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History-Sode | Ice Cream
Why do we celebrate summer with scoops of mint-chip or swirls of rainbow sherbet? In this breezy “history-side,”
Auntie Jo Jo traces ice cream’s journey from:
Ancient experiments – snow mixed with milk and rice in China (200 BC) foodunfolded.com and Emperor Nero’s fruity snow cups in Rome (54 AD) frozendessertsupplies.com
Royal European obsessions – secret gelato recipes guarded by Italian and French courts
Founding-Father fandom – Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten vanilla recipe and George Washington’s pricey sweet tooth monticello.org
American innovations – the waffle-cone breakout at the 1904…
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