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Who invented the ice cream cone?

I've read the Wikipedia, Ask Yahoo, and some other versions on the web, but am wondering if anyone has any more information.
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danilaquee | 2 years, 1 month ago
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There is much controversy over who invented the first ice cream cone. From my research, I feel that the first cones were not invented in the United States. Both paper and metal cones were used in France, England, and Germany before the 19th century. Travelers to Düsseldorf, Germany reported eating ice cream out of edible cones in the late 1800s.

Before the invention of the cone, ice cream was either licked out of a small glass (a penny lick, penny cone, penny sucker, or licking glasses) or taken away wrapped in paper which was called a "hokey pokey." The customer would lick the ice cream off the dish and return the dish to the vender, who washed it and filled it for the next customer. As you can guess, sanitation was a problem. An even bigger problem was that the ice cream vender couldn't wash the dishes fast enough to keep up with demand on a hot day.

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Great answer. Do you have any sources?

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First the verifiable fact is that the Ice cream cone made its first appearance during the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair. http://members.cox.net/jjschnebel/icrcones.html. It further goes on to say that a pastry vendor, Ernest M. Hamwi, seing the ice ceam vendor running out of dishes rolled up his unique Syrian pastry and ice cream was then served in the rolled up pastry. This is the precursor to our waffle cone.
Women and men were glad not to have to return the dishes and the vendors both were happy at the success.

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