HISTORY

                 "Cream Ice," as it was called, appeared regularly at the table of Charles I during the 17th century. France was introduced to similar frozen desserts in 1553 by the Italian Catherine de Medici when she became the wife of Henry II of France.

        The first use of term "Ice cream" in the English language appears in the court document of English king Charles II. An early written recipe for ice cream is regarded as "Snow of Orange Flowers" in 1682.

In sixteen century,Mugal Empire use relays of horsemen to bring Ice from the Hindu Kush to its capital Delhi.The ice was used  in fruit sorbets.It was also used to create kulfi,a popular frozen dairy dessert from the Indian subcontinent often described as "Traditional Indian Ice Cream."

An early North American reference to ice cream is from 1744: "Among the rarities..was some fine ice cream, which, with the strawberries and milk, eat most deliciously." It was served by the lady of Governor Bland.

    Before the development of modern refrigeration, ice cream was a luxury reserved for special occasions. Making it was quite laborious; ice was cut from lakes and ponds during the winter and stored in holes in the ground, or in wood-frame or brick 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.

         

              Over a thousand years later, Marco Polo returned to Italy from the Far East witha recipe that closely resembled what is now called Sherbet.