The best time for ice cream is always.

Today is National Soft Serve Ice Cream Day.

Soft Serve Ice Cream has been around since the 1930s. There are conflicting reports of the origins of the dessert. In 1934, Tom Carvel, the founder of eponymous ice cream brand and franchise, had to sell melting ice cream on a parking lot because his ice cream truck had a flat tire. He noticed that people were delighted with soft frozen dessert and concluded that it was a potentially good business idea.

Dairy Queen also claims to have invented soft ice cream as an experiment. Owners J.F. McCullough and his son, Alex, decided to find out if customers preferred ice cream before it was completely frozen, which was how they liked it best.

Just in case this comes up in conversation – It takes 12 pounds of milk to produce just 1 gallon of ice cream. The average American eats 45.8 pints of ice cream a year. Hence, the average American forces those poor dairy cows to produce 68.7 pounds of milk a year to satisfy the wanton frozen cravings of Americans.

So now you know.

Demand Euphoria!