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Made (first) in China: ice cream
 Q: Who first "invented" ice cream and when? --Bob, Anaheim, California
A: The first concoction resembling ice cream was made in China during the Tang period (A.D. 618 to
907). Ice-cream makers for King Tang of Shang heated buffalo, cow, and goat milk together and then
fermented the brew to form yogurt. They thickened the yogurt with flour and flavored it with camphor (an
insect repellant, of all things). Refrigerating first, they served the confection to the king.
[Corel] Ice cream-first invented about 750 A.D.
Probably about then, a Chinese experimenter invented refrigeration. This unsung genius plummeted the
temperature of cracked ice by mixing salt to reduce the freezing point. In this fashion, ice-cream makers
could refrigerate their treat down to 7 degrees Fahrenheit (-14 degrees Celsius).
Tortoni, an owner of a Parisian café in the middle 1700s, first developed custard-based ice cream, made with egg yokes. In 1888, an
English woman, Mrs. Marshall, first introduced the ice cream cone to the world in her Mrs. Marshall's Cookery Book.
(Answered by April Holladay, science correspondent, May 22, 2002)
Further Surfing:
Ice-cream.org: Ice cream science
Indian Food Guide: ice cream recipes
USATODAY.com: Boy ends ice-cream vendor ban
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