Wine
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Tue Jun 13 17:05:37 EDT 2000
On Tue 13 Jun 2000 (08:48:29), wross at farmerstel.com wrote:
> I believe that it was possible (as it is now, of course), to
> refrigerate grape juice in a running stream. This is not intended as
> confirming or denying grape juice vs wine, only offered as something to
> consider.
The Roman Emperor had an ice house constructed, which was packed with ice
and snow hauled down from the top of Vesuvius (?) during the winter. A small
insulated door gave access to the centre of the ice mass, where containers
of ice-cream mixture were left to freeze. Summer fruits could also be
preserved there. But this was strictly for the Emperor and his honoured
guests. No favours to the general public!
Since then, Italian ice-cream has become a byword for excellence!
Ben
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