the chinese made a dessert which was similar to ice cream about 2000 years ago. They mixed small pieces of ice with milk, honey and fruit. Marco Polo, the Italian explorer, took the idea back to Italy about 700 years ago. For a long time only rich Europeans ate ice cream, but after 1670, anybody could eat it in cafes. This was real ice cream, the same as we eat today. instead of mixing ice and milk, Europeans froze milk and honey in a box by putting big pieces of ice around the outside of the box. people had to stir the ice cream all the time, which was very hard work. Now machines do this easily.
American children have a special rhyme about ice cream: " I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream " Its cold, sweet taste is popular everywhere