Icecream Journal

We’re back with some more brain-busters in this month’s edition of Ice Cream Trivia. This time we’re firing 10 true or false questions at you and asking you to separate fact from fiction. Instead of e-mailing your answers to us at icecreamexperts@gmail.com, feel free to leave your answers with a comment. We’re pretty sure no one will copy your answers, since you can’t be sure if the person you’re copying from is right or wrong!

Those of you who get all 10 questions correct will be entered to win some free Turkey Hill ice cream.

1. The most popular and best selling flavor of ice cream in the nation is chocolate.

2. The Turkey Hill Giant Cow lives up to its name by standing 19 feet tall and weighing in at over 5,000 pounds!

3. Despite the economic recession, national sales of ice cream actually increased in 2009, rising 1.5 percent as Americans found comfort in their favorite dessert.

4. Even though they sound alike, sorbet is different from sherbet because sorbet contains no dairy products while sherbet can contain one to two percent milkfat.

5. National Ice Cream Month in July was created by former president Jimmy Carter in 1976 as part of America’s bicentennial celebration.

6. French vanilla ice cream contains egg yolks, which traditional vanilla ice cream does not.

7. Immigrants at Ellis Island were served ice cream as part of the welcoming to America.

8. Pat Bertoletti, a culinary student from Chicago, holds the world record for ice cream consumption by eating 1.75 GALLONS of ice cream in just 8 minutes during a contest in 2006.

9. You can purchase all sorts of sports-themed stuff in Turkey Hill’s online store, including golf balls, baseballs, footballs and hockey pucks.

10. The first ice cream parlor in America opened in Philadelphia in 1776.

(Photo courtesy of Lumpy Golightly on Flickr.)

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Just a few announcements today. Enjoy!

TRIVIA ANSWERS – Congrats to Shannon S. of Tacoma, WA for being the winner of last week’s trivia contest. The answer to the trivia questions are:

The Frey family purchased the farm on which Turkey Hill founder Armor Frey first started his business from Thomas and Richard Penn.

The TV personality and entrepreneur who lived in a spacious farmhouse called “Turkey Hill” for more than 30 years is Martha Stewart.

The Turkey Hill ice cream flavor that contains Keebler Fudge Shoppe Grasshopper Cookies is Light Recipe Skinny Minty.

The answer to the crazy equation is 7.

The Philadelphia parade “invaded” by the Turkey Hill Giant Cow was the Mummers Parade and the Venice Ice flavor the announcers were eat is Raspberry.

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RECIPE CONTEST REMINDER – Only one week left to submit your recipes using either Ginger Snap ice cream or any other flavor of Turkey Hill ice cream. We’ve already broken last year’s record for recipes entries (more than 160 and counting). Check out the original blog entry for more details!

It’s time for another edition of ice cream trivia. Considering this month’s Thanksgiving holiday, we thought we’d continue the turkey day theme with trivia questions dedicated to Turkey Hill. Send your responses to icecreamjournal@gmail.com or use the Ask Ernie link on the right. Three people who answer all the questions correctly will be chosen at random to receive some free Turkey Hill ice cream. Good luck, and feel free to use the internet to find the answers!

1. From whom did the Frey family purchase the farm on which Turkey Hill founder Armor Frey first started his business?

2. What TV personality and entrepreneur lived in a spacious farmhouse called “Turkey Hill” for more than 30 years?

3. Which Turkey Hill ice cream flavor contains Keebler Fudge Shoppe Grasshopper Cookies?

4. What’s the total of the following equation (sorry about the math): The year a Turkey Hill delivery truck “took an unguided trip into the pond out back” MINUS the year Glenn, Emerson and Charles Frey purchased Armor Frey’s budding Turkey Hill business PLUS the number of dollars in cost of a Turkey Hill ice scraper MINUS the total number of Venice Ice flavors currently available according to the Turkey Hill website.

5. Which Philadelphia parade did the Turkey Hill Giant Cow “invade” according to a video posted online AND which flavor of Venice Ice are the parade announcers eating while they watch the Giant Cow?

By the way, the answer to which story was fake from last week’s wacky ice cream news is “Whose Got the Sprinkles?” (the one about the ice cream truck accident in Manchester, England). Which means the following stories are true: Yes, there is an ice cream being developed to help patients undergoing chemotherapy; Yes, an 8-year-old boy did get lost and was found indulging himself in the ice cream aisle of his local grocery store and; Yes, a Missouri drug store really is selling ice cream for 5 cents a scoop!

