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AUGUST: Today in Food History

See FOOD FESTIVALS & SHOWS for August Food & Beverage Festivals

AUGUST IS:

• Harvest Month
• National Catfish Month
• National Goat Cheese Month
• National Panini Month
• National Peach Month (Presidential proclamation, 1982)
• National Sandwich Month
• National Water Quality Month
• UK: National Fishing Month (July 19-Aug 26, 2013)
  
   

Variable Date Events

• International Bacon Day (Aug 31, 2013 - Sat before Labor Day - can be in August or September)
• International Beer Day (August 2, 2013 - 1st Friday)
• Mead Day (Aug 3, 2013) [Mead, perhaps the oldest fermented beverage, is made by combining honey, water, and yeast, and is often referred to as honey wine]
• National Honey Bee Day (August 17, 2013)
• National Mustard Day & Festival (Aug 3, 2013 - 1st Sat)
• Nut Monday (Aug 5, 2013 - 1st Monday)
• World Kitchen Garden Day (Aug 25, 2013 - 4th Sunday)
   
• Australia (NT): Picnic Day (Aug 5, 2013 - 1st Monday)
• UK: National Hot Dog Day
• Spain: 'La Tomatina' Tomato Fight  (Aug 28, 2013 - last Wed)  Bunol, Valencia, Spain. 30,000 people throw 240,000 pounds of tomatoes at each other
• Sweden: Kräftskiva, Traditional Swedish Crayfish Parties
• Sweden: Surströmingspremiären, Sour Herring Premiere (Aug 15, 2013 - 3rd Thursday) By ordinance, the year's supply of sour herring may begin to be sold.
   
• Air Conditioning Appreciation Week
• World Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1-7, 2013)
   
• OLD - National Apple Week (Since 1996, now National Apple Month - actually 3 months, Sept, Oct & Nov)
   
• More than 600 Food Festivals, including Apple, BBQ & Rib; Blueberry, Corn, Mint, Peach, Watermelon, Zucchini, Lobster, Oyster & Wine Festivals