As they say, how long it takes someone to eat a scoop of ice cream depends on several things. For example, the type of ice cream, the temperature, and the way you eat it. But someone took the trouble and found that, at room temperature, it takes an average of fifty licks to finish off a scoop of ice cream. Chocolate and vanilla are both primary flavors, but as it turns out, vanilla ice cream is by far the most popular. Maybe that’s because it’s not too strong, but sweet and neutral enough to suit many tastes. But the chocolate flavor came first, as vanilla was hard to come by. Not for nothing, in eighteenth-century America, people saw ice cream as a privilege associated with wealth, because it was a rare and expensive treat. Nowadays, ice cream has become a very popular dessert abroad and is a staple food for most Americans.
90 percent of families always have a box in the fridge. Then, it is not surprising that the United States consumes the most ice cream, the second largest consumer is Australia on the other side of the world, and the third is a cold northern country, Norway.
Who invented ice cream is a mystery. Several people may have independently discovered the idea of ice therapy. The earliest records date back to the time of Emperor Nero. It is known that he loved the mixture of ice, honey and fruits. Its light texture is due to the fact that 50% of the ice cream’s volume is air.
