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Northfi eld, MN. ~ Chinese zen syrup with milk, over-


cooked rice and spices, packed in snow, 4,000 years ago. Frozen fruit ice recipes trav- eled along the spice route, reach- ing Persia 1,500 years later. Alex- ander the Great


devoured fruit ices laced with honey and Nero’s infamous Roman banquets always included frozen fruit syrups. In the 1500’s Floren- tine architect Bernardo Bu- ontalenti added cream and eggs to the mixture, creating gelato. Catarina de Medici introduced this new con- coction to the French royal court. An Italian chef served


ICE CREAM DREAMS by Executive Chef Ron Skaar ~ ronskaar@comcast.net iced desserts to his rich pa-


elite were enjoying fro- trons at one of the fi rst cafe’s in Paris.


The English term


“ice cream” fi rst ap- pears in a 1672 docu- ment from the court of Charles II. With help from the sweet tooth’s of Georg Washington and Thomas Jefferson, America helped turn the delicacy into a food for the masses. In 1843, Nancy Johnson of Philadelphia pat- ented a freezer capable of making large quantities of ice cream with a simple yet steady mechanical action. Sixty some years later, American ingenuity created the ice cream novelty craze. A high school Latin teacher, who owned a small confec-


tioners shop in Iowa, began to experiment with coating ice cream in chocolate. A friend advised him to add cooking oil to the chocolate. This produced the fi rst Eski- mo pie and by 1922 Ameri- cans were consuming over one million bars per year. A fellow confectioner from Ohio produced a version of the chocolate covered vanil- la ice cream bar on a lollipop stick, which made it easier with for his kids to eat. He sold these Good Humor bars door-to-door in a truck out- fi tted with bells from the family sled. August 2nd is our national celebration of the ice cream sandwich. In 1890 a push cart peddler in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City pressed vanilla ice cream between


two thin graham cracker wa- fers. The version we know today using two rectangu- lar chocolate cookies was invented at Forbe’s Field in Pittsburg.


Around 1893, a brewer in Cripple Creek thought that the snowy Colorado mountain peaks resembled ice cream fl oating in soda. He supposedly created the “Black Cow” or root beer fl oat when he ran out of ice at a social and substituted vanilla


ice cream to cool


the soda! August 6th is the celebration of this national treasure. Creamsicle’s were invented by Frank Ebberson who had created the popsicle at a very young age. Later on, in 1905 he was success- ful in enclosing vanilla ice cream in a layer of frozen fruit juice.


The orange incased Cream- sicle, or Dreamsicle, is hon- ored nationally, on August 14th. Around 1930 Archie Carvel was selling ice cream from a truck when one of its tires blew out. He sold the melting product, which became soft and creamier, and voila, the frozen cus- tard craze began. Carvel opened his fi rst store with a soft serve machine nine years later. He was the fi rst ... continued on page 13


EW & P Recipe AUGUST 2017


FROZEN FUDGE POPS


6 oz. good-quality chocolate (at least 54 percent cacao) 2 cups whole milk 1/2 cup cream 1/4 cup sugar


2 tbsp. vanilla extract 1/2 tbsp. kosher salt


In a saucepan over moder- ate Break up chocolate and put into a blender. Bring milk, cream, sugar and cocoa to light boil and immediately remove from heat. Pour milk mixture over chocolate, add vanilla and salt, and allow to sit for a few minutes to soften chocolate. Blend until chocolate and milk mixture are emulsifi ed and the mixture is smooth. Pour into 8 (3 ounce) paper cups, or use ice pop molds. Place in freezer for about one hour before inserting wooden craft sticks so sticks stand up straight. Freeze for 24 hours. Pops can be taken out of paper cups and stored in heavy freezer bag.


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