When is National Blueberry Cheesecake Day?
Friday May 26thOn National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, two of the calendar's favorite foods come together on May 26th. In this pages of delectable celebration, we've sprinkled blueberries and cheesecakes throughout these pages. But one day a year they unite in perfect, delectable harmony.
The history of blueberries and cream cheese goes back to the ancestors of blueberries and cream cheese
There was a time when people only collected blueberries from the wild. Successful transplantation and domestication of the blueberry was not until the early 1900s, thanks to Elizabeth Coleman White's findings and Dr. Frederick V. Coville's study, that the blueberry's fruitful transplanting and domestication of the blueberry was not until the early 1900s. It wasn't long after the blueberry's commercial production began...
Some may consider the blueberry cheesecake to be a uniquely American dessert due to the combination of the blueberry's history and the introduction of cream cheese. Cream cheese has long been a part of American dessert making since about the 1820s, although recipes for cheesecake were served to athletes in ancient Greece. However, mass production was not feasible before the onset of pasteurization. From Chester, New York, one dairy farmer from Chester, New York, decided to be the first. William A. Lawrence bought a Neufchatel factory to begin his production, and in 1873, the first mass-produced cream cheese became a reality...
