SC - Re: FW: Neopolitan ice cream

[Gerekr]

I got the following question at work (public library).. anyone in the 
Cathedral know when & where Neapolitan ice/ice cream actually originated?

Thanks,
Chimene

>|Why do they call the combination of
>| vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream Neopolitan?
>
(my answer to date:)
>I'd assume it's because the combination first became well-known in Naples!
>My great old dictionary gives only definitions indicating "origin in Naples"
>and this kind of ice cream!  Only it says "2-4 layers, usually including
>lemon or orange ice..." which dosn't seem to be included in the current
>Am'r'cn version!
>
>Larousse Gastronomique indicates that it's "alternate layers of plain ice
>cream and mousse mixtures", another food dictionary from the ref section
>says "brick form", another just implies "layers"... we don't have much in
>the circulating collection on ice cream, and it's (almost) all checked
>out...
>
>Well, Neapolitan was around at least in 1885... just found a marvelous
>little book of that date, Mrs. Marshall's Book of Ices (published as Ices
>plain and fancy); no. 39 is Neapolitan or Panachee cream ices (petites
>cremes a la napolitaine) [Panachee: In variegated colors]; "You must have a
>Neapolitan box for this ice [a small straight-sided loaf pan], and fill it
>up in 3 or 4 layers with different coloured and flavoured ice creams (a
>water ice may be used with the custards); for instance, lemon, vanilla,
>chocolate, and pistachio..." and shows several "brick" or "loaf" shaped pans
>in the ads at the back...
>
>So it looks like variegated layers, in "brick" form = "Neapolitan"; choc,
>vanilla and strawberry are just the american/lowest common denominator
>modern minimum commercial version.
>
>I found a chronology that listed Paris as one of the first places, ca. 1670,
>that ice cream was made available to the general public; it occurs to me
>that Napoleon made one of his brothers King of Naples at some point, didn't
>he?  1806-1808, Joseph, it was... so maybe Brother Bonaparte brought a local
>idea home when he got kicked out (I think--movie historical sources, 8-))!
>and the populace of Paris was primed....
>
>Do let me know if you get more substantive historical information, 8-)?  I'm
>relatively interested by now!  (I do know Elizabeth David's estate or heirs
>are republishing her stuff at a great rate, heard there was one on ices and
>ice creams... that would probably be a good source!)
>
>Patricia R. Dunham - Eugene Public - 100 W 13th Ave - 97401
>patricia.r.dunham at ci.eugene.or.us - 541-984-8321
>http://204.203.17.34/library (EPL)     <<<>>>
>http://members.aol.com/gerekr/medieval.html (home)
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