April 2, 2015 – NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY DAY – NATIONAL FERRET DAY – NATIONAL RECONCILIATION DAY – CHILDHELP NATIONAL DAY OF HOPE

                        NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY DAY

National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day is celebrated annually on April 2nd..  This food holiday is a classic favorite of many.  The average American will have eaten over 2000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the time they graduate from high school.
Peanut butter was considered a delicacy in the early 1900′s and was only served in New York City’s finest tea rooms.  In a May 1896 article published in the Good Housekeeping magazine, a recipe “urged homemakers to use a meat grinder to make peanut butter and spread the result on bread”.  That same year, in June, the culinary magazine Table Talk, published a “peanut butter sandwich recipe”.
It is thought to be that the first reference of peanut butter paired with jelly on bread, to be published in the United States, was by Julia Davis Chandler in 1901.  In the late 1920′s the price of peanut butter declined and the sandwich became very popular with children.
According to the Peanut Board, during World War II, both peanut butter and jelly were part of the United States soldiers military ration list.
In 1998, The J.M. Smucker Co. introduced Goober, a jarred product which combined alternating vertical stripes of peanut butter and jelly.
It may be a good day to try something “outside the box”.  Following are a few ideas to help you out!

• Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
• Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Pie
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Sushi
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Donuts
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Pancakes
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Fudge

NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY DAY HISTORY
Our research was unable to find the creator and the origin of National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, an “unofficial” National holiday.
For more great information on these and other holidays, check out the “Queen of Holidays” Jace Shoemaker-Galloway at http://www.examiner.com/holidays-in-national/jace-shoemaker-galloway

National Ferret Day – April 2

NATIONAL FERRET DAY

According to the National Ferret Association, National Ferret Day is celebrated each year on April 2nd.
National Ferret Day History
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator and the origin of National Ferret Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

National Reconciliation Day – April 2

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION DAY

National Reconciliation Day is celebrated on April 2 of each year.  There are many different “Days of Reconciliation” held around the world that are celebrated on different days.
This is a day intended to patch up relationships.  If you have amends to make with others and re-establish relationships between loved ones that, for some reason, have been broken, then it is the time to try to do so.  It is never to late, life is short so use National Reconciliation Day to make a fresh start with those relationships.
Happy Reconciliation Day.
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION DAY HISTORY
Our research was unable to find, for certain,  the creator of National Reconciliation Day, an “unofficial” National holiday. In 1989, Ann Landers, newspaper columnist, began promoting April 2nd as Reconciliation Day.  Landers wrote an annual article that she dedicated to this day and replied to readers questions on reconciliation.

Childhelp National Day of Hope – April 2

CHILDHELP NATIONAL DAY OF HOPE

During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, communities are asked to come together for the Childhelp National Day of Hope.
On the first Wednesday of every April, everyone, across the country, is asked to join the fight to end child abuse and neglect.
For more information, see: http://www.childhelp.org/pages/1156/