National Rice Pudding Day | August 9

Love it or hate it, rice pudding has been gifted its own national day on August 9th.

National Rice Pudding Day is the opportunity for rice pudding fanatics to celebrate this delicious dessert. 

Popular in the kitchens of thousands of people worldwide, rice pudding has become a firm favorite as an after-dinner sweet treat.

It has even found its way into religious and literary culture through the years, featuring in poems, novels, and religious stories. 

But regardless of your reasons for loving (or not loving!) this dish, National Rice Pudding Day is your chance to embrace it.

Why not use this annual day to introduce your friends to your favorite pudding or enjoy a solo bowl all to yourself?

Both countries value rice as a core staple in their diet, so it’s easy to see how either of them could have invented rice pudding.

In its earliest days, it was reportedly labeled as a rice “porridge” or “pottage” rather than a pudding. The original recipe is almost identical to the one used today for the perfect creamy rice pudding.

With water, milk, or cream, rice is mixed and then heated – either by boiling or baking – resulting in rice pudding.

The Tudor people are also thought to have enjoyed rice pudding and believed it to be helpful for digestive problems. Until the 1800s, rice pudding was considered to have medicinal properties.

Throughout the centuries, it has become such a popular dish that almost every country has embraced it.