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January 15 is National Strawberry Ice Cream Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

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National Strawberries & Ice Cream Day

Five Food Finds about Strawberries & Ice Cream

  • It is thought that the ” iced” cream was served in the White House in the early 1800’s.
  • Huge chinks of  frozen river ice were stored in basements vaults covered in hay to keep them from melting.
  • Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.
  • Strawberries are a member of the rose family.
  • Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) is known to have loved snow flavored with nectar and honey.

On This Day in Food History…

1785 William Prout was born. An English chemist, he was the first to classify food components into 3 main divisions – carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

1799 John Hetheringoton, a London haberdasher, created the “stove top” hat. A large crowd gathered to see this new hat, and was charged with disturbing the peace (charges later dropped). The “top” hat was an immediate success.

1889 A patent was issued to Daniel Johnson of Kansas City, K ansas, for a ‘Rotary Dining Table’ for use on ships. The table and attached chairs rotated so that everyone could be served from one spot, making it unnecessary to carry food around the table to serve everyone.

1919 The Great Molasses Flood. On January 15, 1919, a large 50 foot high storage tank in Boston burst and sent a tidal wave of over 2 million gallons of molasses traveling at over 30 miles per hour. Houses, buildings and parts of the elevated rail system were crushed in its path. Twenty-one people died, and over 150 were injured. It took over 6 months to clean up the mess. The damage was in the millions of dollars.

1945 Joan Johnson of the vocal group the ‘Dixie Cups’ was born.

1964 Jack Teagarden, jazz trombonist died.

1986 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn was introduced by General Mills.

1990 Campbell’s Soup produces its 20 billionth can of tomato soup.

2008 After six years of study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that meat and milk from cloned pigs, cattle and goats and their offspring is safe and does not need to be labelled as derived from cloned animals.

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Tagged: Daniel Johnson, five food finds, ice cream, John Hetheringoton, national food holidays, National Strawberries, national strawberry ice cream day, strawberries, strawberry ice cream, today in food history, william prout

Strawberries

John-Bryan Hopkins

The garden strawberry is a common plant of the genus Fragaria which is cultivated worldwide for its fruit, the (common) strawberry. The fruit is widely appreciated, mainly for its characteristic aroma but also for its bright red color, and it is consumed in large quantities—either fresh, or in prepared foods such as preserves, fruit juice, pies, ice creams, milk shake, etc. Artificial strawberry aroma is also widely used in all sorts of industrialized food products. The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France in 1740 via a cross of Fragaria virginiana from eastern North America , which was noted for its flavor, and Fragaria chiloensis from Chile and Argentina brought by Amédée-François Frézier, which was noted for its large size. Cultivars of Fragaria…

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