National Ice Cream Month

 

Guess what? July is National Ice Cream Month. It was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The third Sunday of July, which falls on July 20th this year, is also National Ice Cream Day. Ice cream goes back a long way, back to the ancient Persians and Chinese. Its current form is credited to the French and Italians during the Renaissance. That was even before your parents were born (the 1300s-1500s).

Ice cream comes in lots of flavors. Some are classic, like vanilla and chocolate. Others are trendy like moose tracks and peanut butter overload.  If you go to Baskin Robbins they say they have 31 different flavors. You could even go to a place like Cold Stone where they will mix whatever flavors you want. You can get nuts, sprinkles, cookies pieces, or even gummies in your ice cream.

When Papaw was young my favorite place to go on a warm summer night was Dairy Queen. We would usually get an ice cream cone that was dipped in chocolate that made a hard shell on the outside. There was creamy ice cream inside and crunchy chocolate outside. Yum! Once in a while we even made banana splits. Have you ever had a banana split? They’re great!

When Mema and Papaw can find them, we now like to get waffle cones. It is a crispy waffle cone with whatever ice cream inside that you want. And don’t forget the whipped cream! We can’t go to Disneyland without getting at least one! So what kind of ice cream do you like? If you clean your rooms, do your chores, and don’t talk back to your mother, they might just take you out for some ice cream. (Tell them Papaw recommends it as a great family fun night. Just don’t send him the bill!)

I hope you liked our talk about ice cream. I did! Now let’s go look in the freezer…

Love Papaw.