NATIONAL RAISIN DAY – April 30
Sun Apr 30th

National Raisin Day

National Raisin Day, April 30th, is recognized as another food holiday. Raisins are tiny sundried grapes. Although sunlight dries most grapes naturally in vineyards, some are chemically dehydrated.

People have been enjoying raisins for as long as grapes have been growing. Raisins are naturally low in fat and high in vitamins and minerals. The majority of the world's raisin supply comes from California.

In addition to adding raisins to baked goods, you can also make wine from raisins. Yes, grapes are used to make raisins and wine. We can make wine from raisins, too, in this situation. So, technically, raisin day could also be considered a wine day.

How to celebrate #nationalraisinday

Add some raisins to your cookie dough since April 30th is also National Oatmeal Cookie Day. Make some raisin wine. Try this delectable Oatmeal Raisin Cookies I dish.

In addition, you can also investigate the past of raisin production, the people, and traditions. We've got some history from 1924 to today, so keep reading!

It's a love 'em or leave 'em'em relationship when it comes to people and raisins. Add raisins to your Discover 9 dishes.

To show your love for raisins, use #NationalRaisinDay on social media.

National raisin day is the longest in national raisin day history

In 1909, the raisin growers of California celebrated their first National Raisin Day. On and off the radio, they sold flyers from door to door leading up to the day. The advertisements featured recipes, offers, and letters advising people to celebrate National Raisin Day on Friday, April 30th. The dried fruit was served in restaurants, dining cars, hotels, and steamships around the country when the day arrived. California raisins' quality and health benefits were distributed to schools, local and state governments, providing education and details about the raisins' quality and health benefits. What started slowly but soon became a biennial celebration.

More history

Family photos taken during the 1924 Raisin Day Parade in Fresno, California, were provided by one of our followers. The grandmother and great-grandmother of June Eidson were on another float in the parade. She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes: She writes:

"I first discovered it in one of Euphamia Sereptha Gilstrap Pemberton's scrapbooks, one of my great grandparents, William Pemberton's, my great grandparents." She worked as a cook at several ranches around California, including Miller & Lux, Estrella, Burl, and others, as well as being the cattle inspector and in charge of the hoof/mouth eradication for Tuolumne County. "While their girls were in their teens, they also had a store in Berenda with the only phone number in the area while their girls were in their teens."

Ms. Eidson also added:

"This photo appeared in their son-in-law's/my grandfather's album, Archie Floyd Eidson." Floyd and his farming family left Missouri as a child and moved to California with ESP/WFP's daughters, marrying the youngest after graduation.

Quality over quantity will be the aim for the 1924 parade, according to an article about the Raisno Bee, an article about the Raisno Bee, and that quality over quantity will be the aim for the Raisno Bee. The floats were indeed intricate and eye-catching, as you can see. The parade was postponed this year due to a outbreak of foot and mouth disease affecting cattle in California, which was traditionally held in April. Thousands of people in Fresno attended the spectacular parade on October 2, 1924.