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Sunday, Sundae Day
Nov. 11 is National Sundae Day, and it also happens to fall on Sunday, so it’s like sundae squared. And since it’s also Veterans Day, Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlors are giving free sundaes to...
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Do parfaits make you mad?
Food Rant: Parfaits Nov. 25 is National Parfait Day. In this food rant, a young woman opines that parfaits are nothing more than pretentious sundaes. She’s also mad about the fact that the has to...
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Love is like a violin… and ice cream
Leslie Uggams, “Love is Like a Violin” (1960) Dec. 13 is National Ice Cream and Violins Day. Huh? What’s one thing got to do with the other? Here’s one explanation. I couldn’t locate a video featuring...
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Today on the tray: Ice cream
Carnation ice cream commercial, Annie Oakley cast (1950s) Dec. 13 is National Ice Cream and Violins Day. After all, ice cream and violins go together like… pies and guitars? I don’t get it. But here’s...
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Have a berry good National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
Breyer’s strawberry ice cream commercial (1984) Why not celebrate National Strawberry Ice Cream Day (today, Jan. 15) with some Breyer’s ice cream from 1984? There are only four ingredients, so it...
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Today on the tray: Rocky road
June 2 is National Rocky Road Day. According to the holiday site Punchbowl, “In 1929 after the stock market crash, a man named William Dreyer (the founder of Dreyer Ice Cream) calmed his Black...
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Today on the tray: Ice cream sandwiches
August 2 is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. The Los Angeles Times suggests “19 wild, weird ways to celebrate” National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, such as substituting brownies for cookies, or putting...
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Today on the tray: Banana splits
August 25 is National Banana Split Day. According to some sources, the banana split was first created in 1904 by a pharmacist named David Evans Strickler in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Others dispute the...
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Today on the tray: Hot fudge sundaes and a hot mess
July 25 is National Hot Fudge Sundae Day. According to the holiday site Punchbowl, “The Guinness Book of World Records has documented several record-setting sundaes. For example, the most expensive...
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Today on the tray: Sundaes
November 11 is National Sundae Day. Speaking of sundaes, remember the time on The Brady Bunch when Marcia worked at an ice cream parlor, and she deliberately sprayed whipped cream all over her...
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Today on the tray: Chocolate ice cream and a Brady life lesson
June 7 is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day. How much do you love chocolate ice cream? Think you could scarf it down fast enough to win an ice-cream-eating contest? Well, that’s what Bobby Brady...
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