By Susan Landry, Published in September 2012 Issue Cruising World Magazine.
How many of you will admit to
planning your overnight stops along the ICW to coincide with your favorite ice
cream shop? I know there are more than just the two of us who think about that
creamy, delicious cone waiting at our next favorite stop. After cruising up and
down the ICW for almost 20 years, we have definitely found some yummy
temptations.
But first, some interesting ice
cream tidbits. Although the Chinese have been making flavored ices well before
the birth of Christ, the Italians and French claim to have made the first
containing milk or cream in the 1600s. Ice cream’s first mentions in U.S. history
were around 1700.
Also, have you ever wondered why
the ice cream you get in parlors is so much tastier than anything you ever find
at the supermarket? That is because many of those creamy concoctions never see
the inside of a grocery store. Ice cream manufacturers, such as Greenwood in Georgia and
Working Cow in Florida,
produce their ice creams only for restaurants and parlors. But now, down to the
business of identifying those special places to feed your cravings.
