One of my favorite summertime activities is making homemade ice cream. When I was in elementary school Mom and Dad milked 10 to 12 cows by hand. They sold milk to the cheese factory at Bogue. Needless to say, we had lots of cream and often made ice cream. Mom always cooked the eggs by making a cooked custard ice cream, so we didn’t have to worry about salmonella food poisoning with eating raw eggs. Our ice cream freezer was not electric, and it was one of us kids' job to sit on top of the crank to make it easier to turn. One of our favorite kinds of ice cream was strawberry. Mom raised a huge strawberry patch so the best place to use those strawberries was in or on top of the homemade ice cream.

What’s better than enjoying ice cream on a hot summer day? Not too many things! We all love ice cream but how much do you actually know about ice cream? Take the quiz and see how much you know!

Which ancient civilization created ice cream?

Romans - Correct

Mayans

Egyptians

Aztecs

When was frozen yogurt introduced?

1850s

1920s

1960s - Correct

1700s

In 2005, which company owned the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty stores?

Baskin-Robbins - Correct

Red Mango

Haagen Dazs

DairyQueen

In which city did the first commercial ice cream plant open in 1851?

Beverly Hills, CA

Rosemont, Il

Syracuse, NY

Baltimore, MD - Correct

Which country eats the most ice cream per year?

Russia

United States - Correct

Spain

New Zealand

Which flavor is the most popular in the United States?

Cookies & Cream

Mint Chocolate Chip

Vanilla - Correct

Chocolate

How many gallons of milk does it take to produce one gallon of ice cream? 2 gallons

2 gallons

3 gallons - Correct

5 gallons

4 gallons

What percent of all milk produced by U.S. dairy farmers is used to make ice cream?

2% 30%

30%

17%

9% - Correct

In which state was Ben & Jerry's founded?

New Jersey

Florida

Vermont - Correct

Texas

On a standard ice cream machine, how many handles are there?

2

3 Correct

4

5

What’s better than enjoying ice cream on a hot summer day? Not too many things!

“Knowledge for Life” provided by Phillips-Rooks Extension District #5 and K-State Research and Extension.