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National Corn Fritter Day in USA

National Corn Fritter Day in USA is held on July 16. This event in the second decade of the month July is annual.
The United States produces 40 percent of the world's corn, more than any other country. In the United States, 87 percent of all the corn is grown utilizing only naturally occurring rainfall.
Corn fritters are fried cakes of a dough or batter made of, or containing a featured quantity of maize (corn). Originating in Native American cuisine, they are a traditional sweet and savory snack in the Southern United States, as well as Indonesia where they are known as perkedel jagung or bakwan jagung.

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