How did ancient civilizations make ice cream? - Vivian Jiang

Trace the history of ice cream, from the first accounts of cold desserts in the 1st century to the cream-based treat we know today.

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Ice cream has a unique role in our world’s history, culture, and cravings. The first accounts of cold desserts date back to the first century, in civilizations including ancient Rome, Mughal India, and Tang Dynasty China. Yet the cream-based delicacy we know today made a much later debut. So, how did the delicious sweet treat come to be? Vivian Jiang shares the scoop on the history of ice cream.

Lesson by Vivian Jiang, directed by Masayoshi Nakamura, Good General.

Music and sound design by Zak Engel.

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[ec.__.]

I'm a Japanese student and learning English.TED-Ed helps me gain my listening skill.I will study a lot to be a great English speaker:)

[bhaveerathod]

The fact that something like ice cream seems trivial and common to us today makes us SUCH a tiny population of all humans who’ve ever lived to think so.

[Rapglaze]

"In Ice Cream we trust"
~Charles Baxter

[barozzi_]

They screamed, and screamed, and all screamed for ice cream:)

[toonwachi]

_"Our love for ice cream will never thaw."_

As an ice cream lover, I love this quote 😇♥️🍨

[dawakat]

Ice Cream is how I got my wife lol, we met through online dating and her question prompt for me was “What’s my favorite kind of ice cream”. I told her Cookies and Creme because when I was a kid my dad would work late into the night, come home, get me, and we would have a bowl of cookies and crème together and those are fond memories for me. Well that answer was good enough, 5 years later we’re still together and go out for ice cream about once a month lol

[awesomehpt]

Antonio Latini should get the Nobel prize.

[underarmbowlingincidentof]

0:40 these animations are so entertaining
did this video NEED Castro T-posing while entering the ice cream wormhole of psychidelic transcendance? no.
is it awesome? yeah!!

[chip_justchip]

was eating ice cream when i saw the notification, are yall spies?

[Charlie-imagirl]

For the last 47 years I've been researching this, thank you for answering my questions.

[Jon-Rimmer]

I love this art style. Could easily watch a whole movie in an updated version of this video.

[PhucThinh]

As a video editor, I admire the ones who made this video possible and so vivid!

[meldagoknel]

Sherbet was the mother of Sorbet! It was fresh fruit smashed with honey and ice made into a slush. A popular desert of the Ottoman Empire. They bringing ice from Uludag mountains wrapped in special bags made from goat skin. It was introduced to Europe when Ottomans first started their political and diplomatic relations with France mid 17 th century. And one should also include the popsicle and coating the ice cream with chocolate that it doesn’t melt immediately .

[victor]

"Soft serve" ice cream is superior in every way, shape, texture, and form! 🍦

[LawatheMEid]

There is old Turkish icecream which was put in jars and rammed continually with wooden thick sticks, it is famous in Damascus.

[TheeDeeM]

The animation for this was so cute. Idk why but it had me giggling all the way through. Kudos to the animators.

[NjAutumn]

Now, I'm craving ice cream... Chocolate ice cream

[Wyattinous]

Came for the animation, stayed for the education! And the animation… ❤

[EcomCarl]

Incredible to see how ice cream has evolved from a luxury for the elite to a beloved treat worldwide! The intersection of technology and culinary art has not only made ice cream more accessible but also a canvas for endless innovation and creativity. 🍦

[TheBak]

love the way they used colours, am graving ice cream now