Few things are as important as coffee,tobacco, and ice cream in nowadays’s Navy. Though coffee offers caffeine to glean through long days and the tobacco provides opportunity for smoke breaks, and ice cream acts on a separate level of physiological necessity. There are physiological studies that demonstrate ice cream is a consolation” food that ranks above all others [1]. Aside from being the only food to lower the human startle response,the frozen treat is thought to invoke nostalgia that reminds individuals, especially those on long demanding deployments, or of childhood innocence and security,and of family vacations that may be relaxing [1].... Read the rest of this entry »
Source: navalhistory.org