Today is National Ice Cream Day!

By the way, did you know today is National Ice Cream Day?! I do enjoy a nice bowl of ice cream, but since I've been focused on losing weight (I've lost 100lbs since the start of 2020!), I rarely eat this sweet treat. I have found, however; sorbetto on a stick - especially the mini-size only has 50 calories per serving! Hooray! 

But back to ice cream - let's look at some ice cream fun facts - did you know . . .

• When town leaders in Evanston, WY, made it illegal to sell ice cream sodas on Sundays, shop owners invented the ice cream sundae. They replaced the soda with syrup to get around the law, and they replaced the ‘y’ in Sunday with an ‘e’ in order to avoid offending religious leaders.
• Around 50% of the volume in ice cream is air, which gives the dessert its light texture.
• In Tokyo, Japan, you can find ice cream flavored with octopus, shrimp, horseflesh, and cow tongue. - I will absolutely pass on all of these!
• Although early versions of the dessert appeared in ancient China and Rome, ice cream as we know it today was created in Italy.
• Commonly known as “ice cream headaches” or "brain freeze," a cold-stimulus headache occurs when extremely cold food touches the roof of the mouth, causing the blood vessels there to rapidly constrict, affecting sensitive nerves in the area.
• The average cow produces enough milk over its lifetime to make 7,500 gallons of ice cream.
• Researchers have shown ice cream causes people to feel safer and more comfortable.
• In 1978 Ben took a $5 course on ice-cream making and opened the first Ben & Jerry's in a converted Burlington gas station.
• 80% of Americans prefer ice cream over yogurt - I am one of the 80%.

You will find more ice cream fun facts at this link. Well, make plans to enjoy ice cream (or sorbetto) today with the children you love - after all, it is National Ice Cream Day - you will find more information and ideas for celebrating it at this link! Enjoy!