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Ice cream can be traced back to the 4th century B.C. The Roman emperor Nero (A.D. 37-68) who ordered ice to be brought from the mountains and combined with fruit toppings, and King Tang (A.D. 618-97) of Shang, China who had a method of creating ice and milk concoctions. Ice cream was likely brought from China back to Europe. Over time, recipes for ices, sherbets, and milk ices evolved and served in the fashionable Italian and French royal courts.
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The first ice cream parlor in America was opened in New York City in the year of 1776.
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Augustus Jackson, a confectioner from Philadelphia, created new recipes for making ice cream in 1832.
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In 1846, Nancy Johnson patented a hand-cranked freezer that established the basic method of making ice cream still used today. William Young patented the similar "Johnson Patent Ice-Cream Freezer" in 1848.
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In 1851, Jacob Fussell in Baltimore established the first large-scale commercial ice cream plant. Alfred Cralle patented an ice cream mold and scooper used to serve on February 2 1897.
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Around 1926, the first commercially successful continuous process freezer for ice cream was invented by Clarence Vogt.
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Today ice cream is very well known and different methods to make ice cream have been found. Things like The DoveBar have been created. Ice cream has gone a long way since it was invented and many people from all over the world enjoy this treat.
