■ The origin of popsicles
Popsicles are also called popsicles and snow sticks in some areas. It is a cold food made by mixing, stirring and freezing water, fruit juice, sugar, etc., and using a small stick as a handle. Compared with ice cream, the water in popsicles has a large composition, little or no milk or cream content, and the texture is harder.
Popsicles are developed from ice cream. In 1928, while traveling in the United States, Charles Gerfer of fromage saw that purple ice cream was popular in the United States. Americans put purple ice cream on a plate and eat it with a stick, eating while walking or watching.
When Gervais returned to France to prepare for the production of purple ice cream, he thought of a more convenient way for people to eat while walking, and set the ice cream on a small stick. In 1931, purple ice cream with a handle was very popular with the audience at the Paris International Expo. This is the earliest popsicle in the world.
■ Interesting talk about the origin of ice cream
Do you know that ice cream in popular food was only a delicacy that princes and nobles could afford more than 7 years ago?
It is said that the popularization of ice cream began in 194. That year, at the World Expo held in St. Louis, an American-made instant ice cream machine appeared for the first time. Some people say that Americans began to have ice cream in the late 19th century. According to legend, when Washington became president of the United States in 1789, he paid a large sum of money to hire a black man who was good at making ice cream to make the ice cream needed for the banquet. The ice cream made by these black people was greatly appreciated by Washington. So the black man was worth a hundred times since then. Later, he set up his own shop to make ice cream for sale, which was very popular.
But later, some people thought that there was ice cream in Britain earlier than in the United States. It was at the beginning of the 17th century. It was said that King Charles I of England held a banquet to move his palace and sent "ice cream experts" from France to make ice cream. Then, France seems to have ice cream earlier than Britain. It is said that in 155 AD, the name "ice cream" first appeared in the recipe of a cafe in Paris. The problem comes again. This coffee shop is run by an Italian lady.
Therefore, many people think that ice cream first came from Italy. At that time, ice cream was frozen with milk, eggs and other raw materials.
In fact, China was the first place to have ice cream. That was before 2. "The Book of Songs and the Wind" said: "What is the second saying? Chisel the ice and rush, and the third one is the yin. " "Lingyin" is the ice storage room. In the Zhou Dynasty, people used ice to offer sacrifices to their guests, so "Zhou Li" said: "Lingren holds ice for offering sacrifices to guests." Our ancestors didn't eat ice in winter, but stored it until summer, so there was an "ice room" and a "bullying person" who specializes in storing ice. This is even more clear in Zuo Zhuan: "The ancients said that ice was stored in the northern land, and the western land came out of it. It was also hidden in the deep mountains and poor valleys, and it was cold and dry." It is also used, and the guests in Luwei are mourning. "
Kyle Poirot, a famous Italian traveler in ancient times, once traveled to China. In his travel notes, there is a record that he saw milk ice cream in China in the 13th century, so it can be seen that someone made ice cream with milk at that time. The reason why Italians have ice cream is probably inspired by what Kyle Poirot recorded.