An ice cream cone, also called a poke, is a brittle, cone-shaped pastry usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, made so that ice cream can be carried and eaten without a bowl or spoon. Cones are made in many styles, including Cornetto cones and sugar-coated or chocolate-coated cones. The term can also refer informally to a cone topped with one or more scoops of ice cream. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Who invented the ice cream cone?
The Library of Congress presents this as a contested question. It says that on July 23, 1904, according to some accounts, Charles E. Menches conceived the idea of filling a pastry cone with two scoops of ice cream, but that he is one of several claimants. It lists Ernest Hamwi, Abe Doumar, Albert and Nick Kabbaz, Arnold Fornachou and David Avayou as others touted as the inventor of the first edible cone, and notes that they all made or sold confections at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, known as the St. Louis World's Fair.
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There are two techniques for making cones: one is by baking them flat and then quickly rolling them into shape (before they harden), the other is by baking them inside a cone-shaped mold.
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An ice cream cone or poke (Northern Ireland) is a brittle, cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, made so ice cream can be carried and eaten without a bowl or spoon.
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- Uses Ingredient: Flour, Infobox main_ingredient field: Flour, sugar
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