Ice Cream Festival 2010

Saturday August 7, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Children Learn Where Food Comes from
while Having Fun!

Museum visitors learn about the journey from cow to cone as they tour the Museum’s Dairy Barn. They can practise their milking technique on the Museum’s wooden cow and explore how dairying technology now includes milking machines and even robotic milkers. Visitors can help make ice cream with an old-fashioned manual ice cream maker, and then taste the ice cream they make, as well as frozen yogurt, goat’s milk ice cream, and waffles made in the Museum’s demonstration kitchen. Adding to the festivities is a dazzling performance by one of The Cowguys, who expertly blends circus, western, and magic skills!

Funds raised through this event will benefit the Museum’s Youth Fund, providing transportation, program fees, supplies, and equipment enabling children with financial challenges to visit the Museum.

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Ice Cream Festival Activities

Ice Cream Making

10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.

Help make ice cream with an old-fashioned manual ice cream maker. Various flavours will be made throughout the day, with lots of taste testing opportunities! The Museum thanks Neilson for its generous donation of cream and milk used during these demonstrations.

Waffle Making

10 a.m.– 4 p.m. (ongoing)

Join Museum staff as they make waffles — the first type of ice cream cone! Discover the ingredients and methods used to make modern cones.

From Cow to Cone

10 a.m.– 4 p.m. (ongoing)

Find out how much milk a cow produces each day, and how much of that milk is cream. How many ice cream cones does that make? The quantities are truly amazing!

Other Chilly Choices

10 a.m.– 4 p.m. (ongoing)

Explore the world of frozen desserts — discover how some of these are made from soy, coconut milk, and goat’s milk, and compare them by tasting various samples.

Milk Production Around the World

10 a.m.– 4 p.m. (ongoing)

Discover how various mammals—goats, sheep, buffalo, and horses—are raised around the world for milk production.

Milking Demonstration

4 p.m.

Visit the Dairy Barn and watch the Museum’s cows being milked!

The Cowguys

11 a.m.– 3 p.m.

One of The Cowguys delights audiences with a performance expertly blending circus, western, and magic skills with dexterity and
danger — juggling, acrobatics, magic tricks, and more.

Ottawa Fire Services — Fire Safety House

10 a.m.– 4 p.m.

This mobile unit highlights electrical hazards, cooking hazards, and the dangerous use of fireplaces and candles, and reinforces the importance of fire safety planning.

Ottawa Police Service - Child Print Program

11 a.m.– 3 p.m.

Child Print provides families with practical information should a child go missing. The Child Print program strives to make communities safer for children, and teaches children and adults street safety tips. Education is the first step to safety.

Also...

Food Services

Food services provided by Grill Master Restaurant & Catering. ($)

The 2010 Ice Cream Festival is made possible
in part by a grant from TELUS.