It’s true (sort of). While we’re not sure if the Statue of Liberty likes ice cream – she’s from France, so she might prefer French Vanilla – we do know that ice cream was served to immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1921. It’s sort of flattering that their first taste of America was ice cream.
Like we always say, “The road to the American Dream starts with a bowl of Vanilla Bean.” (That’s our attempt at a rhyme and it didn’t work so well. It’s a good thing we make ice cream instead of poetry!)
TODAY’S PRIZE: Hey, everyone makes mistakes, but now, you can erase those mistakes with today’s prize: ice cream erasers! That’s right, one commenter chosen at random will receive 48 erasers shaped like ice cream cones and popsicles. Just try not to eat them!
Tags: ice cream, statue of liberty, turkey hill
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If you’ve got a technical question about the ice cream making process or some other inquiry about the nuances of America’s favorite treat, chances are Ernie has the answer. He might not be able to answer all questions, but he’ll try his best and some may be featured on the Ice Cream Journal.
Sounds like an ideal gift for my kids who are just started or will be starting elementary school.
Ice cream and office supplies are two of the greatest loves of my life! Yay!
Nice gift. Tried a new TH. Neopalitan with Butter almond, Choc and Vanilla Bean (Philly Style). Had to throw some cocoa powder over the vanilla, (I am a chocoholic after all).
Oh to continue my 12 days of Turkey Hill
On the 5th day of Ice cream Turkey Hill Gave to me 5 golden waffle cones
4 ice cream wrestler
3 ice cream puzzles
2 christmas green ice cream scoopers and
Some Turkey Hill Ice Cream for my Christmas Tree.
I loved fun shaped erasers as a kid. Hopefully we’ll win these and my children will enojoy them as well.
I have 103 seventh graders who love little trinkets – and ice cream, too!
I love little erasers! They were so fun to collect when I was little.
WHEN YOU EAT TURKEY HILL ICE CREAM YOU KNOW YOU DON,T NEED AN ERASER BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU DIDN,T MAKE A MISTAKE
Ice cream erasers! Great!!!
No mistake about it, please pick me to be on the Turkey Hill Eraser “Bean ” Team. Thank you, and Ho..Ho..Ho
Very cute erasers. I think the kids on my school bus would like them, too.
Ice cream that actually cleans up messes, neat concept.
These ice cream erasers would be the perfect gift for my sister
awesome.
IM ON TOP OF THE WORLD
For the chocoholics…you’ve got to try the Extreme Cookies and Cream…it’s awesome.
these would be great for my sons, my nephews and any other kid that would like one!
Oh, how I want to win that year of free ice cream!
Those would be great to win for the kids!
I work with children of all ages and no matter what their age they would love those erasers as much as they Turkey Hill ice cream!
I collect erasers, so these ice cream ones would be awesome!
wow the kids in the third grade would really “eat” them up
No wonder I love ice cream I take after my ancestors who came thorugh Ellis Island. Thanks for all the fun Turkey Hill!
Now that would be a serious ice cream lover gift.
cool lil treat
Those erasers would be great for school!
How cute!! Kids will love em
While they were filin’
Through Ellis Island
Greatgrandma had an ice cream dish
Which she said was “Quite De-lish”
Their destination thrill
Was a ride to Turkey Hill
Where they found a sweet abode
And an end to their ROCKY ROAD
My daughter uses little erasers like they are prizes when she coerces her brothers to play with her. She’d love them!
how awesome that our ancestors were served ice cream at Ellis Island
It’s never a mistake buying and eating Turkey Hill Ice Cream — those little erasers are so cute……….
It’s such a shame that most supermarkets in NYC (at least where I live) don’t sell Turkey Hill
Especially after finding out the history of ice cream in this state!
Now who in their right mind doesn’t like ice cream?
Mmm… ice cream. Mmm… erasers… Okay, maybe not.
I didn’t know that they served ice cream to the people arriving at Ellis Island. That is so cool!
Free to dream in the good USA and
help Grandkids with home work. With
ice cream erasers A+ can be a dream
come true.
