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300 BCE
Snow with honey, fruits and nuts
There were first made in China and Greece -
50
Sorbets
The Roman emperor Nero sent slaves to collect snow for making his sorbets -
1244
Water ices
Marco Polo brought back recipes for making water ice from Asia -
1573
Iced desserts
The first recorded iced desserts were made using milk, cream and eggs in Italy -
Ice cream churn
Nancy Johnson made the first hand cranked ice cream churn -
First factory-made ice cream
The American dairyman Jacob Fussel produced the first factory-made ice cream -
Ice cream cone
Italo Marchioni patented the first ice cream cone in New York -
Choc-ice
The American confectioner Christian K. Nelson invented the choc-ice -
Varieties of ice creams