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Jul 19
Ice Cream Day
Ice Cream with Chopsticks
Other Scottish Country Dances for this Day
Today's Musings, History & Folklore
"You are my mochi
mochi ice cream
that's what I'll call you
I'll see you in my dreams."
~ Mochi, Veronica Merrell
Now this is a day to celebrate! Got a favourite ice cream flavour? Or do you stick with the classics: vanilla, strawberry, or chocolate?
Fashions change but love of ice cream stays deliciously in vogue! How about an Ice Cream Social for your class or group? With a bit of ice to keep things cool between sets (and perhaps a few spooons and toppings!), everyone could bring their favourite flavour!
Ice cream favourites vary wonderfully around the world. In the United Kingdom, classics such as vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, mint choc chip, raspberry ripple, rum and raisin, and honeycomb have long been beloved staples, with clotted cream and blackcurrant also enjoying loyal followings. In the United States, cookies and cream, cookie dough, rocky road, butter pecan, mint chocolate chip, chocolate, and strawberry regularly top the charts. Meanwhile, Canadians share many of those favourites while also embracing maple walnut, tiger tail (that distinctive orange ice cream with black licorice ribbons), and rich butter tart-inspired creations. Yum!!
Dumpling style, chopstick-ready Mochi ice cream is a much more recent arrival, becoming popular in the 1990s. It combines Japanese mochi (soft pounded sticky rice) wrapped around a centre of ice cream. Traditional fillings include vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, while modern favourites range from green tea, red bean, and Kona coffee to mango, plum wine, and matcha. It's proof that there is more than one delicious way to enjoy an ice cream!
And of course, there is dance form!
Whether your favourite is a classic vanilla cone after a summer Highland Games, a scoop of raspberry ripple by the seaside, or an adventurous matcha mochi, there's certainly enough inspiration for an entire evening of Scottish country dances. Now... who will be the first to devise The Triple Scoop Reel? 🕺 💃 🤎 🤍 💗 🍨 🍨 🍨 🥢 🥢 🥢 😋
Ice Cream with Chopsticks
The U.S. enjoys an average of 48 pints of ice cream per person, per year, more than any other country.
For those without the facility for chopsticks and ice cream, there is always the ice cream cone.
The ice cream cone’s invention is linked to the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. An ice cream vendor reportedly didn’t have enough dishes to keep up with the demand, so he teamed up with a waffle vendor who rolled his waffles into cones!
Whether you use "eating ice cream with chopsticks" as a metaphor for a challenge or just like to savor your ice cream, today is the day.
The biggest ice cream sundae in history was made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1988, and weighed in at over 24 tons.
See below for a video of the dance at the Cologne Scottish Country Dance Ball, Brauweiler Abbey, 2012.
And for those that like a challenge, click the ice cream below to find out current world records involving ice cream!
Click the dance cribs or description below to link to a printable version of the dance!
