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Ice Cream in July
By Susan Rettig
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared the month of July National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day. This year, the day is July 15. We can find many days in hot, humid, hazy July when we can cool off by eating our favorite flavors of ice cream.
On July 1, we celebrate Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day. Use your imagination to create and enjoy new flavors. If you’re not into making your own ice cream, you can visit the nearest Baskin Robbins for a cone. Choose one of the 31 frozen flavors that you haven’t already tried. Peach Ice Cream Day follows on July 17. The Peach Stand on S.C. 160 makes its own wonderfully creamy peach ice cream.
Closely following, July 23 is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. It celebrates one of the most popular flavors in the country. If you consider vanilla boring, you can add another flavor of ice cream like mint chocolate chip, along with sprinkles, whipped cream, and a cherry topping - not boring.
Back in the day, when we were kids, you may remember the ice cream trucks that traveled through your neighborhood. There was the Good Humor, Bungalow Bar, and Mister Softee, among others. When kids heard the bells ring, they stopped whatever they were doing and ran to get their favorite ice cream treat.
Those of us that are from the New York City- Long Island area probably remember Jahn’s Ice Cream Parlor. Jahn’s offered a creation called “The Kitchen Sink.” A gigantic silver bowl was filled
to the top with many flavors of ice cream, syrup, sprinkles, nuts, and whipped cream. The Kitchen Sink served eight people for $43.95.
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the kitchen sink for $39.00. There were several different locations of Jahn’s, one of which was near my house on Springfield Boulevard, in Bayside, New York. After our sorority meeting for the girls, and the boys’ fraternity meeting, we would meet at Jahn’s where some of us would order the Kitchen Sink. Unfortunately, almost all Jahn’s locations are closed except for the one in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York.
The International Ice Cream Association, Founded in 1900, monitors ice cream consumption. The industry boasts more than
$21 billion in annual sales and provides jobs
for thousands. About nine percent of the milk produced by the country’s dairy farmers is used
to produce ice cream, which makes for happy farmers and a good economy. The association advocates legislation, conducts market research, and educates its constituency. Its membership of 80 companies produces an estimated 85 percent of the ice cream products consumed in the United States.
For a healthy economy and a wonderful summer treat, enjoy National Ice Cream Month to the fullest. Some local old fashioned ice cream parlors are:
• Pike’s Old Fashioned Soda Shop, 1930 Camden Road, Charlotte
• Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, 2603 S.C. 160W, Fort Mill
• Kilwin’s Chocolates and Ice Cream, 14835 John J. Delaney Dr., Charlotte
• Waxhaw Creamery, 109 E. North Main Street, Waxhaw
• Cold Stone Creamery, 9820 Rea Road, Charlotte, in the Blakeney Shopping Center.
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