109: The History of Ice Cream

Hello! In this week's episode we are taking a look at the history of Ice Cream. Ice Cream is a dessert that has many different origins, as multiple cultures from around the world have enjoyed eating some version of an ice cream style dessert for centuries.

There have been multiple inventions that have helped Ice Cream become the everyman dessert we know it as today, including the Hand Crank Ice Cream Maker.

There is also a bit of myth with this history as we look at just how waffle cones became popular.

Sources for today episode include:

An article from the Museum of Ice Cream titled The History of Ice Cream: How Every Culture Invented It Independently

https://www.museumoficecream.com/blog/history-of-ice-cream/

Another article from the Museum of Ice Cream titled: A Scoop of History: Nancy Johnson’s Ice Cream Revolution

https://www.museumoficecream.com/blog/a-scoop-of-history-nancy-johnsons-ice-cream-revolution/

An article from PBS titled Explore the Delicious History of Ice Cream by Tori Avery

https://www.pbs.org/food/stories/explore-the-delicious-history-of-ice-cream

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