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!)
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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