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Ice Cream Glossary I

Ice cream:

A popular dessert made with cream, sugar, and various flavorings that are blended jointly and frozen. Flavorings might include vanilla, chocolate, and various fruit extracts and might also include solid ingredients such as nuts, candy chips, and pieces of fruit. Ice Cream might contain dissimilar percentages of milk fat, depending on the flavor or variety, but commercially sold brands should contain specific quantities of milk fat in order to be called Ice Cream.

Ice box pies:

These pies were named following the ice box that they were kept cool in.

Ice milk:

It is made in much the same way as ice cream, apart from that it contains less milk fat and milk solids. The result is a lowered calorie count and it has a lighter, less creamy texture.

Icing:

A term often interchangeable with "frosting" and preferred in America to describe the sugar-and-water mixture used to decorate and cover cakes. It may also contain other ingredients and flavorings. The word is akin to "ice" for the icing becomes firm or glazed after being applied.

Ice cream headache:

A headache that occurs when one puts ice, a cold food or chilled beverage in the mouth. Ice cream is by far the majority frequent offender. The headache occurs in spite of of whether or not the person suffers from other types of headache, such as migraine.

Infuse:

To steep an aromatic element in hot liquid until the flavor has been extracted and engrossed by the liquid. Teas are infusions. Milk or cream could also be infused with flavor before being used in custards or sauces.