October 02nd, 2008 | Category: General

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE!

Posted by: Turkey Hill Team

Although he’s not one to make a big fuss about these sorts of things, we wanted to let everyone know that today is Ernie’s birthday. You may know Ernie as the ice cream know-it-all who answers your questions via the “Ask Ernie” link on the right. To us, he’s sort of an institution around here. He’s been with Turkey Hill for what seems like forever and he makes sure all the ice cream and iced tea operations are running smoothly. He’s loved by everyone and we all wish him a very happy birthday!

And just to embarrass him a little bit more, below is a picture of Ernie hard at work on the family farm when he was just a toddler. According to Ernie, this picture was taken sometime in 1940. Apparently if you want to grow up to be an official ice cream tester, you’ve got to get your foot in door at an early age!




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Peggy Gorman wrote:

Hhappy Birthday. I wish you have many more happy and healthy years


Turkey Hill Team wrote:

Thanks so much to everyone for your happy birthday wishes! It was great birthday. Just the way I like it…plenty of friends, family, cake and ice cream.

- Ernie


alicelynne wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERNIE!! Hope you had lots of Party Cake Ice Cream!!!


Lorraine wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie and as they say in Polish – “Sto-Lat” (may you live 100 years). God Bless.


Becki Jameson wrote:

Ernie, your smile now is even sweeter than it was as a toddler. I guess all that ice cream tasting saturated you with sweetness! Happy Birthday and many more!


brenda wrote:

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,TO YOU, TO YOU…..HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE. I AM SORRY I MISS YOUR BIRTHDAY. BUT I KNOW YOU HAD A GOOD TIME ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. MAY ALL YOUR WISHES CAME TRUE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. MAY YOU HAVE MANY MANY MORE BIRTHDAY TO COME. I know You have a ball at work, with all the turkey hill ice you can eat. What is your flavor of all turkey hill ice cream. I just brought 2 half gallon this past saturday, one for me and one for my grandson.I have three handson grandson. They love thukey hill ice cream.


peg wrote:

Cute Picture. Happy Birthday!!!!


E.Hummel wrote:

Happy belated birthday Ernie and your picture is really cute.


Jennifer wrote:

A Belated Birthday Wish to You Ernie!!!!!


Mary wrote:

Happy Birthday, Ernie! What could be better than being an ice cream expert?


Bonnie Traher wrote:

Many Happy Birthday’s to come Ernie


Paul wrote:

YES OH YES HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE

from Paul


Deb wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie and many more!!


Donna wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie! You share the day with my son. Or Visa versa


Pat P. wrote:

Happy birthday Ernie. In your honor I went out and got Chocolate Mint, Vanilla, and Blueberry cheesecake Yogurt.Where are you ? Am I to be expected to eat all this fine ice cream myself? I thought you were a man I could depend on, Where are you when I need you?


barbara kendall wrote:

Have a great birthday, Ernis1 barbara


barbara kendall wrote:

Happy Birthday. Ernie! Barbara


Christina M. wrote:

In honor of your birthday, I will have a scoop of Chocolate with a scoop of PartyCake!!! Happy delayed Birthday Ernie!! You Rock!


Stefanie Schmidt wrote:

Happy Birthday! Hope you can enjoy a cake with lots of Turkey Hill ice cream. Thanks for making the best tasting dessert on the planet.


Nancy N wrote:

Happy Birthday, Ernie. I hope your day was special. May God bless you with many more happy, healthy years.


Linda Vollmerhausen wrote:

The picture of Ernie as a little boy is so adorable! Happy Birthday Ernie and have many, many more years enjoying Turkey Hill!


Pat wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie! May you enjoy many many many more happy, healthy, ice cream eating years! :)


Gloria wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie. I hope you’re celebrating with TH ice cream!


Christine wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! So cute!


Ann wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE!! I enjoyed spending time on my grandparents farm as a young girl. I hope you have as many fond memories of your “farming days” as I do.


Susan wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie! I remember carring a milk pail like the one you are holding when I was a youngster! Celebrate in your own fashion and I wish you many more wonderful days!


