Ice Cream!

Ice cream is such an amazing treat! Have you ever tried making it with your children? It’s a lot of work but fun. When you’re finally done you’ll definitely have a deeper appreciation of this great invention! A helpful website for making ice cream with children is http://www.makeicecream.com/icecreammakf.html. There are several youtube videos that involve making ice cream with liquid nitrogen—very interesting!

Speaking of inventions, do you know who invented ice cream? Find out at http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/ice_cream.htm. Check out the links to related topics such as recipes that use ice cream as the main ingredient!

There are also many children’s books involving ice cream. You’ll find a comprehensive list at http://www.ice-cream-freaks.com/children-books.html. One of my favorite poems about ice cream is by Shel Silverstein, "Eighteen Flavors."

With summer almost here, ice cream is definitely in season! I recommend spending some quality time with your family as you enjoy some delicious ice cream! Leave me a comment about it—I’d love to hear from you!