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Ice cream or ice-cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, combined with flavorings and sweeteners, such as sugar, and possible other ingredients. This mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to prevent large ice crystals from forming; the result is a smoothly textured ice cream. In the United States, ice cream made with just cream, sugar, and a flavoring (usually fruit) is sometimes referred to as "Philadelphia style" ice cream. Ice creams made with eggs, usually in the form of custards, are "French" ice creams.Before the development of modern refrigeration, ice cream was a luxury item reserved for special occasions. Making ice cream was quite laborious. Ice was cut from lakes and ponds during the winter and stored in large heaps, in holes in the ground, or in wood-frame ice houses, insulated by straw. Many farmers and plantation owners, including U.S. Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, cut and stored ice in the winter for use in the summer. Frederic Tudor of Boston turned ice harvesting and shipping into big business, cutting ice in New England and shipping it around the world.Ice cream was made by hand in a large bowl placed inside a tub filled with ice and salt. This was called the pot-freezer method. French confectioners refined the pot-freezer method, making ice cream in a sorbtierre (a covered pail with a handle attached to the lid). In the pot-freezer method, the temperature of the ingredients is reduced by the mixture of crushed ice and salt. The salt water is cooled by the ice, and the action of the salt on the ice causes it to (partially) melt, absorbing latent heat and bringing the mixture below the freezing point of pure water. The immersed container can also make better thermal contact with the salty water and ice mixture than it could with ice alone.

I'm sure no ones will refused if they are offered with a simply tasteful ice cream. ice cream comes with various flavor, topping , size and texture. it also from each country to another. i still remember when i was a kid, buying an ice cream from a motorcycle vendor is our daily routine after school. the vendor who always wait outside the school gate is our main target every day. its so refreshing to have a bite of cold sweet ice cream during the hot day. I'm sure my friends feel the same too. it is so interesting to know the making process of earlier ice cream. it is so hard and complicated seeing that the fridge are not invented yet. even though the process are complicated, it is worthy when people can have a taste of the delicious dessert. nowadays people can enjoy ice cream easily as it can be found easily around us. more over, to produce an ice cream, we don't have to collect the ice from the pond anymore. thanks to the invention of refrigerator that make our life more beautiful with this tasty meals.