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Ice Cream Delight

Ice cream has had a long history. Its origins go back to about 60
AD, when the Roman emperor Nero would order ice to be brought
from the mountains. Later, he would combine the ice with fruit
toppings. In the 13th century, Marco Polo learned of the Chinese
method of creating ice and milk mixtures and took this back to
Europe. The first ice cream parlour in America opened in New
York City in 1776.
The great thing about ice cream is that there are so many different
flavours. Each country seems to have its favourite flavours. In the
US, “rocky road” and “cookies and cream” are popular; whereas
in the UK, it’s “rum & raisin” and “raspberry ripple”. They’re all
tasty, but some countries have some decidedly strange flavours. In
Japan you can get “horsemeat ice cream”. It’s called Basashi Ice
and it’s made with real horse meat. However, the strangest
Japanese ice cream flavour of all has to be Pit Viper, which is
made from the venom of the poisonous viper snake.
But if you’re looking for a really wide selection, you’ll need to go
to the town of Merida in Venezuela. This is where you can find
Coromoto, the ice cream shop with the most flavours in the world.
On a typical day, they offer 60 flavours, but these are changed
regularly so every time a customer visits, there’s a new one to try.
In total, the shop has more than 860 flavours, including tropical
fruit flavours such as “guava”, “papaya” and “mango”, and some
more unusual flavours such as “avocado”, “mushrooms in wine”,
“onion”, “beef” and “garlic”. However, the strangest of all must
be the “sardines in brandy”.

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