Spotlight Magazines Spotlight on Mansfield North, Nottingham July 2015 | Page 22

Spotlight Magazine Who’s For Ice Cream? In 1984 President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month! Isn’t that a fab idea? I think the UK should definitely follow suit on this one. Around 25% of all ice cream sold in the UK is vanilla. As a nation it seems we’re not terribly adventurous. Here are some more frozen facts: There is actually a diet called ‘The Ice Cream Diet’...seriously! It was developed in Venice by an ice cream store (no surprises there) The earliest known reference to ice-cream in English was in 1672. Approximately 15 billion litres of ice-cream are consumed worldwide every year - enough fill 5,000 Olympic swimming pools. According to NASA, ice-cream is among the top three items most missed by astronauts on space missions: the others are pizza and fizzy drinks. Who We Help 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Owners Tenants Landlords Property Managers Estate Agents Offices Bars/Restaurants When Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield went into business as Ben & Jerry, they only chose ice-cream because bagelmaking equipment was too expensive! Who knew? It involves ‘cleansing’ your body and mind by eating five pints of raw coconut-based ice-cream a day for four straight days...I assume that’s if you don’t give yourself brain-freeze or a coronary first! Happy Ice Cream Month! What We Do 3 3 3 3 3 3 Electrical Plumbing Decorating Assembly Gardens Everything Else! Call us now on 0115 8226176 22 www.spotlightlocal.co.uk • 01623 706570 • [email protected]