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Consumers still scream for ice cream.
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Ice cream - a brief history.
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The origin of ice cream dates all the way back to second century B.C.
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No specific date or inventor is marked with its origin.
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What we do know?
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323 to 356 B.C., Alexander the Great enjoys snow and ice flavored with honey and nectar.
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A.D. 54 to 86 during the Roman Empire, Nero Claudius Caesar frequently sends runners into the mountains for snow.
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Then flavoring it with fruits and juices.
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1,500 to 1,600 C.E., Marco Polo returns from China with a recipe similar to sherbet
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1700, "cream ice" appears regularly at the table of Charles I.
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1744, the first official account of ice cream in the new world in a letter written in 1744 by a guest of Maryland governor - William Bladen.
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May 12th, 1777, first ad for ice cream appears in the New York Gazette.
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1800s, manufacturing ice cream becomes an industry in America due to technological advances.
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1874, the American soda fountain shop and profession of the soda jerk emerges with the invention of the ice cream soda.
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1896, the first ice cream cone is produced credited to Italo Marchiony.
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1897, Alfred Cralle patents the ice cream scoop.
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1890s, religious criticism for eating "sinfully" rich ice cream sodas on Sunday
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spurs the creation of the "Sunday"
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with elimination of carbonated water, later changed to sundae.
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1946, America celebrates its World War Two victory
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with ice cream consuming over 20 quarts per person.
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1984, President Ronald Reagan designates July as National Ice Cream Month,
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and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day.
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21st century, ice cream history is still in the making with new flavors and concoctions developed on a continuous basis.
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For more on ice cream, watch part 2 - Ice Cream Today.
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