The Everyday Project Day 324

Its 4  great days rolled into 1!
Today is mine and Scott's 19th Anniversary! And its Andrew's 14 birthday! And if that's not good enough... Its National Pierogi Day and National Fluffernutter Day!

These are kind of pierogies I grew up eating and Paula still sometimes makes today. Shout out to Paula and long time friend, David and his daughter, Joy as well as to the Polish nuns in Connecticut. Paula and David learned how to make them from David's Lithuanian grandmother, Val.

These are the ones I usually eat now.

It was the Eastern European immigrants that popularized pierogi in the United States.  At first, pierogi were a family food among the immigrants and were also found in ethnic restaurants;  Freshly cooked pierogi became a staple fundraisers by ethnic churches in the post-World War II era.  By the 1960′s, pierogi could be found in the frozen food aisles of grocery stores in many parts of the United States.

A sweet marshmallow-like spread, that he called “Marshmallow Cream” was invented in 1917 by Archibald Query in Somerville, Massachusetts.  In 1913,during World War I, Emma and Amory Curtis of Melrose, Massachusetts invented Snowflake Marshmallow Creme and published a recipe for a peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwich, which is the earliest known example of a Fluffernutter.

Archiblad Query sold his recipe for “Marshmallow Creme” to Durkee-Mower, Inc. who renamed it Marshmallow Fluff and continue to sell it under that name today.

It was in 1960 that the term Fluffernutter was created by an advertising agency for Durkee-Mower in an attempt to effectively market the peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich.

I will not be eating either of these treats today because we are getting sushi for our anniversary. Wouldn't you rather eat raw fish too?

It is what it is...

Namaste