10 Awesome ‘Vanilla Ice Cream Day 2014’ Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

1. “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!”

2. Vanilla Ice Cream Day is celebrated on 23^rd July 2014.

3. Vanilla Ice Cream Day honors one of the most popular flavors of ice cream.

4. Vanilla ice cream is famous for lending itself extremely well to toppings.

5. Vanilla ice cream flavor is considered as the “default” flavor in North America. It is a refreshing and versatile flavor.

6. Thomas Jefferson discovered the vanilla flavor when he was in France and then introduced it in United States.

7. In 1780’s, Jefferson produced a handwritten copy of a vanilla ice cream recipe which is now housed at the Library of Congress.

8. International Dairy Foods Association reveals that approximately 1.53 gallons of ice cream and related frozen desserts were produced in U.S. in 2011.

9. U.S. ice cream industry generated revenues of $6.8 billion of ice cream sales of the market.

10. Wanna celebrate Vanilla ice cream day? Make some homemade ice cream or go out for some vanilla ice cream with a friend, scoop up a dish full from the ice cream in your freezer or enjoy 1 or delicious vanilla ice cream cones and forget to worry about the calories!

Happy National Vanilla Ice Cream Day!

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BY POONAM SHAH