Facts about Ice Cream Trucks | Toronto Ice Cream Trucks Rental

11 Apr Facts about Ice Cream Trucks | Toronto Ice Cream Trucks Rental

Facts about Ice Cream Trucks | Toronto Ice Cream Trucks Rental

The history of ice cream trucks dates back to the nineteenth century and is shaped by advances in technology, and also sanitation. In the last few generations, not much has changed about ice cream trucks.

Children since the 1970s use to run toward the truck as soon as the same recognizable music was heard. The biggest difference is that the treats sold back then — Fat Frogs and Mickey Mouse-shaped ice-cream bars —have been replaced by today’s most popular cartoon characters.

Some Interesting Facts About Ice Cream Trucks

1. In the U.S, the ice cream cart began as an urban phenomenon where working-class laborers bought a small dish of ice cream. The dish was then returned to the vendor and reloaded with a fresh scoop for a new customer. Customers with more money—or fear of infectious diseases—opted for ice cream sandwiches.
2. Milk was not pasteurized until the 1890s, which meant any dairy product was potentially laced with the bacteria that caused scarlet fever, diphtheria, and bovine tuberculosis. Ice cream poisonings were a common event frequently reported in the news. Public health officials initially overlooked dairy contamination and blamed ice cream poisoning on artificial flavors.
3. By the turn of the century, ice cream hygiene improved and fairgoers were no longer afraid to order a cold treat. At the 1904 World Fair in St. Louis, a convenient takeaway premiered— the ice cream cone. The thin, crispy waffle had long been a dessert favorite, and rolling the waffle into a cone wasn’t a new idea. The novel idea was to scoop ice cream into the cone, and several men who sold concessions at the famed fair fought for recognition as to who was the true creator.
4. The rise of the public’s interest in ice cream was timed with both technological advances and social change. In the early 1920s, advances in refrigeration meant electric coolers replaced ice deliveries. Electric coolers were far more portable and made it possible for a chilled ice box to be placed on a motor car. At the same time, the early 1920s also saw the start of Prohibition and the end of easy access to the daily delight of wine, beer, or spirits. For many Americans, the comfort of fast food and sweets replaced the indulgence lost with banned spirits. The popularity of ice cream parlors and trucks soared during this era.
5. The first ice cream truck was credited to Harry Burt of Youngstown, Ohio, who was the creator of the Good Humor brand. Burt was already delivering ice cream from a motorized vehicle when he had the idea to place chocolate-covered ice cream bars on a stick. His new Good Humor ice cream “sucker” was easy and clean to eat, which gave him the idea to sell it directly from his truck to consumers on the street.

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