Have an idea? Send it over!Īccording to NASA, ice cream is one of the three foods astronauts miss the most when they go on space missions. And we read them all - even the really weird ones. We receive over 13,000 flavor suggestions from fans every year. Speaking of chunks in ice cream, pecans are the most popular nut chunk in the US, and strawberries are the most popular fruit chunk. So, what does he enjoy about ice cream? The creamy, chunky texture! Over the years it caught on, and now our fans love those funky chunks. He has anosmia, which means he has no sense of smell and almost no sense of taste. The world record for the largest ice cream cone ever made was achieved in 2015 in Norway with a cone over 10 feet high!Įver wonder why we’re so fond of chunky flavors? Blame it on Ben. It’s vanilla (probably because Cherry Garcia hadn’t been invented yet). Thomas Jefferson is credited as the first American to write down an ice cream recipe. If it’s particularly bad, try pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth - this warms the roof up enough that the vessels will unclench. The pressure from that extra blood causes the brain pain. And that’s exactly what you’ll find at your local Scoop Shop.Įver gotten an ice cream headache from eating your Phish Food a little too quickly? This is what’s really going on: when something really cold touches the roof of your mouth, the blood vessels that run between your mouth and your brain tense up, trapping blood in your brain. The Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Gurus agree that 8° to 10☏ is the ideal temperature for scooping and serving ice cream. (That’s why you have to eat it all in one sitting. So when you re-freeze it and then go to grab a scoop, it’s not as soft. When it melts, the molecular structure breaks down, and the air escapes. No wonder it’s so creamy.Įver noticed that when your pint melts and then re-freezes it ends up a different texture? That’s because ice cream has tiny, microscopic air bubbles in it that keep it soft and fluffy. It takes 3 gallons of whole milk to make one gallon of ice cream. Vanilla is the #1 most popular ice cream flavor in most ice cream-loving countries, (namely, Germany, Italy, the United States, New Zealand, China, and Brazil). The US is second, with an average of 5.5 gallons per person per year.

New Zealand consumes more ice cream per capita than any other country, with an average of 7.5 gallons per person per year. We couldn’t be more thankful.īen & Jerry’s employees get to take 3 pints of ice cream home with them every day. Louis, Missouri by concessions vendors as a way for people to eat ice cream easily while they enjoyed the fair. Ice cream cones were invented at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Shops & Catering show submenu for Shops & Catering.

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