Well it's Friday night and it's been a long week... Time to start the weekend off right, and pull out some ice cream!
You can never go wrong with chocolate, I always say, but any flavor will do.
But, not just any brand when you're in Texas...
I was talking to a friend the other day about how beautiful the Bluebonnets were in Texas this summer. He only wondered how the Blue Bell ice cream was.
Boys.
I had forgotten that the first Blue Bell creamery had begun here in Texas.
The company, which produces the third-best-selling ice cream in the USA, sells its products in only seventeen mostly Southern states...Corporate headquarters are at the "Little Creamery" in Brenham, Texas.
Beginning in 1911, the creamery began to also produce small quantities of ice cream. By 1919, the creamery was in financial trouble and considered closing its doors. The board of directors hired E.F. Kruse, a 23-year-old former schoolteacher, to take over the company on April 1, 1919. Kruse refused to accept a salary for his first few months in the position so that the company would not be placed in further debt.
Under his leadership, the company expanded their production of ice cream to the local area and soon became profitable.
At his suggestion, the company renamed themselves Blue Bell Creameries in 1930 after the Common Bluebell; a wildflower that is native to Texas, which, like ice cream, thrived in summer.
As of 2007, the company operates three manufacturing facilities, the largest (53,880²) facility in Brenham, Texas..."
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