East Texas Quarterly Magazine Summer 2015 | Page 18

August is...fun food and back to school, okay...mostly

It seems like every day is a new
national something day. It’s meant
to bring awareness to a cause or
issue like February 14th is National
Organ Donor’s Day, October 5th is
National Do Something Nice Day,
and June 6th is National Higher
Education Day. Many of these
special days deal with the humorous
side of life. For example, May 4th
is National Star Wars Day, June 8th
is National Upsy Daisy Day, and
September 8th is National Ants
on a Log Day. But many of these
special days center around food and
the Month of August is no exception.
To celebrate this month you better
have two things…an appetite and a
large pocketbook.
Let’s just take the days in order and you can be the
judge…the first Saturday in August is National Mustard
Day, the 2nd is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, the 3rd is
National Watermelon Day and Grab some Nuts Day. The
4th is National Chocolate Chip Day, August 5th is National
Oyster Day, the 6th is National Root Beer Float Day and the
7th is National Raspberries in Cream Day. Are you starting
to get the picture? This is still the first week of the month.
The second week starts off with the 8th and National
Zucchini Day, and Frozen Custard Day, the 9th is
National Rice Pudding Day. The 10th is National S’mores
Day, then the 11th is National Raspberry Tart Day, the 12th is
Julienne Fries Day, the 13th is National Filet Mignon Day
and, finally for the week’s end, is the 14th and National
Creamsicle Day. I am full already!!!
The third week starts off on the 15th with National
Lemon Meringue Pie Day, the 16th is National Bratwurst
Day and while not food , you might want to know that day
is also National Rum Day. The 17th brings more sweets with
National Vanilla Custard Day and the 18th is National Ice
Cream Pie Day. The 19th is National Soft Ice Cream Day.
The 20th is National Lemonade Day and Chocolate Pecan

16

East Texas Quarterly Magazine

Pie Day. The 21st is National Pecan Torte Day, and finally to
end the week, National Eat a Peach Day on the 22nd.
The next week begins on the 23rd and National Sponge
Cake Day, the 24th is National Peach Pie Day. The 25th
is National Banana Split Day, and the 26th is National
Cherry Popsicle Day. For an international flair, the 27th is
National Pots de Crème Day, and then the 28th is Na [ۘ[