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This August 9 food holiday celebrates a basic dessert dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and other ingredients such as sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, fruit and raisins.

Observed primarily in the USA, this food holiday is sometimes celebrated with cooking contests, restaurant promotions, and social media posts.

Rice pudding itself is especially popular in Asia where rice is a staple, and local versions of the dish are celebrated informally in India (kheer), the Middle East, Scandinavia, Latin America (arroz con leche), and the UK.