The Victorian Spork
A little foray into the research rabbit hole and I find sporks. Who would have guessed?
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A Brief History of Ice Cream
July is National Ice Cream Month. What better excuse for taking a look at the history of ice cream?
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Today is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. Vanilla is so frequently used to flavor ice cream in Europe and North America that many people consider it to be the default ice cream flavor. During the Regency era, though, Vanilla was exotic and expensive.
Continue reading →Ice Cream Cups are not Teacups
Luxury foods demand the luxury treatment! Take a look at the ice cream cups and other special serving vessels for ice cream. If you’ve been reading Random Bits of Fascination for a while, then you may remember talking about specialized china for luxury dishes before. If not, you might want to check out these posts on Chocolate Pots vs. Coffee Pots, and Chocolate cups vs. Tea cups. Since ice cream was (during Austen’s day) a … Continue reading →
Cheese and Meat Ice Creams–seriously!
Having already visited bread ice creams, it only seems appropriate to peek in on breads’ greatest companions, cheese and meat. Yes, you read that correctly, meat and cheese ice creams. Don’t turn the page just yet. You wouldn’t want to miss the Iron Chef connection to more than one of these ice creams. Iced cheese Iced cheese is a little confusing as it seems to refer to two distinctly different concoctions. Some of these appear to be rich ice … Continue reading →