National Ice Cream Month
Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? And July 20 th was National Ice Cream Day! In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed that the third Sunday in July would be celebrated as National Ice Cream Day [1] . A non-traditional way for Girl Scouts to celebrate National Ice Cream Month is to get together with your Girl Scout Troop to make “Kick the Can” Ice Cream. After mixing the ingredients and “kicking the can”… yes, just like the game…the end result is delicious, soft-serve style ice cream which sure is a tasty treat. Here are the directions for “Kick the Can” Ice Cream, which we found in The Junior Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting and on GSUSA’s Recipe Section of their website. “Kick the Can” Ice Cream Ingredients: 1 cup Milk (we used whole milk) 1 cup Heavy Cream ½ cup Sugar ½ tsp Vanilla Extract **the recipe in the Junior Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting calls for 1 egg, but we left that out Other Materials Needed: 1 small cle...