Background music: Jingle Bells
The first ice cream in the United States
In the summer of 2011, Haizi graduated from Southeast University with a master's degree and got the admission notice from Pennsylvania State University. We began to care about the school thousands of miles away. From words, pictures and videos, it is gradually known that this public Ivy school was built in 1855, among which the ice cream developed and produced by the school is the first in the United States. At that time, I said that the greedy cat can eat a lot. In fact, it's not the case, because the school is very large, the ice cream factory is far away, it takes at least 40 minutes to walk, and it's not easy to want to eat or run for a while.
This is the school ice cream factory. We drive past. It's hard to park. The surrounding parking spots are full. We need to park far away. Also line up, business is very good, because it's going to be summer vacation, in the middle to stop production for more than a month. It is divided into two teams, one is Tangshi, which is eaten in the sales hall, about 20 meters outside the door; the other team is packed and taken away, which is very short, only seven or eight people, all bought from home with heat preservation bags. We are in a long line, waiting for about 20 minutes, eating an ice cream is not easy!
It's our turn. At first sight, there are about seven or eight varieties. It's just that they have different tastes. The essence is the same. I ordered the most common one, and experienced the original taste. It's the plastic cup in the picture, which costs $3.2. A person can't eat it all (Americans should be able to eat it, one is that they are very tall, the other is that they are used to eating raw and cold). We can't help saying that Americans are real. The school master scooped the ice cream from the stainless steel bucket and pressed it into the cup, paying attention to that it was pressed into the cup, and then dug from the stainless bucket until the plastic cup was full and could not be added. The same is true for those who buy the egg cone nearby. They all press it with a spoon, then load it again, until it piles up into a hill shape, and finally sprinkle some chocolate granules on it. Girls like it better.
Take another picture. When you eat it, the cup is still full. It's not a lie. Unlike the one sold on the street in Nanjing, the bottom of the egg cone is empty when it is rotated. I asked the Chinese people who live in the United States. They said that in the United States, it's true and honest. To be exact, it's the employees of Penn State University who are real. Later, when they bought ice cream in Yellowstone Park, they saw him rotate from the plane, and the ice cream in the cup was also a hollow drop. The ice cream sold at Xinjiekou in Nanjing was taught by a master.
A model of an ice cream spoon on the wall. Besides, the taste of ice cream is no worse than that of Haagen Dazs. The feeling is that when I first got the ice cream, it was very hard and solid. When I scraped it with a spoon, I could see it turning over. It was very delicate to eat. I didn't feel like ice, but I felt very cold. Experts say that there is little water and a lot of milk in it. If there is more water, there will be ice dregs. The school's ice cream won the first place in the US ice cream competition.
According to the students, the school's ice cream is famous because it is produced by itself. The milk is milked by the cows in the farm. The formula is made in the Department and finished in the factory. There is no other branch. When the school was founded, it was called ice cream Department (I guess it was the only major in food department at that time). Later it was renamed food science department, which has a long history.
When we left, there was a line outside the sales hall. Take out business is also good, customers with aluminum foil thermal bags to take back. In the hall, there are also people nearby who come to buy some to taste slowly. They are very leisurely and can sit for a long time. It's really a slow life, which is enviable.
This is a gift from a Thai restaurant a few days ago. It tastes like a popsicle. The water content is too high. Compared with the school ice cream, it's too far away. （2014.06.13/2020.4.20）