December 13: On This Day in World History … briefly
The meaning of the phrase ‘ice-cream’ varies from one country to another. Phrases such as ‘frozen custard’, ‘frozen yogurt’, ‘sorbet’, ‘gelato’ and others are used to distinguish different varieties and styles.
1903: US Ice-cream goes conical
The Ancient Chinese found that if you beat air into fresh cream while freezing it, you get ice-cream. Explorer Marco Polo took the secret back to Italy in 1295 and within centuries Italian ice-cream was a popular Mediterranean dessert.
In America, Baltimore milk dealer Jacob Fussell built an ice-cream factory in 1851 and Americans became avid ice-cream eaters.
But something was still missing … and in 1903, New York ice-cream merchant Italo Marcione patented his new ice-cream cone – the perfect container! It was easy to hold, no spoon was required and when finished with the ice-cream, you just eat the cone! At the time it was considered a stroke of genius.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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