Ice cream is a frozen dessert dish that previously was known as both cream ice and as iced cream. It is normally made from dairy products, which is where the cream part of the name comes from, but it is easy enough to find non-dairy alternatives these days. Although ice cream is a frozen dessert dish, the precise meaning of the name can vary from country to country.
The early versions of ice cream were made using snow and ice, and had more in common with sorbets, which are essentially flavoured frozen ice, than they did to the modern version of the ice cream. The first recipes for modern ice cream appeared in Britain in the 18th century.
Many different flavourings can be added to ice cream, some of them rather unusual, like bacon, as well as the more common fruit and chocolate flavours. Ice cream is popular in the summer months, so July is a good time to celebrate it, and it can be eaten by itself, in cones, or as an accompaniment to other dishes.
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