It's National Ice Cream Month!

I scream.  You scream.  We all scream for ICE CREAM!

July is the best month of the year, hands down.  First, it's smack-dab in the middle of summer.  Warm lazy crazy days that gives us more daylight than we deserve.  As a kid, we played board games every day.  Risk.  Clue.  Life.  We'd play gangsters in the old car next door, war in the empty field down the road.  And after it started to get dark, we'd play Hide-and-Seek.  You know the rules change after dark, right?

It's also my birthday month :)  And my grandboy's birthday month :)  And my wedding anniversary month :)

But the BEST part of July is it is National Ice Cream Month!  Think about it.  There are 31 days in July.  That's perfect to visit your local Baskin and Robbins and have a different flavor of ice cream every day!  YippeeSkippee!

President Reagan declared July as the month to celebrate ice cream, with the third Sunday of the month designated as National Ice Cream Day.  It don't get much better than that.

No one knows exactly when ice cream was created but Alexander the Great enjoyed icy drinks sweetened with nectar.  It came to the United States around 1744 and presidents have always enjoyed it.  Jefferson made his own recipe and Dolly Madison served it at her husband's second
inaugural ball.  

Vanilla is the most popular flavor.  To some it is too boring, so they love exciting new flavors like Banana Peanut Butter Chip and Brown Butter Bourbon Truffle.  Some like it deep fried.  Some like it soft-served.  Some want healthier choices.  Some want the full fat content.  And who makes the most ice cream?  California, of course.
 
Enjoy
peace~~~