The Development Of Ice Cream

Ice cream is a highly tempting and delicious frozen dairy product. Nearly 800 years ago, ice cream originated in China.

In the Yuan Dynasty, a shrewd food store merchant had a sudden idea. He tried adding some honey, milk, and pearl powder to ice, and as a result, he made the world's earliest ice cream.

In the 13th century, the world-renowned Italian explorer Marco Polo returned to Italy and brought back the Chinese ice cream making method. In 1500, when a French king married a member of the Italian royal family, ice cream was introduced to France from Italy. On the basis of the original practice, the French added many new ingredients. In 1625, Charles I, the new king of England, hired a chef to make ice cream in order to eat this summer food, and asked the chef to keep the formula of ice cream strictly confidential.

Around 1700, ice cream was introduced to the American continent. The first president of the United States, George Washington, was extremely fond of this new technology. At that time, making ice cream was still very difficult. People have to go to the river to get ice cubes and store them in sawdust in winter to eat this kind of food in summer. It is the food of wealthy families. In 1846, a winter woman named Nancy Johnson in the United States improved the complex process and created a manual crank freezer, making the ice cream making process simpler and easier. In 1851, Zakab Fissell, an American, opened the first ice cream factory in the United States in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1900, due to the widespread application of electricity and refrigeration, the production process of ice cream was accelerated, reducing costs and leading to a significant decrease in prices. Since then, ice cream has become a popular cooling food.

Due to the increasing popularity of refrigerators and freezers in China, ice cream is sold in shops of all sizes in both urban and rural areas during the hot summer season; Many families are still accustomed to making ice cream that suits their own taste; Even in the cold winter, many people still enjoy eating ice cream.