Ice Cream Evolution
The origins of ice cream can be traced back to the second century BC, and although there is no definite date of origin or inventor credited with its undisputed discovery, Alexander the Great enjoyed ice flavored with honey and nectar, and biblical references also show that King Solomon was fond of the beverage refrigerated during harvest.
From Roman Civilization to Our Table Today
During the Roman Empire, Nero Claudius Caesar (AD 54-86) sent runners into the mountains for snow, which was then flavored with fruits and juices.
More than a thousand years later, Marco Polo returned to Italy from the Far East with a recipe very similar to what is now called sherbet. Historians estimate that this recipe evolved into ice cream sometime in the 16th century.
"Cream ice", as it was called, appeared regularly on Charles I's table during the seventeenth century. France was introduced to similar frozen desserts in 1553 by the Italian Catherine de Medici when she became the wife of Henry II of France but was not provided to the common people until 1660 when Sicilian Procopio introduced a recipe that mixed milk, cream, butter, and eggs at Café Procope, the first café in Paris, and then it began to be manufactured in America in 1777.
Until 1800, ice cream remained a rare dessert mostly enjoyed by the elite, and then the ice cream industry in America began to grow and its production was expanded by increasing technological innovations, including steam power, mechanical cooling, electric power, engines, and packing machines which enabled everyone around the world to savor this tempting dessert with various flavors!
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