Ice Cream Trivia

• It takes approximately 1.4 gallons of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream.

• The first ice cream parlor opened in New York City in 1776.

• George Washington liked ice cream so much he reportedly had a bill for $200 for ice cream one summer.

• Dolly Madison created a sensation when she served ice cream at a White House inaugural ball in 1812.

• The first ice cream cone was made, served, and eaten in New York City on September 22, 1886. The maker, Italo Marchiony, was granted a patent on his cone mold in 1903.

• The waffle cone was invented in 1904 at the St. Louis Worlds’ Fair.

• The first hand-cranked ice cream maker was developed by Nancy Johnson in 1846.