Everyone’s Favorite –Ice Cream

The history of ice cream is interesting. The ancient Egyptian kings used to send their servants to the mountains to fetch ice and used to mix the ice with sugar and fruit syrups in order to make ice cream. Although this is consider to be a myth by many. Even the ancient Romans used mix ice with fruit pulp in order to make ice cream just like the Egyptians people. The Persians used to make ice cream by mixing fruit syrups and vermicelli together. The ice cream is known by different names in different countries. It is also known by the name of fruit yogurt, ice custard, sorbet and kulfi.

With the coming of the industrial age and advancement in refrigeration technique, ice could be made artificially, and hence people didn’t have to go to the mountains to fetch ice. This made the technique of ice cream making easier. Another point to be needed is that ice cream started being commercialized with the advancement of print media. The Americans reinvented this method of ice cream making and made what you call the pop sickle. There used to be a socialite called ‘Agnes Marshall’ and Agnes Marshall in her culinary book, described in details the modern art of ice cream making. With the advancement in time, the ice cream was invented and this increased the fun factor of the ice cream. With coming of the modern age and advent of the television, there was increase in the sale of ice cream and it became everyone’s favorite dessert, specifically the children.

The ice cream is known by different names in different names in different countries. While in India it’s called the kulfi, in Italy, it’s known as gelato. The gelato is a lighter mixture than its American counterpart. Gelato manufacturing was initially done in Italy, but nowadays, there are various other countries involved in gelato manufacturing.

Ice Cream Memories that People Have

You must remember how the long hot summer days called for cooling off with cold, creamy, delicious ice cream. Many people rejoice the tingles of excitement that vibrates through the bones when they would hear the tinkling sound of an ice cream truck’s melody while it went its way through a childhood neighborhood.

People remember this joy of picking out most colorful ice cream treat from truck and trying to eat before it got melted and dripped all over them.

As these are wonderful memories, there are many favorite childhood ice cream memories which revolve around the homemade ice cream that a dad or mom would make every summer. People remember the rock salt, fresh fruit, cream and churning handle of the old ice cream maker in the home. To many people, the memories of bare feet propping on deck rail, pendulum back and forth of the legs as they sat in the porch swing all while they enjoyed the unmatched treat of a fresh ice cream. Such memories even trump all the ice cream truck memories.

Whenever summer approaches, people love to share the same memories with their own kids. People want their kids to know the joy of pulling the top off ice cream maker and pure goodness that is first bite of an ice cream. People want them to relish in thrill of picking the fruit and flavors that go in the ice cream. People wish to pass on this tradition of memories so that the memories live on for generations.

If you start to research on homemade ice cream recipes, you will be blown away by all delicious ice cream recipes that you can find out there. You can also get gelato training and open an ice cream franchise by contacting some companies that provide such services.