Icecream Journal

Time for some end-of-the-week updates here on the Ice Cream Journal. Lots to talk about, so grab a spoon and settle in!

TRIVIA CONTEST WINNER – A bunch of people answered all the questions correctly, but the randomly selected winner is Jo-Ann P. Congrats Jo-Ann, and thanks to everyone who tried to answer this week’s questions. In case you’re curious, here are the answers:

1. 2007 was the year Turkey Hill became the #1 ice cream in Pennsylvania. (also accepted 2008)
2. The difference between sorbet and sherbet is that sorbet contains no dairy (sherbet contains a little).
3. The second most abundant ingredient in ice cream is air. (also accepted cream)
4. The US Navy’s “ice cream barge” was commissioned in 1945 and produced up to 1,500 gallons of ice cream per minute for soldiers and sailors serving in the Pacific region.
5. Ice Cream Ireland is the Ice Cream Journal’s sister blog. (found in the links section of this blog).

DAILY WINNERS- We continue to give away two free containers of Turkey Hill ice cream to comments chosen at random from every entry this month. The winners from the past few days are Linda Leffler, Betty, Shirley, and Alexa. Enjoy the ice cream, ladies!

WEIRD AND WACKY NEWS - We had some of you fooled, but a lot of you guessed correctly in choosing #4 as the fake news story. No, the President didn’t install an industrial sized ice cream freezer in the White House kitchen. The others are true: A teen did steal his dad’s car and lead police on a chase for some ice cream, a Jersey Shore ice cream shop did create a “Freedom Fighters” flavor, Unilever is building a $140 million ice cream factory in Russia, and Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum did harness the power of a Choco Taco to pitch a great game.

THE ICE CREAM JOURNAL GETS AN AWARD? – Well, not yet, but it has been named as a finalist in the Central Penn Business Journal’s annual “Best of the Web” awards. We’ll find out if it’s a winner during the ceremony on July 27. We didn’t create the Ice Cream Journal for awards, but if they want to give us one, we won’t turn it down!

And now, to celebrate the weekend upon us, here’s a picture that will definitely have you drooling and running to the freezer. WARNING: If you aren’t near a freezer or don’t have some ice cream nearby, DO NOT look at this photo. You’ve been warned!

Yes, we probably should have put some more space between the “warning” and the photo, but we were too distracted by that delicious drop of chocolate about to fall off the front of the cone. Time to raid the ice cream freezer in the Turkey Hill employee break room!!!