Erasers make great stocking stuffers. Be too late for that though so guess they’ll have to eat ice cream, Turkey Hill, of course.
Who doesn;t love ice cream?!
Those erasers sound so cute, the kids will love sharing them with their class. I guess I will have to send some Turkey Hill Ice Cream in also, for a real treat!!!!!!!1
What a site! History lessons,,, and lessons on Turkey Hill ice cream! My day is complete! lol
These little ice cream erasers are so cute! My niece would love them!
The little ice cream erasers are so cute! My neice would love them.
My kids would love them.
My wife would love some erasers. She’s a teacher and we’re always on the lookout for extra materials for the kids in her classroom.
Ice Cream erasers…Wow..are they made from Turkey Hill??
I’d love to win these – we could use them as handouts when we entertain senior citizens!
My favorite New York landmark, the Statue of Liberty, eating ice cream. How cool is that!
Well, I learned something new; and I learned it from Turkey hill, thank you.
Ice cream, Ice cream we all scream for ice cream.
Sounds calerie free to me!
The erasers will be a sure hit with kids and will bring smiles to the adults.
I used to have an eraser shaped like an ice cream cone. These are much nicer though!
What better way to greet the people coming to America with ice cream It can’t get any more American than that.
What a great picture and way to improve an American icon. I would love to be on the ground to collect all the ice cream that drips off the cone, yum!
Love them! So will the grandchildren and I might even share with my daughter, the first year teacher!
Those erasers are so cute!! Would make fun little gifts to share around the office.
No wonder my Grandfather was such a huge ice cream fan! He was 2 when he arrived in the US and it must have made an impression on his young, eager mind. We could always count on an ice cream treat when we visited. What a fun post! thank you TH.
Peg C your poem ROCKS!! Very creative, much like Turkey Hill flavors. Happy holidays everyone.
going to see statue this spring will look for the ice cream in the sky
ICE CREAM and FRENCH FRIES two of the worlds’s finest foods
The 5 year old will love them and hopefully the 2 year old won’t eat them
Ever person should be so lucky to have their first taste of food in a foreign country be ice cream.
I hope that they do not erase my love of ice cream!!!!!
My kids would love those erasers, and I would too! Personally, I love Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean ice cream. I never knew ice cream was served at Ellis Island until now…thanks Turkey Hill!
Hi Turkey Hill and Fans,
I am so sorry I can’t think of anything but turkey Hill ICe Cream right now. I just brought some today. I just love your french vanilla. I put some of it in my coffee it taste so good.
We must make lots of mistakes; our pencils no longer have the erasers.
You need those erasers to remove the ice cream cone from the Statue of Liberty’s hand.
That’s just plain wrong.
I did not know that! No wonder I love ice cream so much…our ancestors got a taste of it too. Ice cream erasers sound yummy…a constant reminder of my love for all flavors of ice cream!
THAT COOLER THAN A CHRISTMAS TREE
WOW ! I didn’t know that ice cream was served to the people at Ellis Island. How great was that! Keep on telling us stuff like this and like they say you are never to old to learn something new.Thanks.
A GREAT BIT OF HISTORY THAT I NEVER KNEW.
WHAT A GREAT IDEA FOR MISS LIBERTY TO HAVE AS A TREAT.
EVERYONE LOVES TURKEY HILL ICE CREAM YUM.
Learned something new. Ice cream at Ellis Island. Sweet!
Your poem was just not finished. “The road to the American Dream starts with a bowl of Vanilla Bean ice cream.” If I won the erasers I would probably put them in a bowl on the coffee table and wait for any comments. And just take them up when small kids are around.
Got to have those erasers
It’s true what’s america with out ice cream isn’t that part of the joy we celebrate in the summer heat as well as in the dead of winter. Nothings better than shareing some ice cream with friends & family
Give me your tired, your poor and I’ll give them Turkey Hill ice cream.
I love December, mainly because this is the month for most of my birthday parties. You just can’t have a birthday cake without Turkey Hill Ice Cream.
Ice Cream to carry with you, who would have erver thought!!!
I eat ice cream everyday no matter what the weather is. It would be fun to have ice cream erasers to correct mistakes.
