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ENTITY reports on national food days

While most of us don’t need a special day to drink a margarita or eat a donut, these days do exist.

National food days dedicate each day to a certain food item, and it seems like more and more keep popping up every year. Although people probably don’t celebrate all of them, there’s a national food day on every single day of the year. Some days even have multiple foods attributed to them.

But how did this tradition even start?

The history of national food days

ENTITY reports on national food days

According to Paste, holidays are decreed by a government official such as a mayor, governor or the president. But unlike holidays like Christmas and Memorial Day, food days are started by a marketing or PR department.

Yeah, some random guy made up National Grilled Cheese Day.

They usually start food holidays to serve as a marketing tactic. For example, the National Peanut Butter Board started Peanut Butter Day, Peanut Butter Cookie Day and Peanut Butter Fudge Day to promote their brand and product. Then, these departments use an association or lobby group to promote the food day.

Although many of these days are made up randomly, there are a few official national food days.

Official national food days

National Beer Day (April 7), celebrates the end of Prohibition. On the night before, people got in line to be able to legally buy alcohol at midnight. Donut Day (June1), on the other hand, began during the Great Depression to honor women who brought donuts from home to the soldiers on the front lines during WWI.

So although many national food days are created by PR companies or food bloggers, days such as National Beer Day and Donut Day have meaning. And they’re also good excuses to go out and buy a donut or a beer in the name of Prohibition and the Great Depression.

Random national food days

ENTITY reports on national food days

PR and marketing departments aren’t the only people who can try and create national food days. Anyone can, really. You know, you just have to know the right people in the government, but it’s possible.

For example, John Bryan Hopkins is a food writer and social media whiz who established Tater Tot Day. Hopkins is also the creator of Foodimentary.com, a website that’s the official guide to national food days. His site has been mentioned in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and the Food Network.

According to TIME, he created a majority of the national food days just by filling it out on his calendar on his website. When he first started his website, 175 food-related days existed, and he just filled in the rest. Although his days are never decreed by a government official, people take his calendar as the official word on the matter since it has existed for so long.

Need something to celebrate for the rest of the month? Here are the national food days in July.

And if you’re looking for an excuse to buy gummy worms and caviar, your chance is coming up this month.

  • July 1: National Gingersnap Day
  • July 2: National Anisette Day
  • July 3: National Chocolate Wafer Day
  • July 4: National Barbecue Day, National Caesar Salad Day
  • July 5: National Apple Turnover Day
  • July 6: National Fried Chicken Day
  • July 7: National Strawberry Sundae Day, National Macaroni Day
  • July 8: National Chocolate With Almonds Day
  • July 9: National Sugar Cookie Day
  • July 10: National Piña Colada Day, National ‘Pick Blueberries’ Day
  • July 11: National Blueberry Muffin Day, National Mojito Day
  • July 12: National Pecan Pie Day
  • July 13: National French Fry Day
  • July 14: National Grand Marnier Day
  • July 15: National Tapioca Pudding Day, National Gummy Worm Day
  • July 16: National Corn Fritter Day
  • July 17: National Peach Ice Cream Day
  • July 18: National Caviar Day
  • July 19: National Daiquiri Day
  • July 20: National Ice Cream Sundae Day, National Lollipop Day, Fortune Cookie Day
  • July 21: National Creme Brûlée Day, National Junk Food Day
  • July 22: National Penuche Day
  • July 23: National Vanilla Ice Cream Day, Hot Dog Day
  • July 24: National Tequila Day
  • July 25: National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
  • July 26: National Bagelfest, National Coffee Milkshake Day
  • July 27: National Scotch Day
  • July 28: National Milk Chocolate Day, National Hamburger Day
  • July 29: National Lasagna Day, National Chicken Wing Day
  • July 30: National Cheesecake Day
  • July 31: National Raspberry Cake Day, National Cotton Candy Day

Although national food days usually mean absolutely nothing, it’s still nice to have an excuse to go out and buy cotton candy.

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