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A growing number of news stories has suggested that oyster ice cream is a blast from the past that we need to resurrect, especially on Thanksgiving. Mark Twain is said to have loved the stuff and to have referenced it in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Dolley Madison was reputed to have served it at the White House. George Washington allegedly couldn't get enough of the briny confection. Now you can even learn how to make oyster ice cream on YouTube. And none other than famed Chef José Andrés has featured the confection at his America Eats Tavern in Washington, DC—a restaurant billed as a "unique take on America's classic cuisine," which started out as a pop-up in conjunction with the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Google "oyster ice cream" and "Thanksgiving" and you'll get 1,700 results. Both the genuine mystery and historical revisionism of that first Thanksgiving has led to an unending quest to uncover authentic-but-little-known Thanksgiving dishes—which may actually explain why oyster ice cream has become a thing. Swerdloff, Alex (18 November 2016). "The Long, Weird History and Mythology of Oyster Ice Cream". Vice.com. November 18, 2016 . Retrieved 5 April 2021. Miley Theobald, Mary (Winter 2010). "Some Cold, Hard Historical Facts about Good Old Ice Cream". The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

a b Shute, Nancy (November 23, 2011). "Oyster Ice Cream: A Thanksgiving Tradition Mark Twain Could Get Behind". NPR. Iman is one of the Arbor School students involved in the project, and she says she enjoys learning about problems and how you can solve them.

But, here's the thing: To the knowledge of the several culinary historians I spoke with, oyster ice cream never showed up in any other American cookbook ever again. What's more, no other authoritative records point to the popularity—or even the existence—of oyster ice cream. The only historical source for oyster ice cream is found in Mary Randolph's cookbook, The Virginia Housewife, published in 1824. [1] The recipe is as follows: [2]

The Maine teamed up with a local ecological school and marine group to return these shells to the sea. The collaboration between the three groups was made possible via a Dubai based entrepreneur Fadi Abu Ghali, who co-founded the project.The project aims to rehabilitate the natural reef system off the coast of Dubai to promote marine biodiversity and create a natural habitat for the endangered hawksbill turtle. Another student, Janelle, added that she loves the practical side of being involved: “You don't think you can make an impact until you actually do it, but doing something big like this is just, it's really fun, and you can see how much it develops”. It's actually really cool because most schools, they don't do as many things hands-on, and we mostly learn theory, and theory can only get you so far and doing stuff in real life,” she told Euronews.