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2007-03-20 09:53:21
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answered by jamielu 3
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And here i was going to say that I thought the Eskimos did it because they used to mix whale blubber with snow and thought it was a delicacy! I also know that the Indians mixed snow with berry juice and maple from tree sap. I'm sure the Europeans came up with similar concoctions, but as to who first invented the custard version of ice cream, I'm not sure. I believe that ice cream cones weren't popular until the World's Fair in the 20's, but I suspect that ice cream itself came long before that!
2007-03-20 10:00:09
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answered by JennyP 7
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The ancients had saved ice for cold foods for thousands of years. Mesopotamia has the earliest icehouses in existence, 4,000 years old, beside the Euphrates River, where the wealthy stored items to keep them cold. The pharaohs of Egypt had ice shipped to them. In the fifth century BC, ancient Greeks sold snow cones mixed with honey and fruit in the markets of Athens.[citation needed] Persians, having mastered the storage of ice, ate ice cream well into summer. Roman emperor Nero (37–68) had ice brought from the mountains and combined with fruit toppings. Today's ice treats likely originated with these early ice delicacies.
Persia
Bastani, Persian rosewater ice cream, is typically served between wafers as an ice cream sandwich.Many myths surround ice cream and its true origin. Many believe that it evolved from cooled wines and flavored Ices around, and might have come from Persia. These Iced wines were popular with Alexander the Great and later with Roman high society. In 62 BC, the Roman emperor Nero, sent slaves to the Apennine mountains to collect snow to be flavoured with honey and nuts. The Persians mastered the technique of storing ice inside giant naturally-cooled refrigerators known as yakhchals. These structures kept ice brought in from the winter, or from nearby mountains, well into the summer. They worked by using tall windcatchers that kept the sub-level storage space at frigid temperatures.
In 400 BC, Persians invented a special chilled pudding-like dish, made of rosewater and vermicelli which was served to royalty during summers. The ice was mixed with saffron, fruits, and various other flavors. The treat, widely made today in Iran, is called "faludeh", and is made from starch (usually wheat), spun in a sieve-like machine which produces threads or drops of the batter, which are boiled in water. The mix is then frozen, and mixed with rosewater and lemons, before serving.
2007-03-20 09:54:43
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answered by Anonymous
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I used to have a Chilly Willy ice cream maker when I was a kid. To make one cup of ice cream it took 24 hours! You had to mix it and then freeze it. But it was all natural.
2007-03-20 10:05:11
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answered by Sa 2
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Somebody Did But I Don't Know Who
2007-03-20 09:54:14
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answered by ladyduval17 3
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Ben and Jerry
2007-03-20 09:55:16
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answered by Poptart 5
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it was a colored man, but i dont remember hi name, sorry
2007-03-20 09:56:09
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answered by just that one girl. 4
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