Day with a Difference - July 10, 2006

Today's Inspirational Quote:

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow -Ralph Waldo Emerson

All about Ice Creams (From HowStuffWorks.com)

The U.S. ice cream industry sells about a million gallons of ice cream each year, dispensing cones, gallons, pints, sundaes and other desserts through grocery stores and ice cream shops. In fact, eight percent of all the milk produced in the U.S. ends up in a frozen dairy product

The city of Gilroy, California hosts an annual Garlic Festival featuring all kinds of foods made with garlic, including garlic ice cream. Not to be outdone, a Japanese company offers garlic ice cream under the brand name "Dracula Ice Cream." Finally, on an episode of the Japanese cooking show "Iron Chef," one of the chefs prepared trout ice cream. He lost.

Frozen yogurt is a popular, healthier alternative to ice cream. You might think that the manufacturing process involves simply putting some yogurt in a freezer, but actually the process is reversed. Instead of making yogurt and turning it into a frozen dessert, the bacterial cultures that make yogurt are added to ice cream mix. The resulting treat is lower in lactic acid than regular yogurt, which explains the milder taste.

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A clean joke to start your week with laughter

A blind man with a seeing eye dog at his side walks into a grocery store. The man walks to the middle of the store, picks up the dog by the tail, and starts swinging the dog around in circles over his head. The store manager, who has seen all this, thinks this is quite strange. So, he decides to find out what's going on. The store manager approaches the blind man swinging the dog and says, "Pardon me. May I help you with something." The blind man says, "No thanks. I'm just looking around."

Have a memorable day and a great week ahead !
Priya