Thursday, March 13, 2008
Before the creation of the cone, ice cream was either licked out of a small glass (a penny lick, penny cone, penny sucker, or licking glasses) or taken away wrapped in paper which was called a "hokey pokey." The customer would like the ice cream off the dish and return the dish to the vender, who washed it and filled it for the next customer. As you can guess, sanitation was a problem. An even bigger problem was that the ice cream vender couldn't wash the dishes fast enough to keep up with demand on a hot day.
Ice cream in a cup also became known as a "toot," which many have been derivative from the Italian word "tutti" or "all," as customers were urged to "Eat it all." They were also called as "wafers," "oublies," "plaisirs," "gaufres," "cialde," "cornets," and "cornucopias."
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