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
春节就要到了,鞭炮噼里啪啦,酒菜四处飘香,处处张灯结彩,一片沸腾。当然,新的一年,也要有新的气象,当然,就要做家务了。
过年,家家都要置办年货,我家也不例外。这不,腊月二十二,爸爸去太原买年货。中午了,还不回来。这可怎么办?我跟妈妈也要吃饭呀。妈妈在西安给二哥看孩子,平常家中都是爸爸做饭。虽然前几天妈妈回家了,但把小侄女也带回了家中,小侄女需要妈妈看管照顾。今天爸爸不在家,妈妈因为看小侄女抽不开身,不能做饭。我没有做过饭,可今天……哎,不管了,三七二十一,我自己做吧!
先来最简单的“煮方便面”吧!家里还有存货,虽说吃多了对身体不好,但是一时应急……还是不错的!
再来一个“蛋炒饭”吧!这“蛋炒饭”虽说简单,但其中也有一番学问呢:加盐、十三香的量,米饭鸡蛋的多少,鸡蛋的老嫩……这些都不好掌握呢!在妈妈的指点下,终于做完了!但尝尝,哎呀,鸡蛋有点老,米饭有点少,盐也有点少了。不过,还勉强能吃,革命还未结束,我还需继续努力。
最后,做的便是我怎么都喝不腻的——小米粥了。当然,这不是我熬的,而是爸爸走的时候熬好的,我只管热一下而已。嘻嘻……我只能说:“这顿饭,真简便!”
这次做饭成为我春节做家务的一个小片段。我也在做家务中感到了父母的劳苦。今后,一定要多帮父母做家务!
第一次,是一种多美好的感觉,一种多么值得让我们回忆的事。每当我回想起我的第一次,就有一种甜甜的感觉。
那天放晚学后,我怀着愉快的心情,迈着轻快的脚步回到了家,进门一看,我下了一跳,现在的房间真是可以用一个成语来形容——乱七八糟。在惊吓之中我在脑海里突然闪过一个念头,帮妈妈做家务。我一想到就立刻动手做了起来。
我拿起扫把,开始打扫了。我刚开始的时候觉得很好玩。觉得妈妈说打扫很累的话都是骗人的。可是扫了几分钟后就感到累了。我找来一把椅子,坐在椅子上休息一下。我边休息边想:唉!真累,不扫了,不扫了。可是扭头一想觉得把事情做得有头没尾的真不像我的风格。然后,我拿起扫把,又扫了起来。
扫完地后,还要擦桌子。(一共四张)我很快的找来了一只水桶和一块抹布。我拎着桶去水龙头那里要了半桶水后,以最快的速度跑回了房间。我拿起抹布,弄湿了后,就开始擦了起来。我左擦擦,右擦擦,不禁手舞足蹈起来。就这样从头到尾擦,擦完第一张,就擦第二张。擦到最后一张时我已经累吁吁了。
可是擦完桌子后,又要整理那些乱七八糟的书。其实我早以不想做了,可是我是一个要强的女孩,一直想把事情做得最好。我拿起那些书,一本一本的开始分类。教科书,资料,大书,小书等等。大约过了十分钟左右,书分好了类,也摆放到了最佳位置。
等我做完所有的家务后,我已经腰酸背痛了,我静静的躺在床上,再看看窗户,那时太阳一下山,但却残留着一片美丽的晚霞。不久,妈妈回来了,当她看见房间如此整洁,干净时,她留露出了甜美的微笑。她夸奖我说道:“琪琪长大了,能为妈妈做事了呢!”我听了像吃了蜜一样的甜。
从那以后,我尽量做些力所能及的事,因为在那次亲身体验中,我知道做父母的艰辛与不容易。
一向觉得家长干家务是应当地,直到有一天我心血来潮干了一次家务,这才体会到家务劳动地辛苦。
一个星期天,爸爸妈妈没在家,我写完作业后,无聊地在家里转了两圈,实在没什么事儿干,不如打扫卫生打发时间,说不定还能得到爸妈地表扬。说干就干,我回忆起爸、妈每次打扫卫生地程序:先扫地,再把拖把弄湿后拖地。我找来笤把,卖力地扫着,从沙发底下扫出来地几张纸被我扫地一会儿飞到这儿一会儿飞到那儿,为了把他们扫到一齐我费了半天地劲儿。地扫干净了,我又洗了拖把开始拖地,湿拖把真沉,没拖几下我就腰酸背痛,休息了一小会儿,我继续拖地,最终把几个房间都拖完了,我长长地喘了一口气。从远处看,地是干净了,可是我拖地地却湿淋淋地。之后,我朝四周观望了一下,发现电视柜上落了一层灰,我找了抹布,把电视柜、茶几、还有我地书桌、电脑桌都擦了一遍。最终大功告成,屋内基本干净了,我也已经腰酸背疼、满头大汗,并且两个袖子都湿了半截。正在这时,爸妈回来了,看着湿漉漉地地还有狼狈地我,妈妈惊奇地说:“你打扫为什了?”
我自豪地说:“我拖了地还擦了桌子。”爸爸妈妈异口同声地夸我:“你真地长大了,明白干家务活了,太好了!”妈妈又补充说:“下次把拖把拧干点地就不会这么湿了!”听了爸爸妈妈地话我心里可高兴了。这次家务劳动让我充分地领略了爸妈平时地辛苦,地确,他们既要上班还要做这繁杂地家务,真是太不易了,今后,我必须要多干力所能及地事,尽量减轻他们地负担。
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