Like any normal person, I've given considerable thought to what I would do if I were sent back in time to the 1630s (without an entire town including functionin

Like any normal person, I've given considerable thought to what I would do if I were sent back in time to the 1630s (without an entire town including functioning coal power plant). Making ice cream seems like a good way to get your initial social capital. Like, before you can embark on your hygiene and gem theory programs, and to raise capital for your experiments to create a steam engine, you can bring modern-ish ice cream to whatever town you end up in.