Hmmm, ang sarap ng Ice Cream

Hoo, it’s really hot outside. Even though summer is coming to its end at may paunti-unting ulan na, the power of the sun is still greatly felt. Sobrang sarap magbabad sa pool. But aside from that, it’s also refreshing to indulge the taste buds with a creamy and cold ice cream treat. But wait!!! Do you know how this cold treat came to existence? Hindi mo alam noh??? Hehehe this is your lucky day kasi sinipag ako na maghanap ng facts and trivia about ice cream. You might be thinking why the heck I did this. Well, hahaha I’m craving for ice cream. Hmmmm I can see my self enjoying a scoop of my favorite ice cream flavor. Heheheh nagugutom na tuloy ako…

Ice Cream Trivia:

• Ice cream was first made available to the general public
  for the first time at Café Procope, the first café in Paris.
• 1899, five million gallons of ice cream were produced in the U.S.
• 1920, Harry Burt Jr. of Ohio came up with the idea of
  ice cream on a stick. He called it the Good Humor Bar.
  Mr. Burt’s customers did not have to come to him. He used
  specially decorated white cars to bring the treats right to customers.
• The first frozen dessert is credited to Emperor Nero of Rome. It was a mixture of snow (which he sent his slaves into the mountains to retrieve) and nectar, fruit pulp and honey. Another theory is Marco Polo, 13th century bard and adventurer, brought with him to Europe from the Far East recipes for water ices....said to be used in Asia for thousands of years.

Ice Cream Facts:

Top 10 Ice Cream Consuming Countries in the World

1) United States
2) New Zealand
3) Denmark
4) Austrailia
5) Belgium / Luxembourg
6) Sweden
7) Canada
8) Norway
9) Ireland
10) Switzerland

THE 15 MOST POPULAR ICE CREAM FLAVORS
(Flavor, percent preferring)

1. Vanilla, 29%
2. Chocolate, 8.9%
3. Butter pecan, 5.3%
4. Strawberry, 5.3%
5. Neapolitan, 4.2%
6. Chocolate chip, 3.9%
7. French vanilla, 3.8%
8. Cookies and cream, 3.6%
9. Vanilla fudge ripple, 2.6%
10. Praline pecan, 1.7%
11. Cherry, 1.6%
12. Chocolate almond, 1.6%
13. Coffee, 1.6%
14. Rocky road, 1.5%
15. Chocolate marshmallow, 1.3%
All others, 23.7%