Ice+Cream+Fun+Facts


 * ===[[image:http://chuvachienes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/did-you-know.jpg align="right"]] Each year Americans spend almost $20 billion on ice cream and other frozen desserts. ===
 * === Today 90 percent of American households eat ice cream. ===
 * === At first, ice cream was mainly a treat for the rich and the royal. Before refrigeration, ice was rare and expensive. Making ice cream also took hours, so it helped to have servants who could do it. ===
 * === The United States produces 1.6 billion gallons of frozen desserts annually. ===
 * === Back in the 1790s, a New York cookbook included recipes for parmesan, ginger, and brown bread ice cream. ===
 * === Today's New Yorkers can try rose, ketchup, or potato chip ice cream. ===
 * === It takes 12 lbs. of milk to make just one gallon of ice cream. ===
 * === The U.S. enjoys an average of 48 pints of ice cream per person, per year, more than any other country. ===
 * === It takes an average of 50 licks to polish off a single-scoop ice cream cone. ===
 * === The biggest ice cream sundae in history was made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1988, and weighed in at over 24 tons. ===
 * === In 2003, Portland, Oregon bought more ice cream per person than any other U.S. city. ===
 * === The ice cream cone's invention is linked to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. An ice cream vendor reportedly didn't have enough dishes to keep up with the demand, so he teamed up with a waffle vendor who rolled his waffles into cones! ===
 * === The first advertisement for ice cream was printed in 1777. ===
 * === The process of tempering is often used when making ice cream. ===
 * === The ice cream maker to produce large quantities was invented in 1847. ===
 * === One of Herbert Hoover's (the 34th president of the US) favorite desserts was chocolate ice cream. ===
 * === Over four billion pounds of ice cream is eaten in the United States a year. ===
 * === PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) urged Ben & Jerry's to replace cow's milk in its ice cream with human breast milk. ===

Bibliography:
Chen, Susannah. "ice cream fun facts." //Yum Sugar. to die for//. N.p., 12 Aug. 2011. Web. 2 May 2012. .

"Fun Facts." //icecream.com//. Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2012. .

"Ice Cream." //National Geographics Kids//. © 2003 National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2012. .

"Did You Know" 15 May 2012. 

Back to Main Page