Blurtmusic Holiday Playlist: National Coconut Cream Pie Day

Suddenly, one morning last week, I woke up with a hankering for coconut cream pie....

Little did I know that today would be Coconut Cream Pie Day, my inner clock must be off a little.

Do you have an inner Pi clock ?

Happy Coconut Cream Pie 🥧 Day !

Source: https://everydayannie.com/2013/03/14/coconut-cream-pie/

Shortly after gaining popularity in Europe, coconut took the United States by storm when a Philadelphia flour miller received a shipment of coconuts as payment of a debt from a Cuban businessman. In 1895 he set up a factory for shredding and drying his coconut meat and singlehandedly put coconut into the hands of American homemakers and commercial bakers and candy makers. Recipes for coconut cream pie start showing up in cookbooks almost immediately, and by the early 1900’s coconut custard and coconut cream pie was everywhere.

Source: https://brooklynhomemaker.com/tag/history-of-coconut-cream-pie/

What a wonderful holiday ... all those coconut cream pies.

Yum

National Coconut Cream Pie Day, on May 8 every year, is devoted to the ultimate custard-and-cream concoction. On this day, we contemplate the sheer deliciousness of the coconut cream pie and, of course, help ourselves to a slice. It’s the beginning of warmer weather and longer days filled with languid hours that are perfectly punctuated by a piece of this cool, creamy pie. The basic ingredients for coconut cream pie are a custard made of coconut milk, sugar, egg yolks, cornstarch, and butter, topped with a pile of fluffy whipped cream and toasted coconut shavings. But it always ends up as more than the sum of its parts. Coconut cream pie is well-nigh magical, and that’s why it gets its own day in our calendar.

Source : https://nationaltoday.com/national-coconut-cream-pie-day/

Here is my song selection for Coconut Cream Pie Day ...