It's mid-July and here's a scoop for you...It's National Ice Cream Month!
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month and established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in July. (NICD was yesterday).
My dad loved ice cream and that love passed along to his kids. Sherer's Ice Cream was on his drive to work and he would stop on his way home to bring home a couple half gallons. Sherer's had the good ole basic flavors - chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry - but they served 36 flavors of ice cream. Move over Baskin-Robbins! Flavors like root beer float, strawberry cheesecake, butter praline, peppermint, fudgy chocolate filled our freezer.
When my kids were little, they loved going over to Grandma and Grandpa's for Sunday dinner. Ice cream was always for dessert. With four sets of ice cream loving eyes, Dad filled a shelf with flavor after flavor of ice cream cartons, an ice cream smorgasbord!
When he died, Mom mentioned his love of Sherer's ice cream in his obituary. The family sent a very nice note to us.
Since July is the national month to honor ice cream, get out there and celebrate this sweet treat! There's no guilt and no calories in celebrating a national holiday.
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