The Melior Group Celebrates National Ice Cream Month! Here are some fun facts about our favorite frozen treats… Ice Cream • Dates back to 18th century England • A Philly institution, Bassett’s Ice Cream boasts it is the oldest ice cream company in America (c. 1861) • The cone was invented for the 1904 World Fair in St. Louis • Vanilla may be the most popular flavor, but chocolate syrup/sauce is the most popular topping • National Ice Cream month was declared by Ronald Reagan in 1984… but jelly beans haven’t yet become a popular topping Frozen Custard • It’s ice cream made with eggs in addition to Gelato cream and sugar • Italian for ice cream • Must have at least 10% milkfat & at least 1.4% • By statute, in Italy gelato must contain at egg yolks to be considered custard least 3.5% butterfat to be official • Frozen custard was invented in Coney Island, NY in 1919, when ice cream vendors Archie and Elton Kohr found that adding egg yolks to ice cream Soft Serve created a smoother texture and helped the ice • Ice cream with air introduced during the cream stay cold longer • Milwaukee, WI has the highest concentration of freezing process frozen custard shops in the world, per capita • Both Carvel® and Dairy Queen® claim to have invented soft serve • Delicious topped with Jimmies* FroYo – these shops are EVERYWHERE Ice Pops • International Frozen Yogurt Day is February 6 • Invented in 1905 in Oakland, CA by • “Yogurt” means “to curdle” in Turkish an 11 year old boy • It’s a booming business: the number of FroYo shops in the • The major cause of summer U.S. has increased by 25% in the past 7 years stickiness in children under 10 • You can get your sushi and FroYo fix at Yoshi (get it?) in • Popsicle ® is a registered trademark! Philadelphia’s Suburban Station Water Ice (aka Wooder-Ice) • Frozen treats like water ice date back to the Persian Empire, where snow and ice were mixed with grape juice • It’s rumored that some Philadelphians go through water ice withdrawal in the winter months • The Saloon in South Philly offers the John's Water Ice Martini, which blends lemon water ice with limoncello, the lemon-flavored Italian liqueur, and Absolut Citron vodka • President Obama is a fan of John’s Water Ice in South Philly: “I love being in Philly. Especially when I’ve got ice like this.” *Yo! We’re from Philly, so it’s JIMMIES that top your ice cream or soft serve or custard, not sprinkles! www.meliorgroup.com .