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Forever Ago

Ice cream flavors: From whale poo to vanilla

Forever Ago

Lemonada Media

History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.45.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Forever Ago kicks off the new season with everybody’s summer favorite: ice cream! In this episode Joy and co-host Maeve explore the many flavors of this frozen treat. Historian Rosa Abreu tells us why classic vanilla is anything but boring. We’ll also check out some historical tastes of the past, including mace, orange blossom, and ambergris. That last one comes out of a whale’s intestine and was considered a delicacy. We’ll learn about how ice cream was a symbol of the rich and powerful, long before everyone had a freezer in their kitchen. Join us for the scoop on what really goes into your sundae. Submit what you want to include in the Forever Ago time capsule at foreverago.org/contact — we’ll be featuring many of the responses on the show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:38.8

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0:43.5

Good morning, mave. Well, almost morning, the sun should come up in just a bit.

0:57.5

Hi Joy, why are you growing? Are you ready to get started?

1:02.5

Yeah, I'm just not sure why we had to start. Why? It's so early. It's still dark outside.

1:08.4

Because it's our first episode of Forever Go in a while and I'm going to excited to wait any

1:16.1

longer. We're back with more secret histories of everyday things. Right, because this is forever

1:26.4

ago where we explore the before. Did you just think of that? I love that. You could stop that

1:36.5

any time. Sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so excited. In this morning, I thought we could celebrate

1:43.9

with a sunrise ice cream social ice cream this early. Yeah. Maybe a morning milkshake or a sunrise

1:52.5

Sunday and not just any ice cream. We're scooping up historical flavors of the past.

1:58.4

Whoa, but I mean, it seems like sunset could have been another option. That would make way too

2:04.0

much sense. So let's check that all of our supplies are ready. Right, because if you stay ready,

2:09.5

you don't have to get ready. Okay, I've got a super scoop. Check. What's the difference between

2:16.3

a regular ice cream scoop and a super scoop? I don't know. I think maybe the super scoop has an

2:22.4

alter ego and fights crime at night. Cool. And do you have your Sunday spoon? Check. Plus a straw.

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