冰淇淋是生活中不可缺少的一道美食。夏天没胃口时,尝些冰淇淋,是一个迅速补充体力降低体温的好方法。尤其对小朋友来说更是挡不住的诱惑,聪明的妈妈能在小朋友不愿吃饭时,偶尔改变方式以冰淇淋取代主食,同样能摄取营养和热量,漂亮的颜色又让人产生食欲。
你知道吗?美国每年能销售10亿加仑的冰淇淋,8%的牛奶最终变成冷冻食品。如今,各种各样的冰淇淋店更是遍布世界。现在就让我们一起看看冰淇淋的历史吧。
The earliest reports of people enjoying flavored ice desserts come from the Romans and the Chinese. Marco Polo returned from his famous expedition with fruit-flavored ices, reporting that Asians had been making them for thousands of years. These delicacies became popular in France in the 1500s, but only among royalty. Over the next few centuries, the process of making them evolved from hauling mountain ice to salt/ice freezing methods. Cream was introduced as an ingredient, and by the 1700s, people were enjoying a dessert that was very similar to today's ice cream.
The hand-cranked ice cream freezer was first developed by Nancy Johnson in 1846. Ice was readily available from large warehouses in that era, so ice cream became a treat that could be enjoyed by almost anyone, not just the rich. Ice cream making was revolutionized again in 1851, when Jacob Fussel started the first wholesale ice cream manufacturing operation in Baltimore, Maryland. Fussel's dairy business had excess cream and he couldn't figure out what to do with it. He tried using it to make ice cream, and before long his ice cream business outsold the rest of the dairy.
The business slowly evolved for the next few decades. Manufacturing methods and ingredients improved, while refrigeration technology became cheaper and more efficient. By the 1920s, home refrigerators and freezers became more common, which gave the ice cream industry another boost. Sugar was rationed in the US during World War I, but the ice cream industry convinced the government that ice cream was an "essential food”. Ice cream factories were allotted sugar rations and production continued.
Ice cream increased in popularity until the Depression years caused a drop in sales for virtually all non-essential goods. Sales increased in the years leading up to World War II before leveling off in the post-war years. The rise of the giant supermarket created demand for cheaper, mass-produced ice cream, but quality suffered. The 1960s saw a resurgence in "premium"ice cream, while the following decades saw the market fragment into low-fat varieties for the health-conscious, including frozen yogurt, fruit bars, ice milk, fat-free ice cream, and dozens of other varieties. However, ice cream still makes up about 60 percent of the market share among frozen desserts. While ice cream is enjoyed worldwide, it has become an American tradition
一天,我坐在沙发上没事做,而妈妈却在忙里忙外地坐着家务。看着妈妈忙碌的身影,我的心中闪出一个念头――帮妈妈做家务活。
开始,妈妈硬是不让我做,她说:“你平时在家里娇生惯养的,还想帮我做家务,别帮倒忙就行了!”我撒娇地对妈妈说:“就是娇生惯养才要锻炼嘛,您就让我做,您去歇着吧!”妈妈被我缠得无可奈何,最后还是答应了。
首先要做的是擦地,妈妈叫我不要用拖把拖,要用抹布擦,这对我来说可是高难度的呀!我先从外面打了一桶水提到屋里里,有从桌上拿来抹布。我把抹布丢在水桶里浸湿,在拧干,然后学着妈妈的样子,挽起袖子,把抹布紧紧地攥在手里,接着半蹲在地上,使劲的擦着,地上的灰尘全都被我擦掉了。有时候,腿蹲得酸了,我干脆跪在地上擦。我从角落里往外擦,从房间擦到门口。等我把地擦好后,我已是汗流浃背,两边膝盖也跪得红红的,但看到一尘不染的地面,我的心里甜滋滋的。
干完了第一件家务后,我来到房间里,看见床上有几件脏衣服,我便把这些衣服拿到洗衣机里,准备开始洗衣服。我先往洗衣机里放水,在把脏衣服全部放到洗衣机里,再往里面加入适量的洗衣粉,搅拌均匀,我就开开了开关。一不小心白沫溅到了我的脸上,我看到镜子里面的我,不禁哈哈大笑起来。
第一遍洗完了,我又把一件件脏衣服拿了出来,放到一个盆子里,又把洗衣机里的脏水全放了,又重放了清水。我把衣服全部倒进洗衣机里,开了开关。洗干净后,我就把洗衣机里的水放掉。把衣服放进了甩桶里,甩干,甩的差不多了,我才准备把衣服拿去晾干。我又把我的几件小衣服放到盆里洗了洗,洗完了,我刚要直起身,“哎哟!”我的腰疼得不得了,我都站不起来了。
晾完衣服后,我又帮妈妈做了许多家务事。一天下来,我已经筋疲力尽了。
我终于体会到了妈妈平时做家务的辛苦了!
俗话说的好:王者以民为天,而民以食为天!我就是个典型。说起美食,我的语言如同滔滔不绝的江水一般,连绵不断。从小,我和美食便成了莫逆之交,逛街我要逛美食街,电视我要看美食频道,看书我要看烹饪书籍,连学校的课程辅助课,我也要选择家政厨艺。想要成为真正的美食家、吃货,下点功夫是必须的.!
大家都说吃在四川成都,而小吃街是本人的最爱。寒假中,我到了成都古色古香小吃一条街——锦里。为了尝遍各种美食,我中午一粒米也没进,饥肠辘辘的来到这儿。在锦里,不吃小吃就是最大的遗憾,比较出名的是好吃街的荞面、三大炮、牛肉煎饼、黄醪糟、糖油果子。有卖油炸臭豆腐、洋芋的、还有色香味的甜水面、凉面、担担面、卤菜等等都是四川的名小吃。
我奋不顾身地一头匝进了美食堆里。瞧,街中心这家闻名遐迩的担担面香气扑鼻而来,近前一看,面条细滑,卤汁酥香,一棵上海青放在上面把它点缀得分外妖娆,吃上一口更是咸鲜微辣,十分入味,真是名不虚传呀!沿路摊位的美食看起来色香味俱全,美食更是琳琅满目。我索性和美食来一个亲密大接触,左手一个蛋烘糕,右手一碗撒尿牛丸,眼睛像梭子一样东看看,西瞅瞅生怕错过任何一种美食。你要是也在锦里,嘿嘿,你一定一眼就能认出我来!
我不但会吃美食还要做美食呢!并且我还要创新。
“唰”油下锅了,我一手拿铲子,一手抓锅柄炒我的拿手炒饭。这可不是一般的蛋炒饭或肉丝饭。这是用红萝卜粒、莴笋粒、卷心菜小块、小葱、泡豇豆、泡辣椒、鸡蛋、腊肉丁、米饭、耗油……惊呆了吧!这食材炒出的饭,你吃过吗?我这炒饭颜色鲜艳、味道极好、米饭散疏,闻一闻,口水直流三千尺。“呃—”一阵饱嗝后,我自言自语道:“太美味了!”
我和美食成了亲密无间、难舍难分的搭档!
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