Celebrate Ice Cream Month with foodpanda

Discover its history and boost your imagination to try something different
 
BANGKOK - July 21, 2014 - PRLog -- -June 27 must have been a hot day worldwide, as it was our record day for “ice cream” with the highest number of searches. But then again, it is Ice Cream Month and at foodpanda we were curious to see which country loves it the most. Overall Asia came first, so we took a closer look at the leading eight countries to find out their top preferences. With the most orders per capita, Singapore has a preference to chocolate, while its traditional opposite, vanilla, is most loved by Pakistan. Nonetheless, vanilla is the world’s favorite, however simple as it may sound. Crowned in global surveys, it also carries a lot of history: vanilla was first used by the Aztecs, then embraced by the French who in turn introduced it to the Americans, followed by the rest of the world. During their hot summer spells Taiwan and Vietnam go for tropical tastes with mango and coconut as their first choice. India prefers to mix it up with cookies and cream similar to Thailand where brownie with vanilla ice cream is the most ordered dessert on foodpanda, while Malaysia and Indonesia go towards the West with raspberry and pistachio at the top of their list.

But since July is Ice Cream month we decided to go back to its origins and discover the most interesting facts around the history of our favourite summer delight. In a nutshell, the Persians invented it, the Romans developed it, Renaissance Europe popularized it, and modern day industry spread it all around the world. Ice cream dates back around 2500 years ago when the Persians would pour grape juice concentrate over snow and eat it during the hot summers. At that time, they created it for their royal families and it consisted of iced rose water, vermicelli, saffron, fruits and other sweet flavours. Still, so many years down the line and it has not seized to surprises us with its diversity. As long as you have imaginative taste buds, you can turn any flavor that comes to mind into ice cream, and that is perhaps the best thing about it.

The basic ingredients of a standard ice cream are nothing more than milk, cream, sugar, eggs and salt. But this is just the beginning. After this base, the fun begins. All you need is creativity and some inspiration. Any edible product can dress up as an ice cream: fruits, vegetables, tea, coffee, alcohol, and choose between sweet, bitter, soft, strong, velvety, or an icy refreshing sorbet. The chameleon of foods, ice cream can be tailored to satisfy everyone’s imagination. What flavour will you try this Ice Cream month?

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