What is National Peaches ‘n’ Cream Day?
National Peaches'n' Cream Day, which is celebrated annually on June 21st, recognizes a delicious way to eat ripened peaches. It's also a convenient way to start and end the summer solstice. (See National Daylight Appreciation Day for the meaning of summer solstice.)
Peaches' n' Cream is a basic, classic, and delectable summertime dessert. Of course, the Georgia peach is in season during the month of June, as are those grown in Florida, California, and South Carolina. Make some homemade vanilla ice cream to sweeten the deal, and your peaches' n' cream will be all the cooler. Make some homemade vanilla ice cream to sweeten the deal.
Almost every seasonal fruit goes well with chilled cream, and peaches are no exception. A refreshing summer treat is combining the sweetness of the fruit with the silkiness of the cream. It's so delectable, we keep coming back for more!
It's interesting to note that doctors theorize Typhoid Mary may have spread the bacteria by cutting up raw peaches in frozen ice cream. So, wash those hands vigorously!
With peaches just coming into season, it's a good time to keep an eye out for them. There are two main peaches – freestone and clingstone – in general speaking. The flesh determines the kind of peach. How the flesh comes off from the stone or the pit in the middle of the peach gives it the name. The peach is a freestone peach when the meat falls free from the stone; if the flesh clings to the peach, it is a clingstone.