Well, the dust has settled from our wild National Ice Cream Month celebration and we’ve finally been able to catch our breath. A few of you have asked about the answers and winners for the last two Trivia Monday entries. The winner from our July 20 contest is Debbie V. from Quakertown, PA (answers here).

Below are our July 27 answers. The winner was Hope C. Thanks to everyone who played. It seems like we all had a lot of fun with these trivia contests (and learned a lot in the process), so we’ll definitely be bringing them back in the future!

1. In our online family scrapbook, little Jeremy is reach for Cookies n’ Cream ice cream.

2. If you ordered Cackalacky Ice Cream, you’d be at the Udder Delight ice cream shop in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (Has anyone ever been there?)

3. There are 26 stores within 30 miles of Newport, PA that carry Turkey HIll ice cream.

4. Dutching is a special process used by ice cream or chocolate manufacturers to remove the bitter, acidic taste found in natural cocoa. It’s also a betting system used in sports, which we also accepted as the correct answer.

5. Madagascar and Indonesia produce 90 percent of the world’s vanilla beans.

As for yesterday’s “spot the fake news story” contest, we’re still accepting guesses, so let us know with a comment on yesterday’s entry. Free ice cream to one person who guesses correctly. And now, a beautiful photo of ice cream on a waffle!

Third time’s a charm. That’s what they say at least. If you’ve given it your best shot in the previous two trivia Monday blog entries but came up short, I have a feeling this is your week. (HINT: The blog itself can be a resource too!).

Below are five ice cream-related trivia questions. You can use the internet to find the answers, but not all of these questions will be easy! Once you’ve got the answers (or think you do), email your answers via the Ask Ernie link in the right hand sidebar or send them to icecreamjournal@gmail.com. We’ll choose one person with the correct answers at random to receive this week’s trivia prize.

1. Ice cream isn’t generally known for its iron content, but which Turkey Hill frozen dessert leads the way by packing 4 percent of your daily allowance for iron in every serving? (There’s also a flavor with 6 percent iron. We’ll accept either flavor as the correct answer.)

2. How much is the Golden Opulence Sundae at New York’s Serendipity 3 restaurant?

3. In which two months is ice cream consumption the highest in the U.S.?

4. What percentage of ice cream novelties are consumed by adults?

5. How old was Ernie when he got his big break in the dairy industry?

TODAY’S PRIZE: Settle in with a bowl of your favorite flavor and a little reading material, because this week’s trivia prize is a library of ice cream books! Five books to be exact. One winner will receive Everybody Loves Ice Cream (a colorful look at ice cream history), Ice Cream Mix-Ins (a cookbook about great things to add to ice cream), Ice Cream Treats (how to transform ice cream into tasty treats), Ice Cream U (the story behind Penn State’s famous creamery), and Ice Cream: The Delicious History (a historical account of ice cream through the ages). Good luck!

It’s time for another round of trivia! This time, we promise there’s no tricky math questions. There was one last week that tripped up some people, including a few here at the Dairy.

Below are five ice cream-related trivia questions. You can use the internet to find the answers, but not all of these questions will be easy! Once you’ve got the answers (or think you do), email your answers via the Ask Ernie link in the right hand sidebar or send them to icecreamjournal@gmail.com by the end of the day on Thursday, July 16.   We’ll choose one person with the correct answers at random to receive this week’s trivia prize.

1. In what year did Turkey Hill become Pennsylvania’s number one selling ice cream brand?

2. What’s the difference between sorbet and sherbet?

3. What’s the second most abundant ingredient in ice cream?

4. In what year was the U.S. Navy’s “Ice Cream Ship” commissioned?

5. What is the Ice Cream Journal’s “sister blog?”

TRIVIA PRIZE: Answer all of the above questions correctly and send them to icecreamjournal@gmail.com by the end of the day on Thursday, July 16 and you’ll be entered the really cool vintage ice cream sign pictured on the right. It’s perfect for adding a little personality to your kitchen or on your freezer! If you’d like to buy one for yourself, you can purchase one here.

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Throughout National Ice Cream Month, we’re continuing to give away two free containers of ice cream to one comment chosen at random from each blog entry. The winners for the past few entries are “helen g b,” “Mary,” “Thomas,” “Linda F,” and “Karen.” Good luck to everyone in the future and keep those comments coming!