Inside scoop: the 2,500-year history of ice-cream
A yakhchal still standing in the Iranian desert. Credit: Jeanne Menj/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 Early frozen desserts Stored ice was used to make frozen desserts such as fruit sorbets, sharbats, and faloudeh (frozen rosewater and vermicelli noodles) sweetened with honey syrup. After the Arab conquest of Persia circa 650 CE, the Persian method for ice production and … Read more