History

H I S T O R Y O F I C E C R E A M    The first frozen desert was made by Emperor Nero of Rome. It was a mixture of snow and nectar, fruit pulp and honey. He sent his slaves to retrieve the snow from the mountains. Another theory is Marco Polo, 13th century poet and adventurer. He brought with him to Europe from the Far East recipes for water ices. It is said that these recipes were used for thousands of years in Asia. Over time, recipes for ices, sherbets, and milk ices evolved. Then they were served in the fashionable Italian and French royal courts. After this frozen dessert was imported to the United States, it was served several famous Americans. Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson served it to his guest. Governor Bladen of Maryland was recorded to have served it to his guests in 1700. A London caterer, Philip Lenzi announced in New York that he would be offering sweet treats, including ice cream for sale, in 1774. In 1812 Dolly Madison served it. In 1776 the first ice cream parlor in America was opened in New York City American colonists were the first to use the term “ice cream”. The name came from the phrase “iced cream”. To keep the temperature of ice cream ingredients controlled they invented a method of using ice mixed with salt, this was a major breakthrough in ice cream technology. Another important invention was the wooden bucket freezer rotary paddles improved ice cream’s manufacture. This is the history of ice cream and how it advanced and how it became more popular threw time.