National Sweet Tea Day and Spumoni Day in USA

Tea was first grown in the US in South Carolina, the only state to have commercially produced it. Sweet tea is the norm in the south, but in other parts of the country, it is usually served unsweetened, although many argue this point. June is National Iced Tea Month. June 10th is National Iced Tea Day.

The oldest known recipe for sweet tea was published in 1879. The recipe, developed by Marion Cabell Tyree, was in a cookbook she wrote called Housekeeping in Old Virginia.

According to most food historians, spumoni was invented sometime during the 19th century in Naples, Italy. During the 1870s, it was brought to the U.S and known as Neapolitan ice cream. This ice cream's main three flavors were chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Spumoni differs from ice cream in that it should always be sliced, never scooped.