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July Is National Ice Cream Month it’s said that as far back as 618-697AD in China, an ice cream-like food was enjoyed. I remember going out every Sunday with The first dish is said to be made of flour, my grandparents for dinner and afterward buffalo milk and camphor. Not quite the enjoying a special treat. We’d head over to ice cream we know today, but it’s fun to Baskin Robbins and pick one (or two) of the think that even way back when, people were 32 flavors to enjoy as a family. Ice cream is looking for a refreshing frozen treat! Even an American tradition and something that is Alexander the Great is said to have enjoyed always in our freezers. It’s a national staple, snow flavored with honey and nectar. especially during those summer months, Culinary folks though do point to Naples as which is why July is the perfect time to the birthplace of the first ice cream. celebrate National Ice Cream Month. Americans have a rich history with ice In 1984, a Senator from Kentucky cream. The first mention of ice cream in the introduced a resolution to proclaim the US was in a letter in 1744. Then, it’s said, month of July 1984 National Ice Cream that George Washington spent $200 for Month. President Ronald Reagan signed ice cream in the summer of 1790. That’s the bill into law that same year and the rest something like $5,500 today - Can you is history! While the bill only specified July imagine? Even Thomas Jefferson made his 1984 as National Ice Cream Month, the own ice cream recipe which is said to be the tradition carries on all these years later. oldest known ice cream recipe here in the states. Ice cream itself has no known inventor, but Writer / Abigail Hake
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Here are a few fun facts about Ice Cream: • First Lady Dolley Madison served ice cream at the 1813 Inaugural Ball • Vanilla is the most popular flavor • It takes about 50 licks to finish one ice cream cone • The U.S. is the largest producer of ice cream • A Dreyer’s Ice Cream tester actually insured his tongue for $1M • In 1920, Harry Burt put the first ice cream truck on the streets.
