Would You 'Eat' Ice-cream Or 'Take' Ice-cream?

please am kind of not clear with this style of English.
Would you "EAT" icecream or "TAKE" icecream
av looked it up in a dictionary and culdnt get an answer.
[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]Please Oblige me and correct me

Ah, the eat/take idea is one of the big differences between Nigerian English and British English.

Nigerians say 'take' for many foods. I don't know if ice-cream is one of them but I assume so as every Nigerian I've heard uses 'take' for all types of eating/food. My Nigerian boyfriend only ever says 'take' and never 'eat' a food.

In Britain, we only use 'take' for medicine, we never use it for food at all. We eat food, we don't 'take' it. Ever.

This can lead to a lot of confusion!

So, if you are talking to Nigerians, say 'take' or if you are talking to British people say 'eat'.

I eat icecream from a bowl but I lick icecream from a cone as a way of eating it.

i just say i want ice cream and i put it in my mouth 

ice cream please!

I believe the definition of "eat" is "to take in as food". it didn't say in the dictionary u only eat non-solids. whether solid or liquid or gas, u're takin' it into ur body.Therefore i believe u can eat anythin'. we all know we drink water and other beverages. but other things,it is correct to use "eat". Here in america, people say " i ate some icecream" or do u want to eat icecream?" To me, that is correct due to the above definition of "eat". u can also use "take" but either one is correct. That's just what i think.

You say `i want to chop ice cream`

wetin dey do this moderator sef? he changed my statement from i `want to` to `i want to`. is the guy not a sophisticat?