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National Food Holidays: February
Including Valentine-Red Celebrations Like National Cherry Month & National Strawberry Day
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We tend to think of Valentine’s Day as “owning” February, but this list says otherwise. Don’t let one day of red satin candy boxes limit your celebration, when there are month-long festivities like:
•Berry Fresh Month
•Canned Food Month
•Celebration of Chocolate Month
•Great American Pies Month
•National Cherry Month
•National Fiber Focus Month
•National Fondue Month
•National Grapefruit Month
•National Heart Healthy Month
•National Hot Breakfast Month
•National Snack Food Month
•Potato Lover’s Month
•Sweet Potato Month
For week-long celebrations, there are:
•Shape Up With Pickles Time
(First Week)
•Great American Pizza Bake
(Second Week)
•Kraut and Frankfurter Week
(Second Week)
•National Pancake Week
(Fourth Week)
And then, there are the daily festivities:
•International Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday (February or March)
•Oatmeal Monday, second Monday
•February 1: National Baked Alaska Day
•February 2: Heavenly Hash Day
•February 2: National Pisco Sour Day
•February 3: National Carrot Cake Day
•February 4: Homemade Soup Day
•February 4: National Stuffed Mushroom Day
• February 5: National Chocolate
Fondue Day
• February 5: World Nutella Day
•February 6: National Chopsticks
Day
•February 7: National
Fettuccine Alfredo Day
•February 8: Molasses Bar Day
•February 9: National Bagels
and Lox Day
•February 9: Pizza Pie Day
•February 10: Cream Cheese
Brownie Day
•February 11: Peppermint Patty*
Day
Celebrate the gumdrop on February 15th. Photo courtesy MorgueFile.
*Is it patty or pattie? Cadbury calls its product York Peppermint Pattie, but a pattie refers to a meat product. According to the dictionary, “patty” is more correct for the candy.
•February 11: Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
•February 12: National Plum Pudding Day
•February 13: National Tortellini Day (Plus A Chicken & Tortellini Recipe)
•February 14: National Creme-Filled Chocolates
Day
•February 15: National Gumdrop Day