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The origin of Ice Cream is known to reach back as far as the second century
B.C., although no specific date of origin, nor inventor, has been indisputably credited with its discovery.
Around
3,000 years ago, the Emperors of China are believed to have enjoyed frozen
delicacies made from snow and ice flavoured with fruit, wine and honey.
We know that Alexander the Great enjoyed snow and ice flavored with honey
and nectar. Biblical references also show that King Solomon was fond of
iced drinks during harvesting. During the Roman Empire, Nero Claudius Caesar
(A.D. 54-86) frequently sent runners into the mountains for snow, which
was then flavored with nectar, fruit pulp and honey.
Over
a thousand years later, Marco Polo returned to Italy from the Far East
with a recipe that closely resembled what is now called sherbet. Historians
estimate that this recipe evolved into ice cream sometime in the 16th century.
Catherine de Medici of Florence took her cooks and sorbet recipes with
her to France when she married Henry II and became Queen of France in 1533.
Charles I of England is then thought to have purchased the formula for
"frozen milk" from a French chef in the 17th Century. As they spread through
the royal houses of Europe, eggs and cream also began to be added, and
the frozen delicacies came to be known as "cream ices". It wasn't until
1660 that ice cream was made available to the general public. An Italian,
Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, started to sell cream ices to Paris society
from his cafe. As a result decorated frozen desserts became fashionable
(the bombe, the glacee, the parfait and the mousse).
Until
1800, ice cream remained a rare and exotic dessert enjoyed mostly by the
elite. As ice began to be commercially harvested from frozen lakes, with
salt added to lower the freezing point (and temperature) for more efficient
storage and freezing, ice cream was no longer exclusive to the nobility.
Also around 1800, insulated "ice houses" were invented and like other industries,
ice cream production increased because of technological innovations, including
steam power, mechanical refrigeration, and the homogeniser.
The
first commercial ice-making machine in the world was invented in Australia
in 1855, and refrigeration and mechanisation of the ice cream manufacturing
process took place in the 1880's and 1890's. The invention of the homogeniser
by the Frenchman August Gaulin in 1899 allowed a much smoother ice cream
texture, and electric power and motors, packing machines, and new freezing
processes and equipment, accompanied by the invention of the brine freezer
in1902, permitted faster freezing. In addition, the appearance of motorized
delivery vehicles, dramatically changed the industry., The first ice cream
cone was produced in 1896 by Italo Marchiony. Marchiony, who emigrated
from Italy in the late 1800s, invented his ice cream cone in New York City.
He was granted a patent in December 1903. Although Marchiony is credited
with the invention of the cone, a similar creation was independently introduced
at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair by Ernest A. Hamwi, a Syrian concessionaire.
Hamwi was selling a crisp, waffle-like pastry -- zalabis -- in a booth
right next to an ice cream vendor. Because of ice cream's popularity, the
vendor ran out of dishes. Hamwi saw an easy solution to the ice cream vendor's
problem: he quickly rolled one of his wafer-like waffles in the shape of
a cone, or cornucopia, and gave it to the ice cream vendor. The cone cooled
in a few seconds, the vendor put some ice cream in it, and the customers
were very happy!
In
1874, Americans discovered the soda fountain and the ice cream sundae,
but in response to religious criticism for eating "sinfully" rich ice cream
sodas on Sundays, the name was changed to "Sundae" to remove any connection
with the Sabbath.
Now,
high quality specialty ice cream stores, such as the Redcliffe Ice Creamery
& Cafe - which features high quality ice creams, have surged in popularity. The Redcliffe Ice Creamery
& Cafe, is very popular, both with those who remember the taste of
good old fashioned high quality ice cream of days past, as well as with
new generations of ice cream lovers seeking today's fantastic new flavours
and treats. |
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