Vonnie in VA wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie!! That’s an adorable picture of you down on the farm when you were younger! I just bought some Box of Chocolates Turkey HIll ice cream today. It’s delicious and I recommend it as one of your birthday parade of ice creams!


Heidi wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie! What TH flavors are you celebrating with?


Maryann wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE!!! We share the same birthday and the same ice cream! Love to you, enjoy and God Bless!!


Margaret M wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE
Also thank you for answering all our questions. Now I know why you are such an expert, you started at such an early age!


Caroline wrote:

Ernie, We hope you are having a happy birtday and we wish you many more and long good health. myself and hubby never had ice cream for our birthdays since i’m January and he is Christmas eve. Our frige had a small ice cube compartment until the 50’s which could not hold 1/2 gallon. Times are better now with bigger freezers and also home deep freezers so our kids, and now grandkids can have ice cream all year round.


Linda Leffler wrote:

Happy Birthday to Ernie. Have some TH Party Cake, there you have your ice cream and cake all in one. I wish you many more Birthdays. Linda


lee carr wrote:

happy birthday Ernie, is that a milk can you are carrying when you were younger. I say younger because you are still young. remember to have some ice cream while you celebrate the day


Betty H. wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERNIE and may you have many, many more! For those of us who were kids in the 40’s ice cream was a real treat! I remember well after WW II
when we got one of the first new refrigerators manufactured! and with a tiny, tiny freezer in it! First item purchased was a half-gallon of ice cream! — it almost filled that tiny freezer compartment completely!! Back then it really was a half-gallon in it, too! Maybe eating ice cream if what has given us this longevity! Keep eatin’!!


Bertha wrote:

Ernie,Ernie,Ernie.I tolla you way before the Big War what would happen to you if you keep eating that iceacream.


Dani wrote:

Have the very happiest of birthdays, Ernie! And many more!


Jacqueline Seewald wrote:

Happy birthday, Ernie. With our children and now grandchildren, it wasn’t a birthday unless we had ice cream, preferably an ice cream cake. So enjoy!


Jeffrey wrote:

Happy Birthday.

I am jealous of any who gets to be an official ice cream taster.


CHRISTINE wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE
MAKE SURE AND HAVE SOME TURKEY HILL ICE CREAM TO CELEBRATE.
HAVE A GOOD DAY AND A GREAT YEAR!


Peg Cramer wrote:

Hi Ernie! Wishing you the best of birthdays! Your “little guy” photo is adorable (and it shows you have good friends in the PR department).


sjm wrote:

Happy Birthday, Ernie! And may you have many more.


Carol Triano wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie, wishing you 100,000,000 more scoops of Turkey Hill Ice Cream!!!!!!!!1


mary frey wrote:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ;; CURL UP WITH A BOWL OF TURKEY HILL AND ENJOY


Anne wrote:

Enjoy your special day Ernie!


Maria C.Martinez wrote:

Ernie, I wish you a very happy birthday. A little turkey hill to go with your birday cake? The photo is adorable….


Adrian wrote:

Party Cake for Ernie!!


Karen wrote:

I love the photo. It’s adorable. Happy Birthday Ernie.


Patti Sherman wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie…eat cake!


Serving-Ice-Cream wrote:

Happy Birthday!!!!

I hope you celebrate with an extra serving of ice cream today!


Joan wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie! I am wondering what an official ice cream tester has to celebrate his birthday? In our home some of us like ice cream cakes, others like a tradional cake with ice cream of course.
I was also raised in the 40’s and an ice cream treat was a big deal back then. The kids today don’t know how lucky they are to have such easy access and so many flavors available to them. Our frig was small with a very tiny freezer- no one stored ice cream at home then.
Again, happy birthday and many more years of ice cream testing.


Artemis wrote:

Happy Birthday Libra !!!The scales are in your favor working with all that icecream!!!!!


Anne King wrote:

Happy Birthday Ernie!

Today is my birthday also!

Tonite I put topping and cream on my Turkey Hill ice cream! Go for it, Ernie!


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