Day 30

Day Thirty and still sturdy on my feet and certainly to see the finish. (One more day--Hooray!)

Did I think I'd make it? Truly, yes, I did, but didn't think too much about failing and when the blog started I was determined to vanquish foes and not disappointed the cheering section--thank you to all of you who believed in this wacky experiment and encouraged me to keep downin' the ice cream.

Am I sick of ice cream. Actually, no, not at all and this surprises me. I'm even more of a fan as it's a truly satisfying food and I haven't felt tired or hungry at all as long as I stayed on a meal (did I say meal?) schedule. Plus I'm intrigued with all the flavs out there and the possibilities of home-churns.

When I was a kid, one of my favorite ice creams was snow ice cream--we only got it when fresh snow fell and not often in this neck of the woods. Mom would send us out, bowls in hand to scoop just the top of some snow. Meantime, she'd pull out the chilled can of evaporated milk and bowl that had also been chilling in the freezer and we'd throw the snow in the bowl and pour evaporated milk over it and a little vanilla extract, stir it up a bit and we thought there was nothing else like it and eagerly waited to make ice cream with each snow fall. I still try it once in a while. Just don't tell me what kind of yucky stuff is in that snow--ignorance is bliss and it hasn't hurt me yet.

Tomorrow my supporters and converts are going to throw an ice cream luncheon to help me celebrate the final scoop (well almost, there still be dinner to go). Will I stay up until midnight for burger and fries? Probably not. What will be my first real food breakfast? I'm thinking cottage cheese--Yeesh! Not too exciting, but not a shock to my system like the lunchtime tacos will be--better go light on the hot sauce. Hopefully, there will be no tummy turbulence but we'll see--Tums or perhaps ice cream to the rescue!

Most Ice Cream Eaten In 30 Seconds (taken from www.joost.com)
This is one Guinness World Record you CAN try at home! Australian glutton Ivan Jakovac attempted to eat 264g if vanilla ice-ream in 30 seconds. Unfortunately,he only managed 175g!

And these lovely trivia snippets are from http://www.marshfield-icecream.co.uk/facts.htm

A traditional name for ice cream is Hokey Pokey. The name originated from early ice cream vendors who peddled their product shouting “ecco un poco” – try a sample.

The first real evidence of the existence of ice cream was in China’s Tang period (A.D 618-97). King Shang had 94 ice men on his staff who helped make a dish based on buffalo milk, flour and camphor.

Most ice cream contains more milk protein weight for weight than is present in milk itself.

The first record of a cone being used for serving appears in Mrs Marshall’s Cookery Book in 1888. Before then, ice cream was either licked out of a small glass known as a penny lick or taken away in wrapped in waxed paper.

Most ice cream contains more milk protein weight for weight than is present in milk itself.

Ecco un poco!