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KAMPERS KITCHEN – DECEMBER 2003ICE CREAM - EVERBODY’S FAVOURITE. Some sweet little ideas for a cool Christmas. It’s a strange fact of life that the biggest consumers of ice cream live mostly in cold climates. The US, at 21 litres per person per year, is by far the biggest consumer of ice cream followed by Europe, England and Scandinavia. World wide ice cream consumption is rising at 12% per annum and is currently 17,000 million litres per year, It is also rising significantly within our Club ever since the ice cream stop, believed to have been introduced by Jenny Gordon, became an obligatory part of our trips. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ICE CREAM The origins of ice cream can be traced back to around the 4th century BC. It is claimed that Nero ordered ice to be brought from the mountains to be mixed with fruit toppings of which, among other things, he was reputed to be somewhat fond. And King Tang of Shang got a bang out of creating ice and milk concoctions in China (that’s fair dinkum history that is). It is thought that Marco Polo brought the recipe back to Italy from China, which is why ice cream is a crucial part of the Italian way of life today. From there ice cream found its way into France and Charles the 1st was also the first in England to enjoy ice cream when he employed a French chef. It found its way to the US where in 1770 the Governor of Maryland served it to his guests. But it really took off in 1774 when a London caterer, Philip Lenzi, arrived in New York and announced he would be offering ice cream for sale. Ice cream was difficult to make by hand using a mixture of ice and salt to freeze the various recipes. All that changed in 1846 when Nancy Johnson invented a hand-cranked freezer, which is still the basic method of making ice cream today. The treat became both distributable and profitable with the introduction of mechanical freezing and dry ice. Whilst ice cream does not rank in the upper echelon of nutritional foods it is most certainly one of the world’s most popular treats. However about one in three people suffer from what is known as “ice cream headache” more commonly known to children as “brain freeze” and as such you can observe its effect on some of our members from time to time. ICE CREAM SODA. The credit for this delightful drink, though rarely seen today, goes to one Robert M. Green who operated a soda water concession in Philadelphia. He sold a mix of carbonated water, cream and syrup. One day he ran out of cream and substituted ice cream, hoping his customers would not notice. They did and his daily sales rose from $6.00 to $600.00. THE ICE CREAM SUNDAE There are a couple of versions of this. In parts of the US, for some strange reason, the drinking of soda water was frowned upon and banned by law on Sundays. The story goes that one enterprising trader in Evanston, Illinois got around the law by selling ice cream sodas, minus the soda water, which left the ice cream and syrup. To appease the religious leaders of the day he changed the “y” in Sunday to an “e” Another version is that Ed Berners a soda fountain owner in Two Rivers, Wisconsin was asked by a customer, around 1890, to serve ice cream topped with soda syrup and decided to add the dish to his regular menu. George Giffy, a competing soda fountain owner from nearby Manitowoc (W.G. Fields would have loved this) decided to sell the same dish but only on Sundays. He called the concoction the “Sunday” and once he realised he was making good money from his Sundays, he changed the name to Sundae and served it daily. It is also said that a little girl once asked for ice cream with “stuff” on top. When told it was only served on Sundays she replied “then it must be Sunday because that’s what I want”. Typically she got her Sundae. There is no record of her name but it was probably Jenny. THE ICE CREAM CONE The ice cream cone, which is the most environmentally friendly form of packaging was invented, if that’s the word, by one Ernest E. Hamwi. In 1904 he operated a waffle booth at the World Trade Fair next to an ice cream vendor who ran out of plates. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold an ice cream and so was born the ice cream cone. Now here’s a few ice cream recipes for you to enjoy over Christmas. COOL COL’S ICE CREAM PUDDING. 75g Pitted prunes, chopped. 100g Currants ¼ cup mixed peel 150g seeded raisins ½ - ¾ cup of rum 200g fruit medley ¼ cup almonds, chopped 125g dark chocolate, grated 2 litres vanilla ice cream 200ml thickened whipped cream Extra cream, whipped, for decoration Cherries, nutmeg, mixed spice, cinnamon are optional extras Soak the dried fruits in the rum (or port or other spirit or liqueur of your choice) in a glass bowl covered with plastic wrap. Soften the ice cream by standing at room temperature. Mix into the rum and fruit mixture and fold in the whipped cream. Line a pudding basin or large bowl, preferably metal or enamel, with plastic wrap leaving an overhang (use two pieces of wrap, east – west and north – south) and place ice cream mixture into the bowl. Cover with the plastic wrap and freeze. Place on a serving platter, peel off the wrap and decorate with extra cream and perhaps a few cherries. NIFTY NEV’S SUNNY SUNDAE 1 ripe banana 3 scoops of ice cream 4 –6 Tbls of fruit or preserve Whipped cream finely chopped nuts Chocolate sauce Peel banana and cut lengthwise into halves. Place halves side by side in a shallow dish. Place ice cream scoops on top of the banana halves. Pour chocolate sauce over one portion of ice cream . Cover the other two portions with fruit. Garnish with whipped cream, nuts and a cherry on top. You can make your own chocolate sauce by melting chocolate in a pan and mixing with cream. There a many variations to the famous Sundae, limited only by your imagination. ERROL’S ORIGINAL ICE CREAM SODA 3 Tbls chocolate syrup a little bit of milk 1 scoop of ice cream soda water, lemonade or ginger beer for the lads and a dash of rum etc for their dads Put the syrup and milk into a glass. Stir well, add the ice cream. Fill the glass with soda, stir again……Enjoy, Enjoy. Enjoy!!! There are also many variations of this great refreshing drink for you to try. So there you are. Some great old time ice cream concoctions for all the family to enjoy and bugger the calories. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and hope you have a safe and happy holiday Kampers Kitchen.
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