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The Merits of peach floats, Scouts': fizzy ritual leads to badge
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ICONIUM, Mo. - A sweet and simple ritual has endured in this lush
oasis for about 30 years. It brings comfort to homesick boys and
reassures the older and more jaded that innocent pleasure still
exists in a complicated and uncertain world.
Dusk brings Scouts by the score to Scott's Iconium Store, where
they line up at the snack bar window to earn a whimsical merit badge -
for the Peach Float Trip.
Qualifying is easy: Just slurp down a soothing concoction of soft
ice cream twirle...
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101 TASTY FACTS THAT TAKE SOME LICKING!; I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream - and in August we buy more of it than in any other month. PAT MOORE scoops up 101 cool facts about Britain's favourite treat...(Features)
The People (London, England)
; Ice cream IS a turn on. The part of the brain which is switched on during love making is also activated when you eat ice cream. Ice cream comes from China's Tang period (AD 618-97) and was based on buffalo milk, flour and camphor. Ice cream took hold in Europe when Marco Polo brought the Chinese
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Ice cream, the happy food A closer look reveals its delicate balance
Chicago Sun-Times
; Ice cream and happiness, it is said, go together like cookies n' cream. "You cannot be a grouch and work in the ice cream business," says Bruce Tharp, a food science professor at Penn State University who fancies neckties in ice cream prints much as a fashionista would Armani suits. Adds Dale
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Ice cream's secret ingredient; You won't see it listed on the carton, but without it you'd need a chisel to finish your sundae.(THE HOME FORUM)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Byline: George Erdosh There are three kinds of ice cream: cheap ice cream, good ice cream, and great ice creams. All of us would rather eat great ice cream. There is only one problem - great ice cream costs more. Why? To find out, let's see how ice creams are made. Ice cream is technically a frozen
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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We all scream for ice cream!
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Ice cream is a popular frozen dairy food. It consists mostly of milk products, sugar and water. Ingredients called emulsifiers and stabilizers hold the mixture together. Ice cream manufacturers make their product in hundreds of flavors, but about half the ice cream sold in the United States is
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Ice cream continues to be a summer favorite Here's the SCOOP
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
; THE SCOOP ON ICE CREAM * It takes 12 pounds of milk to make one gallon of ice cream. * People normally lick ice cream cones more than 50 times before finishing the cone. * Americans eat an average of six gallons of ice cream per person each year, which is more than any other country. * More than 90
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Creamy profits top off branded ice cream programs. (selling ice cream at gasoline stations)
National Petroleum News
; Ice cream is almost a magical treat - whatever the occasion, ice cream seems to do the trick. If I got sick as a child, mom gave me vanilla ice cream to make me feel better. After soccer games, win or lose, you'll find parents loading kids in the mini van and heading off to the local ice cream
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ICE CAPADES From coconut chocolate chip to goat cheese, restaurant ice creams boat bewitching flavors Bewitching new ice cream flavors brighten the restaurant scene
The Boston Globe
; I'm a fool for ice cream, preferring it to many of the architecturally froufrou creations on restaurant dessert menus. While others swoon over the triple chocolate extravaganza or the cheesecake, I'm checking out the ice creams, even if they're only supporting players in a dessert description.
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The Science of Ice Cream
International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM
; The Science of Ice Cream, by C. Clarke, ISBN 0-85404-629-1, Price: 24.95 U.K. pounds Number of pages: xvi+ 188, published by The Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB40WF, UK, www.rsc.org, Contact for US: Springer Verlag New York Inc., PO Box 2485,
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Writer pledges liberty and ice cream for all
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Writer pledges liberty and ice cream for all By TERESE ALLEN Special to the Journal Sentinel Wednesday, August 11, 2004 You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream. In fact, it's a regular cacophony out there, but this summer there's one voice that really stands out in the crowd -- Shannon
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Freezing points: better-for-you and decadent ice cream products continue on parallel growth tracks as the category churns ahead.(special report: ICE CREAM REPORT)
Dairy Field
; ... per capita consumption of frozen dessert fell from 27.1 quarts in 2003 to 26.4 quarts in 2004. That said, there is heartening news. As IDFA notes in Dairy Facts, more than 90 percent of American households purchase ice cream, and the annual market value of ...
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