July 19 - National Ice Cream Day

Happy National Ice Cream Day! I scream! You scream! We all scream! Dish or cone? Cup or stick? That’s all the vendors need to know. 

Today on the third Sunday in July offers up every flavor on the menu to honor the day! The holiday also lands in the middle of National Ice Cream Month. 

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-ice-cream-month-july/ 

Thousands of years ago, people in the Persian Empire put snow in a bowl, poured concentrated grape-juice over it, and ate it as a treat. Even when the weather was hot, they would savor this sweet treat.  

Their trick? They placed snow in underground chambers known as yakchal where the temperatures kept the snow from melting. 

The Persians also hiked to the mountain tops by their summer capital to gather snowfall.  

The Chinese, under the Tang Dynasty around 697 A.D., took to freezing dairy with salt and ice. However, the results aren’t exactly the ice cream we enjoy today.  

Frozen treats and beverages later, culinary folks point to Naples, Italy as the birthplace of the first ice cream. They give credit to Antonio Latini. He was born in 1642 and created a milk-based sorbet. 

In the United States, the Quaker colonists earn the nod for bringing their ice recipes over with them. They opened the first ice cream shops, including shops in New York and other cities during the colonial era.

  

U.S. Ice Cream Facts

• • Benjamin Franklin, 1st U.S. President George Washington, and 3rd U.S. President Thomas Jefferson enjoyed ice cream.

• • 1813 - First Lady Dolley Madison served ice cream at the Inaugural Ball. 

• • 1832 – African-American inventor, ice cream maker and confectioner Augustus Jackson, created multiple ice cream recipes as well as a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. 

• • 1843 – Philadelphian housewife Nancy Johnson, received the first U.S. patent for a small-scale hand-cranked ice cream freezer. 

• • 1920 – American confectioner Harry B. Burt puts the first ice cream trucks on the streets.

An astonishing fact regarding Thomas Jefferson – his recipe for Old Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream is believed to be the oldest recipe for ice cream in America. 

The recipe below is provided by the U.S. Library of Congress. The transcript is word for word for ease of following along. 

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/uc004810.jpg 

Thomas Jefferson’s Old Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe 

Ice cream.                             

2 bottles of good cream. 

6 yolks of eggs. 

1/2 lb. sugar 

mix the yolks & sugar 

put the cream on a fire in a casse 

-role, first putting in a stick of Vanilla. 

when near boiling take it off & 

pour it gently into the mixture 

of eggs & sugar. 

stir it well. 

put it on the fire again stirring 

it thoroughly with a spoon to 

prevent it’s sticking to the casse--role. 

when near boiling take it off and 

strain it thro' a towel. 

put it in the Sabottiere 

then set it in ice an hour before 

it is to be served. put into the 

ice a handful of salt. 

put ice all around the Sabottiere 

i.e. a layer of ice a layer of salt 

for three layers. 

put salt on the coverlid of the 

Sabotiere & cover the whole with ice. 

leave it still half a quarter of an hour. 

then turn the Sabottiere in the 

ice 10 minutes 

open it to loosen with a spatula 

the ice from the inner sides of 

the Sabotiere. 

shut it & replace it in the ice. 

open it from time to time to de- 

-tach the ice from the sides. 

when well taken (prise) stir it 

well with the Spatula. 

put it in moulds, justling it 

well down on the knee. 

then put the mould into the same bucket of ice. 

leave it there to the moment of serving it. 

to withdraw it, immerse the 

mould in warm water, 

turning it well till it 

will come out & turn it 

into a plate.

 

The Original Thomas Jefferson Ice Cream Recipe

FUN FACT:

The most ice cream scoops balanced on a cone is 125! This was achieved by Dimitri Panciera (Italy), on the set of 'La Notte dei Record', in Rome, Italy, on November 17, 2018. 

Panciera has previously held this record title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmosHmgl5X0  

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Enjoy National Ice Cream Day by sharing some with your family and friends! Experiment with different flavors or go to your favorite ice cream shop. Give them a shout out as well! 

Post on social media using #NationalIceCreamDay. 

HISTORY 

In 1984, 40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month and established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in July. 

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