28 Facts About Ice cream

Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert.

Products that do not meet the criteria to be called ice cream are sometimes labelled "frozen dairy dessert" instead.

Ice cream production became easier only with the discovery of the endothermic effect.

Ice cream's shop was at the Sign of the Pineapple and his trade card said he sold:.

Small-scale hand-cranked ice cream freezers were invented in England by Agnes Marshall and in America by Nancy Johnson in the 1840s.

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Ice cream became popular and inexpensive in England in the mid-nineteenth century, when Swiss emigre Carlo Gatti set up the first stand outside Charing Cross station in 1851.

In New Zealand, a newspaper advertisement for ice cream appeared in 1866, claiming to be the first time ice cream was available in Wellington.

Ice cream rapidly gained in popularity in New Zealand throughout the 20th century.

Ice cream's even suggested using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream.

Ice cream soda was invented in the 1870s, adding to ice cream's popularity.

The ice cream cone was popularized in the US at the 1904 World's Fair in St Louis, Missouri.

Ice cream became popular throughout the world in the second half of the 20th century after cheap refrigeration became common.

Ice cream is a colloidal emulsion made with water, ice, milk fat, milk protein, sugar and air.

Also ice cream has a colloidal phase of foam which helps in its light texture.

Milk proteins such as casein and whey protein present in ice cream are amphiphilic, can adsorb water and form micelles which will contribute to its consistency.

Ice cream was made by hand in a large bowl placed inside a tub filled with ice and salt.

In Europe and early America, ice cream was made and sold by small businesses, mostly confectioners and caterers.

Ice cream built his first ice cream factory in Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania, in 1851.

Some ice cream recipes call for making a custard, folding in whipped cream, and immediately freezing the mixture.

An unusual method of making ice cream was done during World War II by American fighter pilots based in the South Pacific.

Ice cream can be mass-produced and thus is widely available in developed parts of the world.

Ice cream can be purchased in large cartons from supermarkets and grocery stores, in smaller quantities from ice cream shops, convenience stores, and milk bars, and in individual servings from small carts or vans at public events.

In Turkey and Australia, ice cream is sometimes sold to beach-goers from small powerboats equipped with chest freezers.

Some ice cream distributors sell ice cream products from travelling refrigerated vans or carts, sometimes equipped with speakers playing children's music or folk melodies .

In Indonesia, a type of traditional ice cream called es puter or "stirred ice cream" is made from coconut milk, pandanus leaves, sugar—and flavors that include avocado, jackfruit, durian, palm sugar, chocolate, red bean, and mung bean.

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Ice cream that uses eggs to make a custard is sometimes called "French ice cream".

Reliable evidence proves that ice cream cones were served in the 19th century, and their popularity increased greatly during the St Louis World's Fair in 1904.

Sometimes ice cream is frozen to the sides of the container, and must be allowed to thaw.