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When is Ice Cream Day celebrated in Our Country and in the world
World Ice Cream Day is celebrated annually 10 June. It is believed that it was on this day in 1786 that mass sales of ice cream began in the United States.
history of the holiday
The initiator of Ice Cream Day was the American company Ben & Jerry’s. In 1987, friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, after graduating from an ice cream making course, opened an ice cream shop. They hoped to earn money to buy a truck so they could become truckers. But the ice cream parlor quickly became popular. In 1979, to celebrate the anniversary of starting the business, they held a free ice cream day. Then this day spread throughout the country, and then in the world.
Holiday traditions
Despite the fact that Ice Cream Day is celebrated all over the world, the holiday does not have an official status. On this day, ice cream festivals, tastings, contests for eating goodies are held, manufacturing companies present prizes and sweet gifts.
The history of ice cream
Ice cream has a long history. In ancient China, cooks prepared refreshing dishes from a mixture of ice, snow and fruits, and later – milk and ice. Desserts resembling frozen juice also existed in ancient Israel, Greece and Rome. Iran in the XNUMXth century BC. e. appeared dessert faloude made from threads of food starch, frozen with rose water and lime juice, sometimes with ground pistachios.
According to legend, Marco Polo brought the ice cream recipe to Europe from China. In the XIV-XVI centuries, a dessert using frozen milk spread in Europe. The authorship of the recipe for frozen vanilla cream with milk and cream belongs to the French chef Gerard Tiersen. The dessert was nicknamed “Neapolitan ice cream”.
In 1718, a collection of recipes by Mrs. Mary Eales was published in England, where the recipe for ice cream was first published.
Each country has contributed. The very name “plombire” (according to the place of its appearance – Plombier-les-Bemes) came from France. Austrian confectioners gave the world chocolate ice cream. In Italy, they were the first to prepare sorbet. Eskimo appeared in the USA at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Christian Nelson began making chocolate-coated ice cream and called his invention “Eskimo Pie” (Eskimo Pie).
In Our Country, since the 1791th century, there have also been refreshing delicacies based on frozen milk, cottage cheese, sour cream and other ingredients. Thus, the recipe for ice cream from The Newest and Complete Cookbook (XNUMX) included cream, egg whites, chocolate, lemon, orange and berries.
The ice cream machine was invented by Englishwoman Nancy Johnson in the 1840s, but she sold the patent to the Americans. Her compatriot Agyness Marshall proposed a new way of serving ice cream: in a waffle cup.
Since 1851, the production of ice cream on an industrial scale began: the first factory appeared in the USA. In Our Country, such production began in 1932, after Anastas Mikoyan, who headed the People’s Commissariat for Food of the USSR, became interested in ice cream during a visit to the United States.
The first ice cream parlor was also opened in the US in 1945.
Interesting Facts
- Since 1813, ice cream has been one of the obligatory dishes at US presidential inaugurations.
- In 1939, for Glavkhladprom at VDNKh, designed by architect A.N. Belsky, a pavilion was erected in the form of a huge iceberg – the Ice Cream Pavilion.
- The largest number of flavors offered to visitors is the Heladería Coromoto ice cream parlor in Merida (Venezuela) – 860. In 1996, it was listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
- The most expensive ice cream to date is Strawberries Arnaud. A serving will cost $1.
- Professional ice cream tasters use golden spoons in their work, because this metal has no taste and smell.
- Moderate consumption of ice cream helps harden the throat. Do not overdo it and do not eat dessert quickly and in large chunks.
- About 15 billion liters of ice cream are consumed annually in the world.
- Every three seconds, someone buys a scoop of ice cream. The United States leads in consumption: the average American eats about 20 kilograms of ice cream per year. For comparison, a has an average of 4 kg.
- In the US, July is National Ice Cream Month, and its third Sunday is National Ice Cream Day. Since 1984, the holiday has been approved by the president.