Americans love their blueberry muffins so much, it’s their number one favorite muffin flavor. Whether it is for breakfast or a snack, blueberry muffins are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
While enjoying a delicious blueberry muffin, consider the powerhouse the blueberry is.
This once wild berry became domesticated during the early 1900s thanks to the observations of New Jersey agricultural specialist Elizabeth Coleman White and the research of American botanist Dr. Frederick V. Coville.
Before their efforts, wild blueberries were never successfully transplanted and raised in any farming operation for personal or commercial production. The only way to enjoy fresh blueberries was to seek them out where they grew naturally.
Today, we can enjoy the abundant potassium, vitamin C and B6, and other health benefits of the blueberry much more readily than they did one hundred and twenty years ago.
We bake them into muffins and eat them by the handfuls. They are so likable that we celebrate blueberries as a popsicle, cheesecake and a popover day, too! Don’t forget, July is also National Blueberry Month.
HOW TO OBSERVE
While celebrating the day, be sure to make a few for co-workers and family, too. It’s not a celebration if you don’t share. It is America’s favorite muffin after all!
National Day Calendar® has provided a blueberry muffin recipe to try below! If you don’t bake, be sure to stop by your favorite bakery and pick up a few. Give them a shout out as well.
Use #BlueberryMuffinDay to share and follow on social media.
HISTORY
National Day Calendar® has not determined the origins of National Blueberry Muffin Day.
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