Today in Food History

Today is National Peach Ice Cream Day!!!

Happy-Peach-Ice-Cream-Day

Also today in 1845 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl died. Grey (also Baron Grey and Viscount Howick) was given the recipe for Earl Grey Tea by a Chinese mandarin with whom he was friends (and/or whose life either he or another British diplomat saved).

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