Welcome to Tasty Ice Cream.
The history of ice cream goes back a long way - possibly to around 200BC in China - but certainly to the point where much of its early history is no more than folklore. Many stories abound of famous people enjoying early forms of ice cream - from the Roman Emperor Nero who is said to have had snow brought down from the mountains to freeze his favourite drinks, to Marco Polo who returned from the Far East with a type of ice cream sorbet recipe, to King Charles I of England whose cook developed a frozen cream recipe. The first step towards giving us the kind of ice cream we enjoy today was made by Nancy Johnson (USA) who invented the hand-crank freezer (1846). In the 1920s Clarence Vogt produced the first continuous process freezer which opened up the possibility for commercial ice cream manufacture.
Ice Cream - FunFacts
1) The most popular flavour of ice cream - vanilla
2) Vanilla comes from the plant vanilla planifolia - a member of the orchid family - grown mainly in Madagascar but also Mexico, parts of South America, Tahiti and islands off E. Africa.
3) The most popular topping for ice cream - chocolate syrup.
4) Ice cream as an industry has an estimated global value of £7.5 billion (USD 11bn).
5) The world's top 5 consumers of ice cream in order: United States of America, New Zealand, Denmark, Australia, Belgium/Luxembourg.
6) The UK has more than 1,000 ice cream companies with annual consumption estimated at 8 litres per person. Extra fascinating fact - ice cream consumption in the USA is circa 21 litres per person per year.
7) One out of every 5 ice cream eaters is a middle of the night 'binger', usually in the 18-24 year old age bracket. Extra fascinating fact - men do this more than women.
8) Biggest ice cream sundae - 12ft tall made with 4,667 gallons of ice cream - California, USA 1985.
Ice Cream -Franchises and Vendors
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Dreyer's Ice Cream, Carnation Ice Cream, Baskin-Robins Ice Cream, Penguin's Yogurt & Ice Cream, and Breyer's Ice Cream. Hmmm, I can't think of anymore. Maybe you know some I didn't list.
Fantastic Ice Cream flavors and combinations
Hot apple pie covered with vannilla ice cream.
Ice cream sundea with vannilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream.
My most favorite ice cream, strawberry!
Good old fashion chocolate ice cream.
A very delicious variety of sorbets, yummm.
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