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Wimp PETER FROST finds it too hot for really serious matters and decides to cool down in the heatwave with some delicious ice cream
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THE heatwave they tell me will be over today. We have seen record temperatures of over 31 degrees. The Met Office have even invented a new yellow extreme heat warning. Surely Frosty will have his serious hat on with a strict lecture on climate change?
No bugger that, it is far too hot. Let’s talk about ice cream.
I have dug out some interesting ice cream facts and history. First, ice cream is much older than I thought although its history isn’t really well documented.
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