Today, Sunday, June 21! Two Holidays in One! A Holiday Twin Spin!
So here, to help make you a more sparkling conversationalist at today’s “First Day of Summer Combo Dad’s Day Bar-B-Que” or “Pic-nic!” here a few fun facts ...
Nobody knows exactly who looked at a graham cracker, a piece of chocolate, and a campfire and decided to combine them. But the very first official recipe did appear in a Girl Scouts handbook in 1927. Because the treat was so delicious, scouts constantly begged for "some more," which was eventually shortened to simply “S’more!” ( True! )
In 1883, a massive storm flooded the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, soaking candy seller David Bradley's entire stock of taffy with ocean water. When a young girl walked up and asked to buy some, Bradley jokingly told her to grab some "Saltwater Taffy." The name stuck, and the soggy accident turned into a massive American seaside tradition. ( True! )
In 1905, an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson in San Francisco left a cup filled with powdered soda, water, and a stirring stick out on his porch on a particularly cold night. It froze overnight, resulting in a fruity, icy treat. He originally called it the "Epsicle" (a combination of his name and icicle) before it was eventually rebranded as the classic “Popsicle.” ( True! )
( Coulda been the “Sodasicle! )
In the late 1950s, Omar Knedlik, a Dairy Queen franchisee in Coffeyville, Kansas, didn't have a working soda fountain. To chill his colas quickly for customers, he started leaving them in the freezer. The soda became slushy, but customers loved the half-frozen drinks so much that he designed a specialized machine to mass-produce the icy treats, ultimately leading to the invention of the “Slurpee.” ( True! )
While ice cream dates back centuries, the cone became a massive summer hit at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. An ice cream vendor supposedly ran out of paper dishes, and a nearby waffle vendor stepped in by rolling his warm waffles into “Cones” to hold the scoops of ice cream. ( True! )
And it was sometime a little later on that Irish immigrant John H. Mulholland, who worked in advertising, befriended the president of Breyers Ice Cream. At the time, the tin spoons people used to eat single-serving ice cream were sharp and left a metallic taste in the mouth. Mulholland discovered that sweet gum trees were perfect for laminating and pressing into small, flat wooden spoons. His invention allowed ice cream companies like Breyers to sell individual, single servings of ice cream with a disposable, paper-wrapped flat wooden spoon tucked inside. This quickly became a staple for packaging individual-portioned "cup" frozen treats!
I Scream!
You Scream!
We all Scream
For the Origin of the I Scream Sandwich!
Whatever your or Dad’s Summertime Treat, Tutti Frutti, Lollipops, Popsicles, a Chili Dog, Rocky Road Ice Cream, and a Drink, that’s fine! Happy Father’s Day on this First Day of Summer!
And now, here’s today’s “Special CB Dad’s Day Treats Extended Play Minute Medley!”
CB ( which stands for “Chuck-Chuck-tk-ChuckChuck! Boy!” ~AND~ Your Official “Confections Boy!” )
And ... since it IS officially THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, let me direct you to the ULTIMATE Summer Songs Countdown!
https://fhsummerfavorites.blogspot.com/
(In fact, this would be PERFECT PROGRAMMING for the 4th of July Weekend, since the 4th actually falls on a Saturday this year ...
Why not treat your listeners to the ULTIMATE Summer Song List as we celebrate America's 250th Birthday this year!) kk
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
(It was a big Pop Culture News Day Sixty Years Ago Today, too!)
6/21/66 – Singer Tom Jones crashed his Jaguar in London, ultimately needing 14 stitches.
Also on 6/21, Jimmy Page makes his live debut as a guitarist for The Yardbirds.
Also on 6/21, The Beatles record “She Said She Said” … it will appear on their next LP, “Revolver”.
Also on 6/21, "Shock Rock" DJ Mancow Muller is born.
