Ice Cream
07/08 -
from "Rust Out" by Dr Bailey pages 79 and 80
My Dad used to say, “You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream.”*
The History Of Ice Cream
Before 1000 BC/BCE, the Chinese whipped together frozen cream, eggs and sugar to make the first recorded ice cream. It was introduced to Europe by Marco Polo. Legend has it that the Roman Emperor Nero (54-68 AD/CE) used to send slaves scurrying to the mountains to collect snow and ice to make flavored ices in the first century. The first written mention of ice cream in this country was in the 1700’s when George Washington (who is said to have consumed enormous quantities) was a guest of the Maryland governor. The flavor was fresh strawberry. The first U.S. ice cream parlor opened in New York City in 1776. In 1846, New Jersey native Nancy Johnson invented the hand-cranked freezer. Americans consume the most ice cream in the world per capita, with Australians second. In 1924, the average American ate eight pints a year. In 1997, each American averaged 48 pints (8 gallons) a year.
Ice Cream Facts
Vanilla is the most popular flavor (20-29%), while chocolate comes in a distant second (9-10%). Immigrants at Ellis Island were served vanilla ice cream as part of their Welcome to America meal. One major ingredient in ice cream is air. Without it, the stuff would be as hard as a rock. One out of every five ice cream eaters share their treat with their pet (dog, cat and/or bird). Ice cream novelties such as ice cream on sticks and ice cream bars were introduced in the 1920s. Seems like kid’s stuff, but today adults consume nearly half of all such treats.
Ice Cream Cone History
Italian immigrant, Italo Marchiony, is generally credited with first inventing the ice cream cone. As a New York City ice cream vendor, he created the cone in 1896 (some say September 22, 1886) to stop his customers from stealing his serving glasses. He patented the idea in 1903. Charles Robert and brother Frank Menches who ran ice cream concessions at fairs and events across the Midwest, also claimed to have invented the cone for the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis. E.A. Hamwi, a Syrian immigrant pastry maker, also had a stand at the St Louis World’s Fair and claimed to have invented the cone. He is said to have hit upon the idea when some neighboring ice cream vendors ran out of dishes for their treats. He rolled some of his wafers, called Zalabia, into cone shapes while they were still hot, then let them cool and sold them to the neighbors to use for serving ice cream.
The Ice Cream Story
In the old days when ice cream was made of whole eggs, milk and sugar then laboriously cranked out in the old home freezer. A serving of ice cream was only an occasional summer family treat. Today, you may be treating your family to poison. Unfortunately along with the ice, comes the refined sugar, highly refined wheat (maltodextrin) and a whole lot of scary chemicals. There are over 1400 flavorings, stabilizers, colors and emulsifiers used by commercial ice cream manufacturers. Ice cream manufacturers are not required by law to list the additives used in their products. Consequently, most ice creams are synthetic from start to finish, because it cost less to produce. Nearly all artificial food flavors and food colors come from coal tar! This is a substance from coal and petroleum. Coal tar is notorious as a causative agent in producing cancer of the stomach, bowel, kidney, liver, and other organs.
Vanilla Flavor
Category I is commercial vanilla flavoring made entirely of vanilla. Natural vanilla (which is pureed vanilla beans or vanilla extract) is much more expensive than artificial vanilla.
Category II (Vanilla flavored) is a combination of natural and artificial flavors.
Category III (Artificially flavored vanilla) is entirely artificial. Artificial vanilla flavoring is peperonal or vanillin. Peperonal is a chemical used to kill lice. Vanillin is made from the wastes of wood pulp and has no relationship to the vanilla bean.
Strawberry Flavor
Strawberry flavor is Benzyl Acetate, a synthetic chemical that tastes like strawberries. According to the Merck Index, an encyclopedia for chemists, this substance is extremely dangerous and can cause vomiting and diarrhea. It is a nitrate solvent.
Pineapple Flavor
Pineapple flavoring is Ethyl Acetate. It can cause liver, kidney, and heart damage. It is also used as a cleaner for leather and textiles. Its vapors have been known to cause chronic lung, liver, and heart damage.
Banana Flavor
Banana flavoring is Amyl Butyrate or Acrylic Acetate, which is also used as an oil paint solvent.
Cherry Flavor
Cherry flavoring is Aldehyde C17, an inflammable liquid which is used as aniline dyes, and the manufacture of plastic and rubber.
Nut
Nut flavoring is Butraldehyde, which is one of the ingredients in rubber cement.
Stabilizers and Emulsifiers In Ice Cream
Stabilizers make ice cream smooth; and emulsifiers make it stiff, so it can retain air. Here are some of the chemicals used to stabilize and emulsify ice cream: Propylene glycol (also used in antifreeze), glycerin, sodium carboxyl methylcellulose, monoglycerides, diglycerides, disodium phosphates, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, polysorbate 80, and dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate. Manufacturers use diethylene glycol instead of egg yolk, it is used in antifreeze and as a paint remover. Recent illnesses caused by diethylene glycol required the recalled of foreign manufactured 4 oz tubes of tooth paste nation wide.
Oxidized Cholesterol=BAD
Stored foods that contain cholesterol (eggs, cheese, milk or meat) can combine with oxygen in the air to form “Oxidized Cholesterol.” Oxidation products, even in small amounts, can cause lethal damage to the cells that line your arteries in less than 24 hours, giving rise to hardening of the arteries, which can hasten heart attacks and strokes. Drs Peng and Taylor, in Albany, New York, found if as little as ½ % of your blood cholesterol was oxidized it would have a deadly effect on your blood vessels. They found the most harmful combination for oxidized cholesterol was sugar, milk and eggs. Next harmful was pancake mixes containing eggs, hydrogenated oils and dried powdered milk. The third most harmful was Parmesan cheese, follow by lard.
What Does Ellen White Say About Ice Cream?
“I frequently sit down to the tables of the brethren and sisters, and see that they use a great amount of milk and sugar. These clog the system, irritate the digestive organs and affect the brain.” 1870, Testimonies to the Church, Vol.2, 370.
“Especially harmful are the custards and puddings in which milk, eggs, and sugar are the chief ingredients. The free use of milk and sugar taken together should be avoided.” 1890, Counsels on Health, 154. Ice cream is the most common form of custard in the U.S. today. How did she know that 100+ years ago?
* Popular song by Tom Stacks performed with Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks, recorded January 14, 1928.
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