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www.icecreamhistory.net. Retrieved 31 August 2018. "History of ice creams begun around 500 B.C. in the Persian Empire where ice was used in combination with gra
by acd 7y ago
www.icecreamhistory.net. Retrieved 31 August 2018. "History of ice creams begun around 500 B.C. in the Persian Empire where ice was used in combination with grape juices, fruits, and other flavors to produce very expensive and hard to produce summertime treats."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream#History
- qrybam 7y agoStill amazes me how the Persians invented a way to create and then store ice through the summer months for these treats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhch%C4%81l https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhch%C4%81l
- ant6n 7y agoUnfortunate how these traditional building methods for cooling have been replaced by loud and wasteful ACs etcs
- jaclaz 7y agoYep, but that, together with various similar and derived food, that both the Greeks and the Romans had, is more like sorbets. The actual "cream" is thought to have been invented by Buontalenti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Buontalenti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Buontalenti (eggs are needed to make "real" ice-cream): https://www.florenceinferno.com/the-invention-of-ice-cream-in-florence-history-and-legend/ https://www.florenceinferno.com/the-invention-of-ice-cream-i...
- dsr_ 7y agoOnly if you're going to "no true Scotsman" ice cream. For anyone not subscribing to that view, ice cream can be made with or without eggs. French style, Philadelphia style, Gelato, and churnless all differ in whether there are egg whites, egg yolks, cooked bases, and density. One recent method is to use a Pacojet to take a hard-frozen solid block and turn it into ice cream.