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June Food Celebrations Tickling Our Tastebuds
by Denise Valentine
Buck Reed
The Supermarket Gourmet Hello, everyone. It’s the season for fresh fruit grown in our area.
Strawberries are in the maturity stage right now. Since I have shared several
recipes over the years that featured strawberries, I thought this time I would
go with a recipe for the upcoming blueberry season.
Just like every other month, crazy now, does it? Blueberry Streusel Mufins—doesn’t your mouth start to water just
June is filled with national and And for those who bake, we have thinking about them? I do have an advantage, though. I’m looking at a
international food recognitions. Some Strawberry Shortcake Day, German picture of them and imagining that they are warm....yummmm! I found this
make sense and others were clearly Chocolate Cake Day, and Applesauce recipe in a small paperback book titled Prize-Winning Fruits & Berries.
conceived by some advertising agent Cake Day. Round it out with Apple
hoping to make a fast buck. Here are Strudel Day, Strawberry & Rhubarb Check out the local orchards and fruit growers for these and many other
a few. Pie Day, as well as Peanut Butter delicious fruits and berries. Many of them have “pick your own” times, or you
June is National Fresh Fruit Cookie Day, and June becomes one can ind them at a local farmer’s market. I hope you enjoy them.
and Vegetable Month. This makes sweet month. Maybe we should just
sense because this is the first month celebrate the baker as well.
in which really good, fresh local So, why do we really have
produce can easily be purchased. It all these seemingly silly holidays
is also National Iced Tea Month, celebrating what we eat? It is easy
because we need to be told to drink to be cynical and believe some Wall
iced tea when it gets hot out. It Street mogul, who is somehow Blueberry Streusel Muffins
should also be noted that Iced Tea leveraging these “holidays” into the
Day is also celebrated on June 10. cornerstone of their mighty empire,
National Steakhouse Month and invented all these. At the very least, Ingredients
National Candy Month also fall in we can be grateful that the greeting 1/3 cup sugar STREUSEL:
June, but don’t we really keep these card companies have not wedged
in our hearts all through the year? their way in yet. 1/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar
Most perplexing of all, though, Yet I look on it with a tribe- 1 egg, beaten 1/3 cup all- purpose lour
is that National Turkey Month like mentality. The tribe not only 2 1/3 cups all-purpose lour 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
is celebrated in June as well. I celebrated everything, but also 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 cup butter
guess it is just a bit too easy to treated it as sacred. At one point in
appreciate turkey in November. Put history, our ancestors thought about 1/2 teaspoon salt
Ginger Bread Day on June 5 in the what they ate and drank. They took 1 cup milk
same category, and it’s practically the time to appreciate their meals and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Thanksgiving in summer. even celebrated them with others. 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Doughnuts and ice cream get their The idea was that everything had
due in June. National Doughnut its place in their world. That made
Day on the June 5 and National everything sacred. And if everything Directions
Jelly Doughnut Day is June 8. Rocky wasn’t sacred, then nothing was.
Road Ice Cream Day is on June 2 So maybe taking an extra moment In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add egg; mix well.
and Chocolate Ice Cream Day is June out of our lives to enjoy a glass of Combine lour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture
7. And then we have Frozen Yogurt cognac with our fellow comrades on alternately with the milk. Stir in vanilla. Fold in the blueberries. Fill
Day on June 4, to keep something a National Cognac Day this June 4th 12 greased or paper-lined mufin cups two-thirds full. In a small
bit healthier in mind. Don’t forget is a good start to making our society
Root Beer Float Day, officially called just a little more reasonable. bowl, combine sugar, lour and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly.
Black Cow Day, on June 10, and Have a question or an idea for Sprinkle over mufins. Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes or
Vanilla Milkshake Day on June an article, please contact me at until browned.
20. The Baskin Robbins/Dunkin’ [email protected].
Donuts® merger doesn’t seem so
June Food Celebrations Tickling Our Tastebuds
by Denise Valentine
Buck Reed
The Supermarket Gourmet Hello, everyone. It’s the season for fresh fruit grown in our area.
Strawberries are in the maturity stage right now. Since I have shared several
recipes over the years that featured strawberries, I thought this time I would
go with a recipe for the upcoming blueberry season.
Just like every other month, crazy now, does it? Blueberry Streusel Mufins—doesn’t your mouth start to water just
June is filled with national and And for those who bake, we have thinking about them? I do have an advantage, though. I’m looking at a
international food recognitions. Some Strawberry Shortcake Day, German picture of them and imagining that they are warm....yummmm! I found this
make sense and others were clearly Chocolate Cake Day, and Applesauce recipe in a small paperback book titled Prize-Winning Fruits & Berries.
conceived by some advertising agent Cake Day. Round it out with Apple
hoping to make a fast buck. Here are Strudel Day, Strawberry & Rhubarb Check out the local orchards and fruit growers for these and many other
a few. Pie Day, as well as Peanut Butter delicious fruits and berries. Many of them have “pick your own” times, or you
June is National Fresh Fruit Cookie Day, and June becomes one can ind them at a local farmer’s market. I hope you enjoy them.
and Vegetable Month. This makes sweet month. Maybe we should just
sense because this is the first month celebrate the baker as well.
in which really good, fresh local So, why do we really have
produce can easily be purchased. It all these seemingly silly holidays
is also National Iced Tea Month, celebrating what we eat? It is easy
because we need to be told to drink to be cynical and believe some Wall
iced tea when it gets hot out. It Street mogul, who is somehow Blueberry Streusel Muffins
should also be noted that Iced Tea leveraging these “holidays” into the
Day is also celebrated on June 10. cornerstone of their mighty empire,
National Steakhouse Month and invented all these. At the very least, Ingredients
National Candy Month also fall in we can be grateful that the greeting 1/3 cup sugar STREUSEL:
June, but don’t we really keep these card companies have not wedged
in our hearts all through the year? their way in yet. 1/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar
Most perplexing of all, though, Yet I look on it with a tribe- 1 egg, beaten 1/3 cup all- purpose lour
is that National Turkey Month like mentality. The tribe not only 2 1/3 cups all-purpose lour 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
is celebrated in June as well. I celebrated everything, but also 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 cup butter
guess it is just a bit too easy to treated it as sacred. At one point in
appreciate turkey in November. Put history, our ancestors thought about 1/2 teaspoon salt
Ginger Bread Day on June 5 in the what they ate and drank. They took 1 cup milk
same category, and it’s practically the time to appreciate their meals and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Thanksgiving in summer. even celebrated them with others. 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Doughnuts and ice cream get their The idea was that everything had
due in June. National Doughnut its place in their world. That made
Day on the June 5 and National everything sacred. And if everything Directions
Jelly Doughnut Day is June 8. Rocky wasn’t sacred, then nothing was.
Road Ice Cream Day is on June 2 So maybe taking an extra moment In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add egg; mix well.
and Chocolate Ice Cream Day is June out of our lives to enjoy a glass of Combine lour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture
7. And then we have Frozen Yogurt cognac with our fellow comrades on alternately with the milk. Stir in vanilla. Fold in the blueberries. Fill
Day on June 4, to keep something a National Cognac Day this June 4th 12 greased or paper-lined mufin cups two-thirds full. In a small
bit healthier in mind. Don’t forget is a good start to making our society
Root Beer Float Day, officially called just a little more reasonable. bowl, combine sugar, lour and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly.
Black Cow Day, on June 10, and Have a question or an idea for Sprinkle over mufins. Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes or
Vanilla Milkshake Day on June an article, please contact me at until browned.
20. The Baskin Robbins/Dunkin’ [email protected].
Donuts® merger doesn’t seem so
