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May 12, 1777 - First Ice Cream Advertisement
This episode relates the first known advertisement that hawked everyone's favorite treat, ice cream.
From the Book
A Day in United States History - Book 1
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May 12, 1777 - First Ice Cream Advertisement
Greetings, this episode relates the first known advertisement that hawked everyone's favorite treat, ice cream.
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The icy treats that evolved into the ice cream we enjoy today have their origins thousands of years ago.
The Chinese and Romans each had their own forms of ice cream that the elite among them could enjoy. Roman emperors dispatched runners into the mountains to fetch snow from the snow-covered peaks to bring back for the emperor to enjoy. Servants then flavored the snow with fruits and fruit juices. Historians have found evidence that Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) enjoyed snow mixed with honey and fruit.
The origins of more sophisticated iced treats are shrouded in the mists of history. Rumors persist that Marco Polo (1271 - 1295) brought a recipe for a sherbet type of treat back with him when he returned from China. The first true ice creams originated when cooks placed bowls of cream or an egg based pudding called custard into containers of ice to freeze them. The process of stirring the concoction to prevent ice crystal formation created the icy treat we know today. The Italians became the leaders of making ice cream, a status they still hold today.
The first recipes of ice cream in the colonies appear in the middle of the Eighteenth Century. The most popular ice creams during this period were fruit and vanilla flavored treats. President George Washington enjoyed ice cream, as did Thomas Jefferson. Chocolate ice cream appeared around 1769. Philip Lenzi, a New York confectioner, placed the first advertisement that historians know of on May 12, 1777 in the New York Gazette. He advertised that his customers could enjoy his gastronomic delight, ice cream, almost every day in his shop.
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