What is Ice cream?
[[File:Mint chocolate chip ice cream from flower years bar.jpg|thumb|Mint chocolate chip ice cream]] [[File:Ice cream beads 1.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Multi colored ice cream beads ]] '''Ice cream''' is a [[freeze|frozen]] [[dessert]] made from [[cream]] and ice, with added [[flavor]]s and [[Artificial sweetener|sweetener]]s. This [[mixture]] is quickly frozen while it is stirred continuously in a mixer, so that large [[ice]] [[crystal]]s do not form. Some ice cream is made with [[carrageenan]], a gum found in [[seaweed]] so that it is not sticky and easily eatable. Nowadays, ice cream comes with different flavors, shapes, colours and textures. It has a melting point of {{Convert|0|C|F}}. ==History== ===Early history=== Ice cream was first eaten as early as 500 BC in [[Persia]]. In the [[Achaemenid Empire]], ice cream was made of ice combined with flavorings. Just like modern ice cream, this type of ice cream is eaten during summer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icecreamhistory.net/frozen-dessert-history/who-invented-ice-cream/|title=Who Invented Ice Cream? - Ice Cream Inventor|website=www.icecreamhistory.net|language=en|access-date=2018-08-31|quote=History of ice creams begun around 500 B.C. in the Persian Empire where ice was used in combination with grape juices, fruits, and other flavors to produce very expensive and hard to produce summertime treats.|archive-date=2018-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901080405/http://www.icecreamhistory.net/frozen-dessert-history/who-invented-ice-cream/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJCVgTGfxf0C&dq=earliest+ice+cream+persian+empire&pg=PT60|title=Book of Firsts|publisher=RW Press|isbn=9781909284296|language=en|quote=c. 550-330 BC, First mention of flavoured snow or ice : during the Persian Empire}}</ref> In 400 BC, the Persians invented a special type of ice cream reserved to the royalty during summers. This type of ice cream is made of [[rose water]] and [[vermicelli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenibble.co