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 What
is your favorite ice cream flavor? In the summer, people
all around the world enjoy eating ice cream. Not only children but
also many adults love eating ice cream.
Who doesn’t love ice cream? The soft, cool, sweet ice cream makes
our mouths happy on hot summer days. There are so many varieties of
ice cream you can choose from. But do you know
when people started eating ice cream and what is the most popular ice cream flavor
in the world? If you are curious to know the answers, keep reading and
find out!
 You
may be surprised to know that
ice cream has a long history. In the past, people
enjoyed the frozen dessert, too! The frozen
dessert was first enjoyed by Emperor Nero of Rome. He
sent his slaves into the mountains
to bring some snow. Then, he mixed nectar, fruit pulp, and honey with the snow. It was
the world’s first ice cream!
In 1776, America’s first ice cream shop opened in New York City.
In 1812, ice cream was served as a dessert in the
White House and it created
a sensation. Today, each American
consumes about 6 gallons (23 liters) of ice cream each
year! Also, over 90 percent of American households have ice cream
in their refrigerators. Of all the
days of the week, most of the ice cream is bought on Sunday. Interestingly, about 5 percent
of ice cream eaters in America share their ice cream with
their pets! July is National Ice Cream Month
in the U.S. And the 3rd Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day!
 In
1903, an American man named Italo Marchiony invented edible waffle cups. It was the first
ice cream cone. He sold his homemade ice cream from a
pushcart on Wall Street. His ice cream
waffle cups gained huge popularity in New York City.
Today, there are hundreds of different ice flavors from vanilla, strawberry,
chocolate to green tea. In Japan, you can enjoy a whole variety of strange ice cream flavors,
including fish, octopus, squid, shrimp, garlic, and chicken wing.
You can even taste wasabi ice cream and whale ice cream! In the Middle
Eastern countries, you can enjoy ice cream made out of camel’s milk.
 In 1983,
Cookies ‘N Cream, made with real Oreo cookies, was invented. People
loved the flavor so much and it was a big hit. Cookies ‘N Cream
became the fastest growing new flavor in the
history of the ice cream industry. In 1991, another
famous flavor was created
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream.
However, the most popular flavor of ice cream in the world is vanilla.
About 80 percent of the world’s vanilla beans used for ice
cream is grown in Madagascar. Chocolate syrup is the most popular
ice cream topping. |
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