Do you know what ice cream is?

What is ice cream? What a silly question.haha…everyone loves to eat ice cream especially small kids. 
Actually I’m not really an ice cream maniac. But if you guys want to treat me for an ice cream, why not. 
I will take the most expensive one.haha.. no la…but is they anyone really know about the ice cream history?  
Maybe some people knew bout it. So I have done some research bout the ice cream history and I found some 
interesting fact about ice cream. I hope after you guys finish reading this article, you all will appreciate 
ice cream as a valuable delight. 

Ice cream ancient history and myths
Well, here is some myth about ice cream. The history of ice cream begins centuries ago and it’s the stuff of legends. 
It has been said that the Chinese invented ice cream and that Marco Polo brought the idea to Europe in the 13th century. 

The day ice cream born
Once upon a time, hundreds of years ago, Charles I of England hosted a sumptous state banquet for many of his 
friends and family. The meal, consisting of many delicacies of the day, had been simply superb but the 
"coup de grace" was yet to come. After much preparation, the King's french chef had concocted an apparently 
new dish. It was cold and resembled fresh- fallen snow but was much creamier and sweeter than any other 
after- dinner dessert. The guests were delighted, as was Charles, who summoned the cook and asked him not 
to divulge the recipe for his frozen cream. The King wanted the delicacy to be served only at the Royal table 
and offered the cook 500 pounds a year to keep it that way. Sometime later, however, poor Charles fell into
 disfavour with his people and was beheaded in 1649. But by that time, the secret of the frozen cream remained 
a secret no more. The cook, named DeMirco, had not kept his promise. 

Ice Cream Comes To the Colonies
The still-for-the-rich “iced creams” were widely known in the 18th century on both sides of the Atlantic.  
Several recipes appear in a 1700 French cookbook, “L’Art de Faire des Glaces”, and here in the soon-to-be 
United States, ice cream was also known.  Thomas Jefferson had a recipe for Vanilla ice cream, George 
Washington paid almost $200 (a chunk of money then) for a specific recipe, and James and Dolley Madison 
served ice cream at their second inaugural ball.  Still, ice cream was limited in quantity and popularity, 
due to the enormous effort needed to make it (think two large bowls, lots of ice and salt, and 40 minutes 
of shaking one bowl while stirring the other – whew!).

If You Want Something Done Right, Ask a Woman
Give credit to Nancy Johnson.  In 1847 she developed the first hand-crank ice cream maker, and despite 
what you might read elsewhere, received a patent for it.  Much of the confusion (and lack of credit) to 
Ms. Johnson comes from the fact that she sold her rights to William Young for just $200 (still a pretty 
good sum in those days).  He at least had the courtesy to call the machine the “Johnson Patent Ice-Cream Freezer.”

Finally, Ice Cream to the People!
The hand crank might have been fine for backyard picnics, but no one considered ice cream making as an 
industry – until Jacob Fussell in 1851.  The milk dealer was looking for a way to keep a steady demand for 
his cream.  He discovered that he could do so by turning it into ice cream – and he could get twice the price! 
 His Baltimore factory utilized icehouses and a larger version of Johnson’s machine, and by the start of the 
Civil War he had additional ice cream plants in New York, Washington, and Boston.  


The Birth Of The Sundae – Fact Or Fiction?
There are several stories as to the birth of the ice cream sundae (as there are to its predecessor, 
the ice cream soda).  Most of these “true accounts” revolve around concentrated efforts by Midwestern 
religious leaders in the late 19th century against “sucking soda” (I am not making this up).  Evanston, 
Illinois was one such town, as was Two Rivers, Wisconsin.  Both claim to have locals who circumvented the 
soda ban by serving ice cream topped with syrup, and they did it on Sunday, and then changed the name 
slightly to avoid any connection with the clergy…

Ice cream transport??
The first ice cream bicycles in London were used by Walls in London in about 1923. Cecil Rodd of 
Walls came up with the slogan "Stop Me and Buy One" after his experiments with doorstep selling 
in London. In 1924 they expanded the business, setting up new manufacturing facilities and ordering 
50 new tricycles. Sales in 1924 were £13,719, in 1927 £444,000. During the war years (1939-45) 
manufacture of ice cream was severely curtailed, and the tricycles requisitioned for use at military 
installations. In October 1947 Walls sold 3,300 tricycles and invested in freezers for shops.