National Ice Cream Month

Did you know, July is National Ice Cream Month and that the 3rd Sunday (mark your calendar for the 21st) of the month is National Ice Cream Day?

It’s true. Blue Bell ice cream reminded me of this auspicious occasion with their newest flavor of the month announcement.

I don’t need an excuse to indulge in this classic frozen treat, but when word of an exciting new variety of ice cream soon to be available on the market reaches my ears, then temptation prompts me to buy and try!

This month’s celebratory invention…

 

~Register with Blue Bell to receive your own special email announcements & take advantage of printable discounts from their site. Current offer: $1 off half-gal size carton of ice cream.~

 

I learned Americans consume more ice cream (about 1600 million gallons per year) than any other nation. I am not surprised considering how much we love ice cream, but yet I was when I read it. 1600 million gallons is hard to imagine, so let’s break this down to something we can relate better to. According to Ice Cream Fun Facts (link removed), the average person in the U.S. eats more than five gallons per year.  That’s like having a scoop of ice cream every day for six straight months. Honestly, I think I could do that easily. How about you?

Who has a difficult time dishing out hard ice cream? It’s a nightmare for me. In recent years, I’ve delegated this task to the strong capable hands of my DS and still, there are moments that he struggles. Over the past year, I’ve looked off and on for stainless steel ice cream scoops and spades. The few I found were not made like I want. This caused me to reconsider buying the most common type scoops/spade made from aluminum. My research lead me to an American made scoop and spade by Zeroll who proudly say “Made in the USA – since 1935” not only at the site we purchased them but boldly on each product box that we received. Curious? Check it out below!

Note: We purchased the above ice cream scoop in the 3 & 4 ounces size and plan to buy a couple of the smaller ones, as well, we bought the ice cream spade below.

Thus far, we are impressed with the scoop. We haven’t put the spade to use yet. Although, our experience is limited since we just got them but we can say the scoop is better than two older scoops we own,  a Baskin Robbins, heavy-duty, button release dipper gifted to us and a lever-type scoop which I can’t recall the brand.

 

Part of the thrill of ice cream is piling it on top of a cone. This somehow completes the ritual. It makes no difference if you use cake cones, sugar cones, or waffle cones. It just seals the ice cream excitement for me every time I bite into a classic cake cone mounted with ice-cold, creamy goodness!

The first edible ice cream cone in America made its début at the 1904 Saint Louis World’s Fair.

Photo source Eating ice cream cones at the 1904 World’s Fair. Legend holds that Ernest A. Hammi invented the ice cream cone after running out of ice cream dishes at the 1904 World’s Fair, and used the crisp Syrian wafers he was also selling to form a cone. Via the Missouri History Museum.

Two of the oldest ice cream cone manufacturers still in business are Nabisco (1912) and Joy (1919).  Our 4th festivities included a Joy ice cream cone mounted with a scoop of Blue Bell’s Rockslide Brownie.  Do I need to say, there were smiles on each of our faces? 

While you’re enjoying this good ole fashion summertime, past-time of eating ice cream in a bowl or on a cone just remember one thing. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July National Ice Cream Month and we have him to thank for this fun holiday for kids of all ages.

Does anyone want ice cream?

Grab a cup of coffee or some ice cream and follow along as I visit some of usual random/coffee chat Tuesday buds (see Daily Blog Hops at the top of this page) and have a terrific Tuesday!

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