History+of+Ice+Cream

= General = === First, in the Persian Empire, people would pour grape juice over snow and eat it as a treat, especially when the weather was hot. Snow cones are very similar to what people in the Persian Empire ate. Also, Ancient Civilizations ate ice for thousands of years to refresh themselves. The BBC (The British Broadcasting Corporation) reported that in China in 200 BC they combined and froze milk and rice. During the Roman Empire, ice was brought from the mountains to the village and was eaten with fresh fruit. It is thought that the Arabs were the first to use milk to make ice cream. Ice cream was later eaten in many large cities such as Baghdad, Damascus, and Cairo. Some of the ingredients used were dried fruit, nuts, yogurt, milk, and cream. ===

= America = = = === The first official account of ice cream in the United States was in 1774. On May 12, 1777 the first advertisement for ice cream was published in the New York Gazette. It has been said that in the summer of 1790 President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, which is a lot of money back then. Ice cream was mainly enjoyed by wealthy up until 1800. The ice cream industry was developed in 1851 by a milk dealer named Jacob Fussell. The ice cream industry really began to come to life as there were more technology innovations. Because of this today over 1.6 billion gallons of ice cream is produced a year. In the nineteenth century, ice cream is became more available so people have come up with new ways to sell and use ice cream. For example ice cream soda and sundaes were invented. People ate a lot of ice cream during WWII, the different branches even tried to outdo the others by serving the most ice cream. There even was a floating ice cream shop in the Pacific ocean in 1945. Americans loved ice cream so much that in 1946 they ate over 20 quarts per person! Though there aren't really any traditional ice cream parlors and soda fountains anymore, we Americans still love ice cream! ===

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