Ice cream is a sweet and tasty treat that children and adults love. In hot weather, it becomes very popular. Today there is a wide variety of ice cream varieties. The history of this cold delicacy began in ancient China, some 5, 000 years ago. In the homes of wealthy Chinese, frozen fruit juices were served. Alexander of Macedon also loved ice cream, and Hippocrates claimed that it helps get rid of heat.
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Modern ice cream appeared in Russia in the 18th century. Earlier in Russia, milk was mixed with honey, then the resulting mixture was frozen in portioned forms. A mixture of frozen cottage cheese, sugar, sour cream and raisins was also prepared at Shrovetide.
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The famous traveler Marco Polo brought an ice cream recipe to Europe in 1295. To cool this treat, saltpeter was then used.
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They say that a special device for making ice cream was brought to the island of St. Helena, where the French emperor Napoleon was exiled. A very famous commander loved this delicacy. Even in exile I could not deny myself this pleasure.
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Back in the 19th century, ice cream was a very expensive delicacy that only wealthy sections of the population could afford.
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Eskimo ice cream was invented by Christian Nelson. He coated the ice cream with chocolate and called this product "Eskimo-pie", which means "Eskimo pie".
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Ice cream on a stick was invented quite by accident. Frank Epperson somehow accidentally left in the cold a glass of soda in which there was a straw. Seeing the result the next morning, the resourceful Californian immediately patented this invention in 1905 and began to produce frozen soft drinks, which he called the popsicle. During the years of the Great Depression, this product was launched immediately with two sticks, so that one portion could be broken in half, if necessary.
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There are varieties of ice cream in the world with the taste of fish, seafood, garlic, chili pepper, cheese, mushrooms, bacon, tomato and celery. By the way, in the USSR in the 80s of the last century, tomato sorbet was also produced, but this exotic delicacy was not particularly popular among the population.
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Most ice cream is consumed in the USA, Australia, Belgium, New Zealand and Denmark. The cafe, which is located in Venezuela, offers more than 700 varieties of this dessert. This is the largest ice cream parlor in the world.
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In the USA, colds are not treated with honey and raspberries, but with ice warmers, a cold shower and
special ice cream. It includes ginger, lemon juice and honey, and a therapeutic ice cream with cayenne pepper and bourbon has also been released.
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Ice cream is an excellent tool for the prevention of tonsillitis, tonsillitis and pharyngitis. It tempers the throat and makes the mucous membrane less susceptible to temperature changes.
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The most expensive ice cream is served at Serendipity Restaurant (New York). Madagascar vanilla is added to this dessert and it is covered with a layer of edible gold. Exotic fruits, dragees of gold, marzipan cherries and truffles are also served to this delicacy. The price of this dish also includes a special golden spoon decorated with diamonds, which the visitor can take away as a keepsake of how he tasted ice cream in New York for a lot of money.
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In 2002, a street ice cream vendor was arrested in Chile, who simply had no end to customers. It turned out that this resourceful Latin American businessman was adding cocaine to ice cream. His product was addictive in people who consumed it.
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In 2006, a huge ice cream cake was made in Beijing. It weighed 8 tons, its length was 4.8 m, its height was 1 m, its width was 3 m. The cake was decorated with drawings of teddy bears, and its manufacture was part of an advertising campaign for the children's play “Ice Cream Mountain”.
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In Moscow, they also made a huge two-meter snowman from ice cream. He weighed more than 300 kg and was made in the colors of the Russian tricolor. The Guinness Book of Records includes an ice cream cake, which was made in 2011 in Canada. He weighed about 10 tons. To prepare this dessert, it took 9 tons of ice cream, 136 kilograms of chocolate chips and 90 kilograms of biscuit.
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You can please and surprise guests with an unusual dessert - fried ice cream. To do this, you need to freeze the ball of ice cream very strongly, then roll in flour, beaten egg and breadcrumbs. Pre-cooked foods should be stored in the freezer, and immediately before serving, you need to fry the ice cream very deep-fried very quickly.
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