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31 Flavors From Tacoma

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!  If you were lucky enough to go to an ice cream shop in the early 1900s, your choices would have been limited to vanilla, chocolate, and Strawberry. But a young man from Tacoma with a passion for ice cream and an inventive flair would soon change all of that.  What would arguably became one of the best … Continue reading 31 Flavors From Tacoma

McKenna EhrmantrautJuly 1, 2020December 29, 20203 Comments
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Sweet Candy Coating

Tacoma is known as the City of Destiny as it was the last stop for the Northern Pacific Railroad but, did you know that the railroad also helped Tacoma become the candy capitol of the world during the early 1900s? Tacoma’s mild climate was ideal for chocolate making, not too hot to melt it and not too cold to crack it. The newly opened direct … Continue reading Sweet Candy Coating

McKenna EhrmantrautJune 28, 2020December 29, 2020Leave a comment

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