National Date Nut Bread Day

September 8th is National Date Nut Bread Day in the United States.

Now, this is one of the more specific food days out there. Not merely bread, or date bread, or nut bread, but date-nut bread.

Breads can be sweet or savoury, depending on the ingredients. This bread is one that would probably be classified as sweet. Nuts can be used in both sweet and savoury breads, but dates are unlikely to be found in anything but a sweet bread.

Different nuts (using the culinary definition of the term) can be used to make the bread, but walnuts are a popular one. The nuts will be chopped up before being adding to the bread mix. Dates are the fruit of the date palm, which is now grown widely around the world for the fruit. The origin of the date palm is unknown, but it was probably in Mesopotamia, and they are still a common ingredient and food in the Middle East. Dates have been eaten for many thousands of years. Dates can be eaten fresh, but they are often used dried, with the stone removed from them. In date-nut bread, the dates are most likely dried and chopped.