They used to serve ice cream in the Shite House during the days of our Founding Fathers. I forget which First Lady introduced it — maybe it was Dolly Madison who was noted for being a great hostess and who saved George WAshington’s portrait when the British burned our White House during the war of 1812. They had to paint the President’s mansion white to cover the soot left behind by the Brits, which is how the house got its name! I have often wondered how they arranged to have enough ice on hand to make the ice cream.
I know they used to have ice houses down on the rivers in many towns where they tried to keep ice over the summer by keeping it covered with straw and wood, etc., but I have no idea how that actually worked. It seems a little iffy, doesn’t it?
That should have said White House. Shi-ite!