Those are some “cool” erasers.
Shouldn’t it be Freedom Vanilla?
I knew there was more to that torch!
She knows the right stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those erasers are really cute and again thank you for the history lesson about the immigrants getting ice cream when they arrived at Ellis Island. No wonder they all stayed and sent for the rest of their families!!
Thanks for the history lesson on Ellis Island. My father-in-law came through Ellis Island but unfortunately he is no longer alive, so I can’t ask him about the ice cream. I love the erasers. My grandkids would love them. They almost look good enough to eat.
What a cute giveaway. I would love to win ice cream erasers. They would really come in handy and look so great at the same point in time. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
With as many mistakes I make, erasers would be great!
that loks like a good size ice cream cone
I collected little erasers as a child, bought them for my children, and it would be great to keep it going and give some to the grandchildren as well. And, we all love Turkey Hill ice cream!
Let’s hope the erasers don’t erase the Statue of Liberty. I like looking at her. The erasers would come in handy for grab bag prizes!
The ice cream cone in the picture looks good. Interesting story. The eraser will be a wonderful treat for the sutdents in my after-school program.
Amazing!!! Thanks for the info Turkey Hill.
i have a passion for ice cream and that ice cream in the statue of liberty’s hand looks good enough to eat! And that is also interesting to know about some history too. my preschool students would love to get an ice cream eraser all 36 of them. But I will let them know that there not to be eaten! lol
Now that’s America! Way too funny.
I would like those erasers. It may be just the trick to entice and encourage my son to do his homework. I am out of ideas and he does love ice cream.
cute pic
We are always looking for erasers around here! These will make us hungry, but it’s worth it.
I love this! We homeschool and can always use historical information and erasers!
Danielle
http://homeschoolblogger.com/SchoolinMama
Lady Liberty looks like she’s lording that cone over New York.
Very good.
I’m a college student, I can ALWAYS use an eraser!
Lady Liberty–being French–shows her good taste. Nothing is better than ice cream!
How about this rhyme:
The American Dream
starts with a bowl of Turkey Hill vanilla beanice cream.
Let’s try that rhyme again:
The American Dream:
licking a bowl clean
of Turkey Hill vanilla bean
Ice Cream.
You guys are killing me with these articles.
I just had yummy peppermint stick ice cream and pretzels.
I love Turkey Hill Ice Cream!Thanks for a bit of history to go along
My ancestors came to Ellis Island. That ice cream gene must have traveled all the way from Russia!
The French are known for many tastey food and desserts (not French fries and French toast though) so of course they would love ice cream! Ice cream was not only popular in France though, in Europe (way earlier that when the French came to America in 1921), Ludwig van Beethoven a native of Germany commented in 1794 about the popularity of ice cream saying, “It is very warm here. The Viennese are afraid that it will soon be impossible to have any ice cream, for as winter is mild, ice is rare.” Even earlier in A.D. 60 Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar of Rome (A.D. 54-68) was known for his fierce cruelties in his reign and is said to have sent teams of runners (slaves) to the mountains to bring snow and ice to cool the fruit drinks he was fond of. This fruit drink was a creamy ice cream smootie. Now that is some history I would love learning about in school…and clearly some that has stayed in my head, so I KNOW it is interesting!
Interesting! I didn’t know about the ice cream at Ellis Island.
This is awesome, my wife and daughters and I went to the Statue of Liberty last year and yes there is Ice Cream on Ellis Island because we waited in line and got some. Everyone loves Ice Cream, especially Turkey Hill!
I must have missed this message, but I think every statue should have a cone with turkey hill attached, very cute
your statue story reminds me of when my dad greeted the family of the new clergy with ice cream cones for their kids.
funny–my Captcha code words below are ‘person fed’! how appropriate to today’s post!
Ok, thats just silly.
thats cute funny it is a good thing
I have two bad 1.5 qts of butter pecan, On top of the rim on the two…I just love Turkey hill ice cream I buy it all the time…What can I do with the ice cream,I know not to eat it, but can you help me…My name is Earl Brown 79 Edgecliff Terr Yonkers,New York, 10705