PUHI — Judy Segawa was quick to volunteer and serve up a peanut butter cookie Wednesday at the Regency at Puakea. Segawa, visiting the retirement facility for lunch with her husband Stan, reverted to the days when she operated Judy’s,
PUHI — Judy Segawa was quick to volunteer and serve up a peanut butter cookie Wednesday at the Regency at Puakea.
Segawa, visiting the retirement facility for lunch with her husband Stan, reverted to the days when she operated Judy’s, a restaurant in the current Moikeha Building’s lower floor, serving up cookies to Regency residents and guests and offering to get iced tea.
Sharon Lasker, Regency marketing director, said since June is National Iced Tea month, and June 12 is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, the Regency decided to combine the two for a “yummy food celebration.”
People stopping by between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. were treated to a free peanut butter cookie prepared by the Regency’s culinary staff and a glass of iced tea to wash it down.
The Aztecs invented peanut butter in the 14th century, but peanut butter cookies did not become an American favorite until the early 1900s, states the Punchbowl website.
George Washington Carver started promoting the peanut and its many uses, publishing three peanut butter cookie recipes in 1916.
The familiar criss-cross fork marks identifying the peanut butter cookie appeared in 1932 when the Schenectady Gazette published the first peanut butter cookie recipe.
Iced tea got its start on a hot day at the St. Louis World Fair, Lasker said in a release.
In 1904, Richard Blechynden, an English tea plantation owner, set up a booth to sell hot tea at the fair. But it was hot and fair visitors did not want anything hot to quench their thirst. In response, Blechynden dumped some of his hot tea into ice and served it cold. It was a hit.
Lasker said since ancient times, people have believed tea to have a wide range of medicinal uses.
