BACKROADS • FEBRUARY 2022
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Saturday, February 5th is Ice Cream for Breakfast Day! There are so many special days that we anticipate for different reasons: birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, last day of school, the start of a Backroads Rally. While February is hardly one of my favorite months, it does hold a day near and dear to my heart – or, more anatomically correct – my stomach. This year, Saturday, February 5 will see me up early for Ice Cream for Breakfast Day! This holiday was created in 1966 by Florence Rappaport from Rochester, New York. She was the mother of 6 children and the lot of them were snowed in one particularly cold and snowy February day. To keep all of those children entertained, and perhaps herself, she declared the day Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. She reasoned that since it was too cold for the children to go outside and play, they might as well eat ice cream for breakfast. An inspired idea indeed. Ordinarily, a holiday that was proclaimed by a mother or father would remain in their household, but since Florence’s grandchildren were extensive travelers, they were able to pollinate the world with the idea. This holiday became extremely popular not only in the U.S., but also in Israel, Germany, Nepal, Honduras, and New Zealand. Since it’s celebrated on the first Saturday in February every year all over the world, perhaps we all should rename this holiday World Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. I did not find this wonderful holiday until I began writing this column. And what a miraculous find it was! Many people think that I live on ice cream – not true, at all. Of course, I enjoy a good scoop of ice cream, but do not eat it as often as people think. I have learned to make my own ice cream, and that, too, I do usually for holidays or if we have company. I have found some unusual recipes, with SPAM ice cream being one of the most questionable. So, for those of you who do enjoy a bit of baking, or at least assembly, here is a delicious Breakfast Ice Cream Cake recipe from the Food Network: www. foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/breakfast-ice-cream-cake-3822328 Enjoy the day! Next ice cream holiday – National Ice Cream Day, Sunday, July 17.
CABIN ON KING
227 West King St, Shippensburg, PA 17257 • 717-532-2246 cabinonking.com • Sun-Thurs: 4-9pm • Fri-Sat: 4-10pm On our last excursion to Shippensburg, while wandering down the main street, I came upon this colorful little gem of an ice cream shop. From the street, it beckoned like a twinkling light in a vast emptiness of closed shops and dark houses. It looked as if it could be a tiki bar, but with far more substantial offerings of ice cream, floats, smoothies and cookies. They source their ice cream from Windy Knoll Creamery, a local dairy in Chambersburg, PA. Stopping in after dinner, the locals were waiting in line and sitting at the few wrought-iron tables set in the grotto-style setting. Given the chance to explore the menu, I could see the many flavor options. Their constants included Peanut Butter Overload, Coffee Crunch and, something you don’t see too often outside of Pennsylvania, Grapenut. The season menu had such things as Egg Nog, Maple Walnut, Salty Pretzel Delight and Peppermint Stick. From these you could make a profusion of sundaes. The Salty Sensation – Salty Caramel Crunch ice cream drizzled with pure maple syrup, topped with homemade whipped cream, a pretzel stick and sprinkled with real bacon pieces. Or maybe the Campfire is more your style, with vanilla ice cream, marshmallow fluff, hot fudge, graham cracker crumbs and a torch toasted marshmallow on top. If cookies are more your style, they have homemade chocolate chip, lemon, oatmeal cranberry, snickerdoodle and gingersnaps, each with their own signature serving style – how about the Hot Mess: Chocolate Chip cookie smothered with hot fudge and a dollop of Peanut Butter Overload ice cream. We have found that Shippensburg is a great stopover for many a destination. If you find yourself passing through or overnighting, take a stroll down main street and stop in at Cabin on King – you will be happy you did. ,
