![]() On the other side of the Atlantic, writes Erin Blakemore for Mental Floss, both ice cream and ice cream parlors were the targets of a moral panic. Marshall’s Cookery Book contains a recipe for “Cornets with Cream.” She instructs home cooks to fill the cornets, basically horn-shaped cookies, with whipped cream, but acknowledges “these cornets can also be filled with any cream or water ice, or set custard or fruits.” Given the history of cream-filled desserts from trubochki to cannoli, she probably wasn’t the only one to serve ice cream that way at some point in the past. Agnes Marshall was a British celebrity chef and food hygiene specialist who wrote four popular cookbooks and even patented an ice cream maker. The earliest claimant for the invention of the ice cream cone can date her innovation back to 1888. But prior to the cone, writes patent attorney and food historian Chris Clarke, ice cream vendors dished out their wares in “small, thick-walled glasses, known as ‘penny-licks.’ These were usually wiped with a cloth and re-used, and were thus a considerable health hazard, particularly for children.” ![]() In the late nineteenth century, ice cream went from being an elite treat consumed by the likes of George Washington to a popular one. Thing is, nobody’s sure who invented the ice cream cone, though many have tried to lay claim to the invention. Ice cream was a popular treat of the time, but it took the cone to give it its modern character. “It was a revelation,” writes Pagan Kennedy for The New York Times. ![]() In the days before disposable cups, the ice cream cone took the frozen treat from the dessert table to the fairground, boardwalk or the park. A large portion were made up by me on the spot.īut regardless where they came from, they've all gathered here, on this internet, to be gazed upon by you in all of their stiff, veiny glory.The ice cream, not the cone, might be the main attraction, but the cone is just as important when it comes to the history of ice cream. Some were uttered by friends, some by foes. Some were actual names for the thing, some were remembered from different forms of media. I wrote about dicks while sad, and I wrote about dicks while glad.ĭicks where written about with reckless abandon, and often without wearing pants (for inspiration, you understand), and honestly, it only took a few weeks to compile a large (girthy, if you will) list of one thousand different ways to reference male genitalia. I wrote about dicks while sober and I wrote about dicks while drunk. Over the coming weeks, I wrote about dicks. So the night came and went, but the next day, I remembered my vow. “I can come up with a thousand ways to say ‘dick' in English! I'll make a fucking list!” “Bullshit!” I retorted, slamming my arms angrily on the table in a thoughtful manner. He suggested that German had more ways of saying “penis” then any other language. “Dicks!” he yelled, drunkenly, like a scholar. They say “shit-(whatever)” with wondrous regularity in a variety of situations, and it doesn't even seem to be that rude (they can say it on TV, for instance).īut the drunken Deutscher seated across from me countered my well thought out proposal in a way that I can not only agree with, but utterly respect. I proposed that “shit” was the universal German curse word. We agreed that “fuck” was the curse word of the English language, and we were totally right. The one that is used most frequently, creatively and… eloquently, in a certain language is the winner. We had gotten onto the topic of how certain languages sort of have “their” curse word. It was in Germany a while back, and me and a German fellow who's name I unfortunately can't remember, were doing what many a great mind have done in the past: get shitfaced and talk about curse words. The story of the “Thousand Names for Dick” begins like most of my stories, with me drunkenly cursing at someone I just met. ![]() ![]() I've offhandedly mentioned it to many people, usually in reference to, “No, really, you don't seem to get just exactly how unproductive I am with my free time.” I've mentioned it, quoted it, even shown glimpses of the finished product to some. Many of my friends have heard rumors of this list. ![]()
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