Today is: Ice Cream Cone Day
National Ice Cream Cone Day celebrates ice cream cones, and takes place on the anniversary of one of the first patents for an edible ice cream container. There was a long and meandering road to the invention of the ice cream cone. A variation of ice cream cones were mentioned in a French cookbook in 1825. Cones used exclusively for ice cream may have been invented by Italian immigrants living in England in the mid-1800's. Ice cream cones were reported as being eaten in Germany in the late 1800's, and were also mentioned in cookbooks in England around the same time. Still, during the 1890's, ice cream was mainly eaten in dishes, known as "licking glasses" or "penny licks". Ice cream vendors had a hard time keeping the dishes clean, as well as keeping them from being stolen.
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