She may be known as the “Iron lady”, however Margaret Thatcher has an unknown sweet and soft side to her.
If you have ever enjoyed soft serve ice cream you may thank the staunch former prime minister who was instrumental in inventing one our favourite childhood sweet treats.
Margaret Thatcher inspects her own invention.
Before Thatcher emerged on the political arena she put her Oxford chemistry degree to good use during a research job at food manufacturer J. Lyons and Co. Together with her colleagues she produced ice cream, which could be pumped through a machine. As a result soft serve ice cream was born
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