[Sca-cooks] Period Ices/Sorbets/Cold Treats?

[Angie Malone]

This sort of sounds like an Italian Ice.  Don't know the history of
them, but the modern ones are good and they do seem to use something
like fruit juice, my favorite is the lemon ones, very refreshing.

	Angeline

>In a message dated 7/30/01 8:53:11 PM Central Daylight Time, tsersen at nni.com
>writes:
>
><< I have read, and would *love* to get this confirmed, that the Italians
>  would drag ice down from the mountains, chip it and serve it on the
>  street with fruit juice.  Basically a period Sno-Kone.  Does anyone here
>  know if there is any truth to this?  'Twould be way cool if there is...
>  pun intended :)
>
>  -Magdalena vander Brugghe
>  ________________________________ >>
>
>Actually we've discussed this not that long ago. But yes they did, and did
>also make granita and sorbetti con crema, and possibly gelato as well. I
>can't remember what the reference that I cited was though.
>Finnebhir