July is National Ice Cream
Month, so here are a few ice cream facts.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared the third Sunday in July
to be National Ice Cream Day and the month of July to be National
Ice Cream Month.
Per capita ice cream consumption in the US is about 5 1/2 gallons.
It takes about twelve pounds of whole milk to make one gallon of
ice cream.
French Ice Cream is enriched with egg yolks.
More ice cream is sold on Sunday than any other day of the week.
It takes 50 licks to finish a single scoop of ice cream.
The top five most popular ice cream flavors are: vanilla,
chocolate, Neapolitan, strawberry, and cookies n' cream.
Vanilla makes up about twenty five percent of all ice cream sales.
Neapolitan ice cream is ice cream made up of blocks of chocolate,
vanilla, and strawberry ice cream side by side in the same
container. Giuseppe Tortoni, a Neapolitan (living in Paris)
created many layered ice cream cakes and the term Neapolitan was
named after him.
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Happy Friday
The greatest hindrance to life as we know it is the snooze button.
I always get up early to enjoy a longer Happy Friday!
I always get up early to enjoy a longer Happy Friday!
Hot Weather Thoughts
While some of complain about heat,
think of this: Lowest temperature recorded was in Vostok, Antartica
July 21, 1983, –128.6f or –89.2C
Record breaking rainfall during 24 hours in Alvin, Texas, July 25–26, 1979 43inches or 109centimeters
The hottest temperature recorded was 134f or 56.7C at Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley California, July 10, 1913
Heaviest hail officially recorded: 2.25 pounds or 1.02 kg; Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, 14 April 1986.
Record breaking rainfall during 24 hours in Alvin, Texas, July 25–26, 1979 43inches or 109centimeters
The hottest temperature recorded was 134f or 56.7C at Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley California, July 10, 1913
Heaviest hail officially recorded: 2.25 pounds or 1.02 kg; Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, 14 April 1986.
Beer-nails
College students have loved beer for
centuries. They are also generally very smart. In one fit of
brilliance, students invented biernagels (beer-nails).
These are metal studs placed on the covers of books to keep the leather covers away from wet (spilled beer) pub tables. With biernagels on it, a book cover is raised half a centimeter from the surface of the table, and thus remains mostly dry. From the name, we can only assume it was some inventive German students.
These are metal studs placed on the covers of books to keep the leather covers away from wet (spilled beer) pub tables. With biernagels on it, a book cover is raised half a centimeter from the surface of the table, and thus remains mostly dry. From the name, we can only assume it was some inventive German students.
Guarana
This is a climbing plant in the maple family,
native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil.
Guarana features large leaves and clusters of flowers, and is best
known for its fruit, which is about the size of a coffee bean. As
a dietary supplement, guarana is an effective stimulant and its
seeds contain about twice the concentration of caffeine found in
coffee beans (about 2–4.5% caffeine in guarana seeds compared to
1–2% for coffee beans). As with other plants producing caffeine,
the high concentration of caffeine is a defensive toxin that
repels herbivores from the berry and its seeds.
If you look at the contents of any energy drink, chances are that guarana is listed as one of the main ingredients. European missionaries in 17th-century Brazil recorded the native people’s use of the berry, noting that it not only gave them energy, but allowed them to go for days without feeling hungry. It became a colonial trading commodity that was said to help protect the body from illness, but too much of it was known to cause insomnia.
The caffeine that is found in the guarana berry is thought to be different from the caffeine found in coffee. Guarana contains chemical components called tannins, which are thought to produce a longer-lasting effect than caffeine from other sources. For centuries, guarana berry seeds have been powdered or smoked in a long process that is done by hand. Drinking properly prepared guarana can be central to formal occasions and gatherings, where groups of people pass around a calabash bowl.
If you look at the contents of any energy drink, chances are that guarana is listed as one of the main ingredients. European missionaries in 17th-century Brazil recorded the native people’s use of the berry, noting that it not only gave them energy, but allowed them to go for days without feeling hungry. It became a colonial trading commodity that was said to help protect the body from illness, but too much of it was known to cause insomnia.
The caffeine that is found in the guarana berry is thought to be different from the caffeine found in coffee. Guarana contains chemical components called tannins, which are thought to produce a longer-lasting effect than caffeine from other sources. For centuries, guarana berry seeds have been powdered or smoked in a long process that is done by hand. Drinking properly prepared guarana can be central to formal occasions and gatherings, where groups of people pass around a calabash bowl.
Two Summer Ice Cream Tips
Ice cream two ways - one is to
slice it for serving the other is to put the whole carton in a
large freezer bag and it will not freeze so hard, so it is easier
to extract.
What's in a Name, Wenis
Wenis has achieved the status of
a dictionary word and can be found in the online Merriam Webster
dictionary. Even Wikipedia is reserving the word for inclusion. It
refers to the skin on the outside of the elbow. The excess skin
allows your elbow to move and flex. Medically speaking, it
is called the olecranal skin.
The word has long been used as slang, because it sounds like the male appendage. Sample usage, "I fell and scraped my wenis."
The word has long been used as slang, because it sounds like the male appendage. Sample usage, "I fell and scraped my wenis."
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