What is National Banana Bread Day?
National Banana Bread Day, a well-known food holiday, is annually celebrated on February 23rd.
Bakers know that to make sweet and delicious banana bread, they must use completely ripe, mashed bananas. The resulting quick bread is moist and almost cake-like. While some recipes call for yeast, most don't. The finished product makes a delectable sliced snack, either way. For an even more satisfying snack, toast it and add butter..
In the 1930s, baking soda and baking powder made banana bread and other quick breads common features in American cookbooks. In its 1933 Balanced Recipes cookbook, Pillsbury's included banana bread recipes. The introduction of Chiquita Banana's Recipe Book in 1950 secured the banana bread's acceptance.
Bans were first introduced in the United States in 1870, surprisingly. Bans first appeared in the United States in 1870. For a long time, Americans thought of the tropical fruit as simply that – a fruit, not an ingredient. It would take a few decades before they started seeing the banana's potential.
Early banana bread
