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"How Ice Cream Became the Ultimate American Comfort Food" Topic
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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 23 Dec 2023 4:49 p.m. PST |
"Flavored ices and frozen desserts have been coveted for thousands of years, across many cultures, by people who have gone to great lengths to procure them. The ancient Greeks and Romans used to climb mountains to harvest ice they'd mix with wine or honey to make sorbet, a word that comes from the Arabic sharba ("drink") and sharbat, a drink made by mixing snow with various spices and flower blossoms. The Chinese made sherbet by covering containers with snow and saltpeter (also used in making gunpowder) to lower the freezing point of milk mixed with rice, and the Mongols made ice cream by riding horses in subfreezing temperatures while carrying cream stored in animal intestines, which would then freeze and be churned smooth by the galloping of their horses. Even as late as the eighteenth century, ice cream was often reserved for those patient enough to wait for snowstorms or wealthy and patient enough to harvest ice from mountains or frozen rivers and keep it from melting in underground pits insulated with layers of sawdust, straw, or animal fur…"
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JMcCarroll | 23 Dec 2023 5:54 p.m. PST |
I do love me a good malted milk shake! |
Perris0707 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 23 Dec 2023 8:39 p.m. PST |
I would bet it's Pizza ahead of ice cream. |
Gozerius | 23 Dec 2023 9:59 p.m. PST |
Perris0707, Yeah. You can eat cold pizza, but warm ice cream?!!! |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 24 Dec 2023 3:17 p.m. PST |
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Legion 4 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 25 Dec 2023 11:40 a.m. PST |
Ice Cream or Pizza … either one or both works for me !!! |
Oberlindes Sol LIC ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 25 Dec 2023 9:17 p.m. PST |
I long for weather that is hot enough to make me really crave ice cream, but the San Francisco area is always a little cool. We do have a great local ice cream sandwich called It's It, though. |
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