A “sweet” bit of history – Ice Creams
Healthy reminders..
Time for dessert?
Always. But you should know the history of what you’re eating. Ice cream, for example, did not begin with the first Dairy Queen. Frozen treats go back at least 4,000 years, to China, Nat Geo’s History magazine reports.
Where do the words syrup, sherbet, and sorbet come from? The Persian Empire, where sharbat was enjoyed 2,400 years ago.
This history of ice cream also takes us to 1700s Spain, where a waiter in a brown coat (above) delivers Spanish frozen mousse in this Valencian tilework, now at Madrid’s Museum of Decorative Arts.
