NEW! The fun and engaging Hands-On Heritage House, a free companion museum of the 1895 Rosson House is now open. Come join fun historical hands-on activities and exhibits inside the California bungalow style Stevens-Haustgen House. Look through a stereoscope, try your hand at old fashioned games, investigate the tools of kitchen and laundry duties over 100 years ago and more. This participatory exhibit space is also the headquarters of our scheduled school tours and Heritage Saturday activities. The Hands-On Heritage House (602.534.9382) is open Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm and Sunday Noon - 4pm. Closed Easter Sunday. For information on school tours & programs please call 602.261.8063.

Ice Cream, Ice Cream! As part of the Hands-On Heritage House’s fun interactive hallway cupboard exhibit of ol’ time kitchen gadgets, including ice cream freezers, we asked visitors to participate in an unofficial ”What’s Your Favorite Flavor of Ice Cream” Survey.

   With a total of 155 votes, the results are....

• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough came in first place with 45 votes
• Chocolate flavor was 2nd place with 28 votes
• 3rd place - Vanilla flavor with 19 votes
• 4th place - Strawberry and Sherbet Ice Cream tied with 13 votes each
• Peach Ice Cream with 10 votes came in 5th
• And... poor ol’ Neapolitan Ice Cream (remember, it has three layers of tasty strawberry, chocolate & vanilla?) came in last with only 3 votes

On the survey we also had an “other” category that one could check off. This category had 24 votes with ice cream flavors such as:

Caramel Swirl with Fudge, Dulce de leche, Chocolate Mandarin Sherbet, Cotton Candy, Mint Chocolate Chip, Coffee, “Moosetrack”, Mint Chip, “nothing”, Coconut, “Phish Food”, pistachio, Cold Stone Creamery’s “German-chokolatekake®”, Jamaca Almond Fudge, French Vanilla, Almond Mocha, “Blue Moon”, and Cookies ‘n Cream.

Stay tuned for Ice Cream Trivia including early recipes and for more fun survey results!