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National Themes For May 13th: National Crouton Day, National Frog Jumping Day, National Apple Pie Day, National Fruit Cocktail Day, and National Women’s Checkup Day.

🍞National Crouton Day! Many of our words for bread-related foods come from the French. The French love bread. The French word croûte means crust. Croutons are often made from day old bread which has been cut into cubes and seasoned with herbs, oil or butter. The bread is then either toasted in the oven or tossed in a hot pan until crunchy.

🐸National Frog Jumping Day! Mark Twain’s story (The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County(1865)) about a pet frog named Dan’l Webster and a casual competition between two men betting on whose frog jumps higher, is the origin of National Frog Jumping Day. The annual Frog Jumping Contest, which began in 1849 in Calaveras County, California is also an origin of this holiday. The current frog jumping record was set in 1986 by Rosie the Ribeter, who jumped 21 feet, 5-3/4 inches.

🍎National Apple Pie Day! The first apple pie recipe printed was in England in 1381. The list of ingredients included good apples, good spices, figs, raisins, pears, saffron and cofyn (a type of pastry crust). The phrase “as American as apple pie” has been around for more than 100 years. During the turn of the 20th century when whole toasted cereals were becoming the ‘health food’ fad, pie gained a bad reputation. Apple pie saved the day of sorts, being more nutritious than other pies according to some. Teddy Roosevelt was impressed to have a taste of home when he had an American apple pie while traveling in Africa. Soldiers during World War II were often quoted they were fighting “for Mom and apple pie.” In 1970, advertisers used the patriotic connection with a commercial jingle “Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet.”

🌳National Fruit Cocktail Day! Fruit cocktail consists of various kinds of fruit served in a liquid of its juices or syrup. It is often sold canned and is a staple in cafeterias. However, it can be made fresh. The word “cocktail” in the name, does not refer to alcohol. The secondary definition of a cocktail is “An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood.” In the United States, canned fruit cocktail is stipulated by the USDA to contain certain percentages of pears, grapes, cherries, peaches and pineapples. William Vere Cruess of the University of California, Berkeley and also Herbert Gray of the Barron-Gray Packing Company, San Jose, California have both been credited with the invention of fruit cocktail.

👩‍⚕️National Women’s Checkup Day! Led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health and as part of National Women’s Health Week, the second Monday in May is National Women’s Checkup Day. The goal of National Women’s Checkup Day is maintaining regular checkups as one of five healthy habits women can do to improve their health. Other habits we can include are physical activity, healthy diets, quit smoking and following general safety rules. Yearly woman visits are important and should include discussions of your health habits and family history, setting health goals and scheduling or receiving screenings or necessary exams. Screening would include blood pressure, cholesterol, cervical cancer and others. For more information, visit women’s health.gov.

Crouton's are to crunchy for my taste. No way am I going out and catching a frog. Their fine right where they are. Warm apple pie! Yummy! I prefer my fruit separately, please. I would rather not have to have a woman's chech up but...it has to be done.

Warm hugs!🐶💕🌧