Hail The ICE CREAM !!!
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ICE CREAM
Our favourite ice cream has a history as rich as those of the Romans
From adults to children from rich to poor everyone loves ice cream and nobody is ever scared to scream out loud: “I scream for ice cream”. Ever wondered what the history of the most popular summer dessert is. So, let's dig a little deeper to know more about it’s creamy (or icy) history.
divided by borders... united by ice cream
The origins of ice cream can be dated back to 5th century BC. Ice cream finds its origin in the Persian Empire they would pour grape juice concentrate over snow and eat it during hot summers the snow was kept in underground chambers known as "yakchal". From 323 to 350 6BC Alexander the great enjoyed ice crushed and flavoured with honey and flowers nectar. So we now have one more reason why Alexander is actually called the great because he loved ice cream. There were also sketchy reports that the Chinese like to have ice added to milk and rice.
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| King Alexander |
From 800 to 900 A.D. Arabs defined the modern recipe of ice cream by introducing milk and sugar as the primary ingredients. By the 10th century, ingredients like dry fruits nuts rose water added to this delicacy in regions of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo.
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| Kublai Khan and Marco Polo |
From 1500 to 1600 CE Marco Polo written to Europe from Asia (China) with the recipe which was similar to modern-day sorbet. At that time the popularity of ice cream skyrocketed in regions of Continental Europe. A manuscript describing the coronation ceremony of English King Henry the fifth describes a banquet delicacy called “crème frez”. King Charles 1 was perhaps the first came to widely use cream ice during the 1700s it appeared regularly on his table. His chef became an enormously rich by selling the recipe to a handful nobleman. Soon his recipe started circulating among the public shops. As a result, he was beheaded for breaking his oath to King Charles 1 for revealing the secret recipe.
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| King Charles 1 |
The newly formed American colonies got the first taste of ice cream by 1700s the first ice cream parlour was opened in New York in 1776. America was now free and the father of the country had kind of made it clear that the pursuit of happiness also included the pursuit of ice cream. On May 12 of 1777, for the first time, an advertisement for ice cream appeared in the New York Gazette.
During the 1800s ice cream manufacturing takes industrial face after industrialisation and technological development enabling the industrial production of ice cream at large scale. Nancy Johnson's ice cream maker invention revolutionised ice cream manufacturing and made it easier for the single person to create more quantity of edible ice delicacy. 1874 also witness the emergence of soda fountain shops and the new occupation called Soda jerk, after ice cream soda gains popularity.
Another thing to be noted that Ice cream until now was served in glasses or cups. The ‘cone’ which we see today was only visible after the 1890s.
In 1896 the first ice cream cone is produced and the person to be credited was called Italo Marchione. In 1897 Alfred Cralle patented the iconic ice cream ‘Scoop’.
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| Alfred Cralle and his invention |
However many new inventions like printing, ice cream did not come without criticism on religious grounds. They criticized eating sinfully delicious ice cream. Well, that is anything but bizarre. However, these were short-lived and growth in popularity of ice cream remained largely uninterrupted.
The decade of the 1900s witnessed many wars and many victors which celebrated with ice cream. In the United States of America, the president Ronald Regan declared July as the National month for ice cream.
I scream even today in the 21st-century continues to evolve and the rest, as I may say, is all business studies and current affairs.
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click here for an awesome ice cream recipe: How To Make Ice Cream At Home!
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