What is National Fruit Cocktail Day?
National Fruit Cocktail Day on May 13th, if you've been enjoying the food holidays regularly, may be a way to raise the calorie count. Many of us have childhood memories of a fruit cocktail that was often served with a meal.
Fruit cocktail is made up of many varieties of fruit served in a liquid of its juices or syrup. We cans and individual serving cups, but we can also make it fresh with berries and other fruits. Fruit cocktails are also available in cafeterias as a healthy fruit alternative in classrooms and buffets.
Despite the fact that the word cocktail appears in the name, the fruit cocktail contains no alcohol. The word itself refers to a mixture and can include food or spirits. For example, the secondary definition of a cocktail is "An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood."
The USDA has stated that canned fruit cocktail must have certain amounts of pears, grapes, cherries, peaches, and pineapples in the United States.
William Vere Cruess of the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, and Herbert Gray of the Barron-Gray Packing Company, San Jose, California, have both been credited with fruit cocktail development..
