You bite straight into ice cream, the sensation hitting your teeth like a pile of bricks, resulting in you letting out a loud yelp, followed, of course, by your brother mocking you – “duh, it’s ice cream; naturally, it’ll be cold”. Sound familiar? Of course, it does!
Ice creams are sweet, frozen foods usually devoured as desserts – or even binge-eaten when you watch your favourite movie after your first heartbreak! Concocted with milk, beans, different flavours, and sweeteners, ice creams are considered some of the best food items for a wide array of reasons!
It’s undoubtedly the best food item to cheer you up on a hot, tiring day, and its palette of variegated flavours can also cleanse your palette in between dishes! To top that, there is also an unlimited supply of toppings that one can find for ice creams – giving you the ability to mix and match as you please! There’s undoubtedly a list of ice-cream-eating-reasons so long that it’ll exceed the length of the entire magazine and more!
Originally dating back to the Mongol Empire, ice cream first spread to China during the Mongolian expansion. In fact, the dish we’ve all come to love so much was originally called ‘cream ice’! Over the years, however, the words switched their order – and I’m sure you’re well-familiar with what it is!
Not all that glitters is gold – and while ice creams are as precious as platinum for all of us – there’s also its (rather obvious yet upsetting) downfall: how heavy it is! Did you know ice creams are heavier than cake? Of course, not weight-wise, but the butterfat equipped in ice cream production is certainly rich on the stomach!
But, its benefits seem to far outweigh its costs – so dive right in! Ice cream is a dish best served cold (unless you want ice-milk, that is), so the next time you head to the fridge, open the freezer instead, and pick up your small bowl of ice cream to refresh your day! Trust me, it helps – and I’m sure we all scream for ice cream!
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