Do you know when and where ice cream was created? It has a l and interesting history.

The earliest ice cream was eaten in China many centuries ago. People at that time would put orange juice on the ice or get something c to drink. Later, this i traveled to Italy. Around 1660, it was popular to serve (给某人提供) ice cream in coffee shops in Paris. Most of the shop were owned (由……所拥有) by Italians. Among them, the first successful one belonged to (属于) a man named Francesco Procopio.

Ice cream was brought to America in the early 1700s, and it q became the favourite of Americans. President George Washington had ice cream pots (罐) and machines in his kitchen. Dolly Madison, the wife of President Madison, was the first one to serve it in the White House. She made her guests very h when she served such desserts (甜品) .

Before ice cream was sold in stores, people made and kept it at a very low t first. It took a lot of work to mix cream, eggs, fruit and ice together. An American woman, Nancy Johnson, was good at m, and invented the ice cream freezer (冰箱) in 1846. Five years later, Jacob Flusell o the first ice cream factory in Baltimore, Maryland. Her business quickly c to other states (州) 。

Today in the United States, ice cream is not only a kind of f, but also a way of life.