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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream contributes 7.5% of pre-tax profits to charity.
Ben & Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: mint Oreo.
Ice Cream is made creamy with carageenan, which comes from kelp.
Ice Cream was invented in China in about 200 B.C., when a soft, milk & rice mixture was further solidified by packing it in snow.
In 1846, Nancy Johnson invented the hand-cranked ice cream churn. Ice cream surged in popularity!
In 1851, Jacob Fussell, a milk dealer in Baltimore, converted his milk plant into the 1st ice cream plant in the United States.
In 1904, ice cream cones were invented at the St. Louis World Exposition. An ice cream vendor ran out of dishes & improvised by rolling up some waffles to make cones.
In 1921, the comissioner of Ellis Island made the decision to treat all incoming immigrants to a taste of something truly American, by serving them ice cream as part of their 1st meal.
In 1943, Brigham's ice cream parlours offered 3 flavors of ice cream; vanilla, chocolate, & coffee & sold hot fudge sundaes for 20-cents, or 25-cents with nuts.
In 1994, Brigham's used 1,400,000 pounds of sugar to make its delicious ice cream & frozen yogurt products.
Legend has it that the Roman emperor Nero discovered ice cream. Runners brought snow from the mountains to make the first ice cream.
New Englanders enjoy a hearty 39 pints of ice cream annually, or about 14 pints more per year than the average American.
On August 7, 1977, Dennett D'Angelo set a world record for eating 3 pounds, 6 ounces of ice cream in 90 seconds.
Roman emperors are alleged to have sent slaves to mountain tops to bring back fresh snow which was then flavored & served as part of their famous food orgies.
The 1st hand-crank ice cream freezer was invented in 1846 by Nancy Johnson.
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