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and he collected paintings, but he said his hobby was "to talk and eat food." Not surprisingly, his favorite food was ice cream, which he maintained was "not fattening." He ate at least one cone a day, and he kept 10 distinct flavors in the freezers of his seven-room
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bearing the license plate HJ-28, which stood for his initials and the 28 ice cream flavors sold at the restaurants. Bud
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of the product and used only natural flavorings. He used hand-cranked makers in his basement and by 1928 was grossing about $ 240,000 from ice cream sold in the store and nearby beaches.
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