· It takes only 1/2 litre of milk (plus cream,
sugar and flavouring), to make one litre of ice cream
· Canada is #7 in the top 10 ice cream consuming
countries; USA is #1
· More ice cream is sold on Sunday than any
other day of the week
· Ice cream is not just for kids; in fact,
adults consume nearly 50% of all ice cream sold
· Slickers sells 12 different kinds
of Chocolate Ice Cream
· The very best vanilla comes from Madagascar
(80% of all vanilla used).
·
Fresh apple pies are baked and then ‘"mushed"
to make Apple Pie ice cream at Slickers
· For the most intense flavour, strawberries
are picked ripe and left to stand overnight before mixing into
the ice cream base; Slickers uses 8 quarts to make one
batch (23 litres)
· Specially requested Slickers flavours
have included: Garlic, Corn, Lavender and Rose Petal
· Slickers uses close to 2000 grapes
to make one batch of Concord Grape Ice Cream
· North Americans consume a yearly average
of 23.2 quarts of ice cream and other frozen dessert foods
· The average number of licks to polish off
a single scoop ice cream is about 50 (make that 75 for one of
Slickers' scoops !)
· Real Rum and Liqueurs are used in Slickers
Ice Cream; Slickers’- raisins are marinated for
at least 3 months for their Rum Raisin ice cream.
·
The invention of ice cream is surrounded by myth: some believe
that Nero, Emperor of Rome used slaves to collect ice and mixed
it with fruit, or that Marco Polo brought the recipe back from
China, others that the royal chef of Charles the First of England
created it. However, we do know that Dolly Madison, wife of U.S.
President James Madison, served ice cream at her husband's Inaugural
ball in 1813.
· The first hand-cranked freezer was invented
in New Jersey in 1846, and patented in 1848. And ice cream starting
selling in Yokohama, Japan, in 1869.
· The first Canadian to start selling ice
cream was confectioner Thomas Webb of Toronto, in 1850; and William
Neilson produced his first commercial batch of ice cream in 1893,
continuing at the same Toronto location for close to 100 years.
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