Delicious Ice Cream And Having a Secret Behind it

Ice Cream

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I really like ice cream? Cold dish that can be enjoyed in various variants of delicious flavor. However, not many people know about the history, facts and interesting things behind the "cold" ice cream delights.

Ice cream is one of the most global foods and can be regarded as the only food that is suitable for all races in the world.

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### I. History of ice cream

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Ice Cream that we know today is actually found first by the Chinese in the year 700 AD. Then China opened trade relations with Italy. The opening of this trade line then makes Marcopolo, an ocean explorer from Italy brought ice cream recipes from China to his country. In Italy, this ice cream recipe is then modified with syrup and ice mix. Be an Italiano-style ice cream that is then enjoyed by European nobility and spread throughout the world.

While in America, ice cream was popular in the 19th century, as the invention of ice cream making machine to meet the demands of the American people is high, From the United States came the name of ice cream, which comes from the word "iced cream".

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In Indonesia, ice cream brought by the Dutch, at first is a very expensive and luxurious food. Ice Cream Saloon is the first ice cream that can only be enjoyed in big cities like Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung, Malang and Surabaya. At that time most ice cream can only be enjoyed by the Dutch only and then the people of Indonesia to replace the basic ingredients of ice cream in the form of milk, which at the time was very expensive.

Typical Ice Cream Indonesia is with coconut milk. Coconuts made from coconut is a lot of there in Indonesia, then processed into ice cream. No country or nation anywhere in the world claims the use of basic ingredients of coconut milk for ice cream other than Indonesia

II. Definition of Ice Cream

Ice cream is a frozen food made from dairy products such as cream and then combined with flavorings and sweeteners. This mixture is cooled by stirring while reducing its temperature to prevent the formation of large ice crystals. Traditionally, the temperature is reduced by putting a mixture of ice cream onto a container inserted into a mixture of crushed ice and salt. Salt makes the liquid water can be below the freezing point of pure water, making the container get a touch evenly with the water and ice.

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III. The hallmark of ice cream in the world

In France, the popular ice cream is an ice cream with high levels of alcoholic liquor.

In Italy, the popular ice cream is Gelatoo sole mioini is also the punyasorbettodari of southern Italy with typical citarasalemondanorange.

In the United States again, because the people are enthusiasts of solid and portioned food, ice cream with a mixture of cookies, caramels and beans plus a larger portion (can be as good as a sample of scoop from another ice cream) is Obama's favorite ice cream. .

In India, the popular ice cream called kulfi is made from buffalo milk with additional pistachio, mango, cardamom, and orange flavorings.

In Turkey, the popular ice cream is dondurma, ice cream made from goat's milk with alloysachlav (the roots of a smoothed wild orchid).

In Japan, ice cream is made from green tea (maccha ice cream) and red beans (ogura), there is also ice creammochi which is made from mochi cake batter.

In Indonesia we recognize puteryang made from coconut milk without using cream. the flavor that is used is also typical of Indonesia, such as Kopyor, Advokad, and green beans. there is also cut from the neighbor country with the basic ingredients of coconut milk but with the presentation must be cut first, just stuck to the stick or flanked with bread (ice cream sand wich).

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IV. Myths and Facts

Myth:
Eating ice cream is too much of a headache.
Fact:
There is a theory that ice cream headache (or more commonly called brain freeze) is caused by rapid cooling of the frontal sinus, which triggers local nerve pain. Another theory says, the cause is the narrowing of blood vessels in the ceiling and back of the mouth causes active nerve pain and pain spread to the head. At the back of the mouth there is a central nerve called sphenopalatine ganglion, and quite possibly this is the cause of brain freeze

Myth: Ice cream Cause obesity.

Fact: Obesity is caused by excessive energy and fat and lack of physical activity due to poor eating habits and heredity. Meanwhile, the contribution of energy and fat in ice cream per serving is very small, which is about 10 percent of the total energy requirement per day and 15 percent of the total requirement of fat per day.

Myth: Ice cream causes cavities.

Fact: Tooth decay is caused by fermentation of carbohydrate and sugar remaining in teeth. It is advisable to drink water, gargle, or brush your teeth after eating sweet foods such as ice cream.

Myth: Ice cream causes a cold cough.

Fact: Ice cream quickly melts when it enters the oral cavity due to the influence of body temperature, so when ice cream goes into the esophagus, its temperature is not as cold as ice water. The cause of a cold cough is mainly viruses and allergens in children who have congenital allergic properties