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The history of ice cream is swirled with colorful stories, and
there are more myths and legends surrounding its origin than
there are flavors of Ben & Jerry’s.
The Chinese are generally acknowledged as the inventors of
the first frozen dairy treat, possibly as early as 200 B.C. Some say
Marco Polo brought it back to Italy in the 13th century. From
there, it spread throughout Europe, possibly when Catherine de’
Medici married King Henry II of France in 1533.
Historians might not agree on the timeline or the people
involved, but it is known that ice made with sweetened milk was
being eaten in Naples by 1664 and in England by 1671, when
the dish appeared on the menu at a banquet for the Feast of St.
George at Windsor Castle.
The first documented account of ice cream being served in
America was in 1744, when Maryland Governor Thomas Bladen
put it on his dessert table. It was a warm day in May, and having
something frozen to eat astonished the guests. William Black
of Virginia wrote of it in a letter, mentioning “a Dessert no less
curious; Among the Rarities of which it was Compos’d, was some
fine Ice Cream which, with the Strawberries and Milk, eat most
Deliciously.”
Patrons outside The Original Ice Cream Stand
in Wrightsville Beach.
ALLISON POTTER
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WBM july 2018