National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
About National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
When is Raspberry Cream Pie Day? This holiday is always celebrated on August 1
One of summer’s special treats is raspberries. Today is National Raspberry Cream Pie Day. This August 1 holiday is perfect for raspberry lovers. And, ’tis the season for picking sweet, ripe raspberries.
Raspberries are one of the gems of summer. Sweet and tasty, it is loved by millions of people (and birds, too!) With the arrival of ripe berries, it is time to make and enjoy some of your favorite dessert treats. High on the list for raspberry lovers, is raspberry cream pie.
Make this a super raspberry day. Go out and pick your own berries. Then, make a raspberry cream pie. Better still, make one for you and another to give away to a family member, a neighbor, or a friend. Then, dig in and eat a piece of pie…Yummmm!
Raspberry Trivia
- They are good for digestive health and help to strengthen the immune system.
- They are high in fiber.
- Are you a gardener? Then you’re in luck. There are over 200 varieties of raspberry bushes. Take your pick.
- The plants belong to the rose family.
- The juice was once used as a stain in artwork.
- While red is the most popular color, there are black, yellow, and purple varieties.
Nutritional Value of Raspberries
Like other fruits, raspberries are good for you. 1 cup of raw raspberries contain approximately:
- 64 calories
- 15 g carbs
- 0 cholesterol
- 0.8 g fat
- 8.0 g fiber
- 1.5 g protein
- 1 mg Sodium
Note: Of course, the values above are for the raspberries. It does not include the nutritional values of the other ingredients in this pie.
How to Celebrate and Participate in Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Food holidays are a culinary treat. Here are some ways to enjoy National Raspberry Cream Pie Day:
- Buy a raspberry cream pie from a bakery or your local grocery store.
- Make one from scratch.
- Bring the pie to work to share with coworkers.
- Go out to a “pick your own” farm and pick them fresh. Bring the kids along.
- Buy Raspberry Bushes and plant them in your backyard garden.
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History and Origin of National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Our research in the early 2000s and again in the early 2020s did not find the creator or the origin of this day. Nor did we find why this date was selected. Although, it is raspberry-picking season.
In our first study, the title of this holiday as Raspberry Cream Pie Day. Somewhere around 2015, several internet websites began calling it a national day. We did not find any documentation confirming this to be a “National” day. There are no congressional records or presidential proclamations.
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This Day in History
Besides National Raspberry Cream Pie Day, here are some other things that happened on this August 1 holiday:
- English chemist John Priestley discovers Oxygen, isolating it in a gaseous state. (1774)
- Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced Spiderman as a new Marvel Comics superhero. (1932)
- Jerry Garcia, guitarist, member of the “Grateful Dead”, was born on this day in 1942.
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