrara Candy Company, and remains one of the top brands. Others are Albanese, Black Forest, Surf Sweets, Sathers, Dr. Snack, and the legendary HARIBO, which now makes more than 1,000 products.
What Gummi Shapes are available today?
There is nothing that a candy company will not consider a Gummi shape that can be popular. Including Gummi llamas, Gummi Dinosaurs, Gummi Octopi, and Gummi Evil Twins, conjoined to provide sweet and sour in one bite.
HOW TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL GUMMI WORM DAY
- Purchase a bag of Gummi Worms and shake ’em out by the handful to share with your family. Taste-test all the flavors and find your favorite.
5 FACTS ABOUT GUMMI WORM SIZES
- The biggest Gummi Worm’s a whopper at 19. pounds and 4,000-calorie Gummi Worms that are 26 inches long, 5 inches around, and weigh in at almost 3 lbs.
- The Gummi Worm is equivalent to 128 regular Gummi Worms.
- Top brand Albanese makes Mini Gummi Worms in 12 fruity flavors: Cherry, Pink Grapefruit, Watermelon, Strawberry, Orange, Blue Raspberry, Lime, Grape, Green Apple, Mango, Pineapple, and Lemon.
- The world’s largest Gummi Worm grew up to become a 7-foot, 26-lb., 36,720-calorie Snake that will take a $150 bite out of your budget.
- Basic Gummi Worms are bait-size which is 2 inches long.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE NATIONAL GUMMI WORM DAY
- You can roll ’em, stretch ’em, and pull ’em apart before you eat Gummi Worms. Before eating Gummi Worms you can take a bag to work, instead of Doughnuts. Host Worm wars with your family because what other food is fun to play with?
- A research firm that follows the confectionery industry reports that Gummi brands represent almost one-third of the top 20 non-Chocolate Chewy Candy brands.
- Today you can purchase Gummi Worms that contain more than 91% Organic ingredients, packaged in facilities free of the most common Allergens. These Gummi Worms are fat-free, Gluten-free, and made with Organic Cane Sugar instead of high Fructose Corn Sugar. Did you know you there is Kosher and Vegan Gummi Worms?
Here are five facts about Candy:
- The first Chocolate Eggs were made in Europe in the early 19th Century and remain among the most popular treats associated with Easter.
- The celebration of Halloween started in the United States as an Autumn Harvest Festival. In Pioneer days, some Americans celebrated Halloween with Com-Popping parties, Taffy Pulls and Hayrides.
- In the late Nineteenth Century, with the large influx of Irish immigrants into the U.S., Halloween became associated with Ghosts, Goblins and Witches.
- The Winter Holidays represent the biggest boxed Chocolate selling Season.
- Ninety percent of parents admit to sneaking Candy from their kids’ Halloween trick-or-treat bags.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
