Summary: Ice Cream is a very delicious frozen desert that originated from Europe, but over the years as America began making it, they produced many flavors that no one had ever tasted. As it was in Europe, in America the only people that got their hands on ice cream was the rich and not even all the rich had it. It was very rare, but those who ate it, loved it. Soon, though, even more people began eating ice cream. The poor bought cheap and unsanitary ice cream while the rich bought better ice cream. Even during the World Wars, ice cream was available to the soldiers- they craved it.
It is unknown when the first spoonful of ice craem in America happened, but a guy named William Black wrote a journal in 1744 describing a meal he ate that included delicious ice cream. Ice cream was made by the pot freezer method. People stored ice and saved it for the summer. When they came to eat it men broke it into small pieces. Not all ice cream was made at home, people could buy it in the larger cities. There were many people who sold ice cream and they advertized it. At special events with President Washington and his wife, they served ice cream as desert and they once spent about 200 dollars on ice cream for their guests. They had many supplies for ice cream.
Quote: "The temperance movement proved to be a blessing for...ice cream parlors..."(Funderburg 1).
Reaction: When drinking alcohol with abuse was prohibited, it helped out the ice cream sellers because more people began buying ice cream in replace of a drink. I never knew that their next choice was ice cream. That is kind of interesting.
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