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The Ice Cream Cone Got The Spotlight At The 1904 World’s Fair, But That Isn’t When It Was Invented
Manage episode 430306047 series 2922787
Today was the day in 1904 that a guy at the St. Louis World’s Fair took a pastry cone, put two scoops of ice cream inside, and changed the dessert world forever. Except that there are a bunch of ice cream cone origin stories from that World's Fair, and also, ice cream cones were around for more than a century before that. Plus: The US Postal Service is remembering game show legend Alex Trebek this year with a stamp that includes a Jeopardy-style clue.
Chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla : a history of American ice cream by Anne Cooper Funderburg
The Murky History of the Ice Cream Cone (TIME)
The USPS Commemorates Alex Trebek With a Forever Stamp in the Form of a ‘Jeopardy’ Question (Laughing Squid)
Back our show on Patreon, it costs less than an ice cream cone
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support1404 episodes
Manage episode 430306047 series 2922787
Today was the day in 1904 that a guy at the St. Louis World’s Fair took a pastry cone, put two scoops of ice cream inside, and changed the dessert world forever. Except that there are a bunch of ice cream cone origin stories from that World's Fair, and also, ice cream cones were around for more than a century before that. Plus: The US Postal Service is remembering game show legend Alex Trebek this year with a stamp that includes a Jeopardy-style clue.
Chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla : a history of American ice cream by Anne Cooper Funderburg
The Murky History of the Ice Cream Cone (TIME)
The USPS Commemorates Alex Trebek With a Forever Stamp in the Form of a ‘Jeopardy’ Question (Laughing Squid)
Back our show on Patreon, it costs less than an ice cream cone
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support1404 episodes
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