Day 28

Day Twenty-eight and still fillin' great! Ice Cream rules!!!!!!!!!

I had a suggestion to make sweet potato ice cream--I think that's actually in my Ultimate Ice Cream recipe book. Might not be able to make it before the course is run, but will try in the future. Sounds good for Thanksgiving. I'm definitely intriqued with trying some home-churned flavs.

Tonight will be the big banana ice cream feat, so don't split on the blog yet--there are 3 more exciting days to go and I may do a few follow up blogs, so inquiring minds don't have to wonder how my stomach readjusts to real food. I've always had a hearty appetite and don't have probs with most foods. Friday will be tacos and I love hot sauce, but may scale it back a little or could just go for it with a little ice cream on hand to save the day and cool down any tummy turbulance.

Three more days! I can hardly believe it. There were times this month seemed awfully long and I felt in ice cream prison at times--better than bread and water, though. Food freedom will ring soon. Ding Dong (I never liked those even as a kid--twinkies were more my cup of tea!)

More frozen fun facts:

The first written mention of ice cream in this country can be found in a letter from the 1700s, which admiringly describes the ice cream and strawberry dessert a Maryland governor served at a dinner party. Initially, just a treat for the elite (including George Washington, who is said to have consumed enormous quantities), the first ice cream parlor in this country opened in New York City in 1776. In 1845, the hand-cranked freezer was invented, allowing Americans to make ice cream more easily at home.

The most avid ice cream eaters in the U.S. don't live in Hawaii, the South, California, or any other hot clime. Instead, in 1999, it was reported that the good citizens of Omaha, Nebraska, ate more ice cream per person than any other Americans.

Immigrants at Ellis Island were served vanilla ice cream as part of their Welcome to America meal. (No wonder everyone wants to come to the good old USA!)

One of the major ingredients in ice cream is air. Without it, the stuff would be as hard as a rock.
Among the most unusual flavors of ice cream ever manufactured are avocado, garlic, azuki bean, jalapeno, and pumpkin. Perhaps the weirdest of all: dill pickle ice cream , which was marketed to expectant mothers. Sales were disappointing. (How surprising?!)

One out of every five ice cream eaters share their treat with their dog or cat. (Can the day of liver- or tuna-flavored ice cream be far behind?) I do this--the cat loves it, but just a little--he shakes his head a bit--probably getting that brain freeze thing.

Rollin on to dine on ice cream for lunch--lemon and marionberry pie ice cream is on the menu.