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.
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