National Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day, National Hot & Spicy Food Day and National Potato Day in USA
National Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day, National Hot & Spicy Food Day and National Potato Day in USA is held on August 19. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual.
Soft serve was first invented in the 1930s, and it exploded in popularity almost immediately. But unlike ice cream, which started as a luxury product hundreds of years ago, soft serve has a much shorter history and is definitely a food of the people.
The heat produced by spices or foods is measured in Scoville Heat Units. Hot and spicy foods are also good for you as they are high in vitamins, a good source of beta-carotene, calcium, and potassium, and may help reduce cholesterol.
The average American eats about 124 pounds of potatoes per year while Germans eat about twice as much. The potato is about 80% water and 20% solids. An 8 ounce baked or boiled potato has only about 100 calories.