Today is a day to celebrate peaches.
The peach is actually a member of the rose family and originated in China, as ascertained by genetic studies. There are two main varieties of peaches and one hybrid form: clingstone (the flesh sticks to the stone), freestone (the stone is easily separated from the flesh), and semi-free.
Peach flower, fruit, seed and leaves as illustrated by Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1885)
Could you really imagine celebrating Eat a Peach Day without considering making a cobbler? No, unthinkable. And since there are so many blueberries around too, I think it would only be appropriate to combine them. The King Arthur Flour website has a great-looking recipe for a “Peachberry Buckle” here.
The picture shown below comes from another good recipe for a peach and blueberry crumble dessert at The Browneyed Baker, a cook who always knows the importance of adding a dollop of ice cream to the top of whatever you’re serving!
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As you may know if you follow this blog, my favorite poem is “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot, which includes the famous stanzas:
I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?”
On this day, I think the answer is decidedly YES.
I don’t need a special day to enjoy a peach, but in honor of today –I’m eat 2!
This is perfect! I just saw a recipe for grilled peaches… guess what we’re having for dessert 😉
How did I not know this? I live in the middle of peach country. Maybe I’ll drink a peach beer to celebrate!
I had peach cobbler last night for dessert. Yum!
Great photos. Alas, peach season is always too short.
I love blueberry and peach crisp! (easier to make than a cobbler!) We’ve been buying peaches every week at the farmers market
Now I am craving a peach pie.
Yummy! Warm fruit desserts with cold ice cream are the best!
Curses! How did I miss this day? I’d totally have eaten a peach for Eat a Peach Day! Peaches are my favorite food in the entire world. If I had to pick only one food and it would be the only food I could eat for the rest of my life, I’d pick peaches.
love your pics! Cheers
National Eat a Peach Day? Oh, good…I DID eat a peach on Friday! I just love peach season here in Delaware – soooo good! But both of my sons have developed allergies to stone fruits. Normally, they can tolerate them better cooked, but we tried a peach crisp last summer, and my youngest had a SCARY reaction, so no more 😦 But I still love them!
Sue
Book By Book
Peaches are delicious, but sadly out of season in Australia at the moment- I wish I could have one now though.