Ben and Jerry Say Thanks to TJ!

Happy National Ice Cream Day and Thank you TJ!  No, Thomas Jefferson was not the first to introduce ice cream to America, but it can be argued that he generated the first popular obsession with the cold dessert.  The Library of Congress even has his hand written recipe that was served at the President's House in Washington DC and at Monticello.  The President found many pleasures during his time spent in France, but ice cream spreading through the well to do households of the 18th and early 19th centuries led to a new and lasting American craving.  Here is the overview from the Jefferson Library.