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Boston Cream Pie is the official state dessert of Massachusetts (Designated on 12/12/1996).

The official state cookie of Massachusetts is the chocolate chip cookie, invented in 1930 at the Toll House Restaurant (designated in 1997).

The corn muffin was designated the official state muffin of Massachusetts in 1986.

Estimated cranberry production in the United States in 2004 was 658 million pounds, up 6 percent from 2003. Wisconsin leads all states in the production of cranberries, with 356 million pounds, followed by Massachusetts (180 million).
US Census Bureau, October, 2004

The Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) was made the official state berry of Massachusetts in 1994.

Cranberry juice is the official state beverage of Massachusetts (designated on 5/4/1970).

The navy bean is the official vegetable of Massachusettes, and in 1993 the state legislature declared it the original bean of Boston Baked Beans

The first Dunkin Donuts and the first Howard Johnson's were both in Quincy, Massachusettes.

The Wild Turkey was designated the state game bird of Massachusetts on December 23, 1991.

The official state fish of Massachusetts is the Cod fish. It has been a symbol of the Commonwealth for more than 200 years.

When the first colonists migrated to North America, they brought apple seeds with them. The first recorded planting was in 1629 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

World's Largest Pancake Breakfast
In 1986, an event that bills itself as the World's Largest Pancake Breakfast was revived for the 350th anniversary of Springfield, Massachusetts. The breakfast has been held every year since then. Hundreds of volunteers help with the event. In 1999, more than 71,233 servings of pancakes were served to more than 40,000 people. If you stacked up all those pancakes, they'd be more than 2 miles high!
Library of Congress Local Legacies Project

 

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