Opening more than 158 years ago, Bassetts is America’s oldest ice cream brand-it’s been serving ice cream from the same marble countertop in Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market since 1893. You can choose from fan favorites like salted-caramel pretzel and butter pecan. The shop has been run by five generations of the same family.
Bassetts: America’s Oldest Ice Cream Company By Carolyn Wyman on June 20, 2012 Hannah Eshleman Serving up cold treats since 1861, Bassetts Ice Cream operates its century-old stand at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pa.
Vintage rainbow ice cream from the 50s (Sealtest – 1953) 23. Vintage strawberry macaroon ice cream (Sealtest – 1957) 24. Appla La Mode (Borden – 1956)
The Brand: In 1866, William Breyer of Philadelphia made his first gallon of ice cream. In 1882 Breyer opened his first ice cream shop that quickly became four within the same year. Need To Know: In 1993, Breyer’s ice cream company was bought by Unilever, which led to the company being renamed Good Humor Ice Cream Company.
Here are some of the coolest vintage ice cream flavors (and a few sherbets) introduced during the 1950s. Many of these flavors are long gone, and it was clear that fruit — especially cherry and pineapple — were especially popular. 1. Cherry-Coconut ice cream (Borden’s – 1951)
The Americans had to wait until 1800 to get their first taste of ice cream. In the 19th century, ice cream manufacture was simplified with the introduction of the ice cream machine in 1843 in both England and America.
Where is Bassett’s Ice Cream located?
Widely regarded as the oldest ice cream parlor in America still in existence, this Philly institution has been around for 154 years and has been located in Reading Terminal Market since 1892. Founded in 1861 by the Quaker school teacher Lewis Dubois Bassett, the company has been passed down through the family …
The Fenton’s side of the story goes that in 1929, candy maker and Fenton’s employee of George Farren was experimenting with making a new walnut and marshmallow flavor. Throwing it in a vat of chocolate ice cream, he realized it was delicious.
Where was the first ice cream shop in Cincinnati?
City: Cincinnati#N#Founded: 1922#N#With a history dating back to 1870 when Louis Graeter began selling ice cream at street markets, the first Graeter’s ice cream shop opened in Hyde Park using a unique French Pot process to craft sundaes and other sweets, and they kept that process even as they expanded to more and more retail locations throughout the Midwest. Be sure to try their ice creams made with real fruit and double-dip sodas, made with sparkling soda water, a choice of fountain syrups, and a scoop of vanilla.
Doumar’s. City: Norfolk, Virginia. Founded: 1907. Abe Doumar invented the world’s first ice cream rolling machine in 1905, and it’s still functioning today at the most enduring location of his ice cream stands, which opened in 1907 and relocated after a hurricane in 1933.
City: Queens, New York#N#Founded: 1909#N#Eddie’s Sweet Shop has been a staple of Queens’ Forest Hills neighborhood since the corner store first began offering its assortment of 20 old-fashioned ice cream flavors. Though ownership has changed, Eddie’s retains the atmosphere of a classic soda fountain serving malted shakes and egg cream sodas with flavored syrups added to the sodas on command.
Leopold’s. Three brothers from Greece developed the perfect formula for ice cream before opening their iconic Savannah shop Leopold’s. The shop closed following the founders’ deaths in 1966, but was resurrected by one of their sons in 2004, in a new location but with much of the same old-fashioned equipment.
City: Fredericksburg, Virginia . Founded: 1912. An old brick corner drugstore in downtown Fredericksburg, Goolrick’s is the nation’s oldest continuously operating soda fountain. It’s locally renowned for its pies a la mode, malts, and real, fresh-mixed cherry colas, best complemented with a scoop of vanilla for a float.
Founded: 1918. The current owners of San Francisco’s oldest ice cream parlor purchased the shop only in 2002, at which point they installed a full-service kitchen now known for tasty breakfast options (starting at $9.50) that tend to draw a crowd.
Gayety’s Chocolates & Ice Cream. City: Lansing, Illinois. Founded: 1920. The founder of this ice cream stand moved to the United States from Greece at the age of 9, at which point he promptly began work scooping ice cream, laying the foundation for his own shop.
Where did ice cream come from?
Where was it to come from? In the early 19th century importation of ice started from Norway, Canada and America, this made ice cream readily available to the general public in the UK.
The advent of mechanical refrigeration using electricity and gas, at the end of the last century, is what made the ice cream industry what it is today. No longer were huge quantities of ice necessary and it was now possible to transport and store ice cream. Previously ice cream had to be eaten within a few hours of it being made as it required too much ice to keep it frozen. Ice cream quickly became a mass market product and many of the old flavours became best sellers. It is an interesting point that most of the flavours heralded as ‘new inventions’ by the go-go chefs, can all be found in the history of ice cream.
Such was the interest and demand for ice cream that wealthy people built ice houses on their estates. Ice, ‘farmed’ in winter from lakes, ponds and rivers was stored under straw and bark, until the summer when it was used for cooling drinks, making water ices and ‘iced creams’. The ice was of such a poor quality that it was never actually put in food, it was only ever used to chill and freeze food and drinks.
The technique of making a custard based ice cream using egg yolks started in France around the middle of the 18th century and this is the origin of custard based ice cream. The Americans had to wait until 1800 to get their first taste of ice cream.
The early methods of freezing food need some explanation. Freezing of foods was achieved by mixing salt with ice. Mixing salt with ice reduces the freezing point and it is quite easy to achieve temperatures lower than -14C. Just who discovered the process is unknown, but it was probably invented by the Chinese.
Buffalo, cows’ and goats’ milk was heated and allowed to ferment. This ‘yoghurt’ was then mixed with flour for thickening, camphor (yes camphor!) for flavour and ‘refrigerated’ before being served. King Tang of Shang had a staff of 2,271 people which included 94 ice-men.
Although the cone itself can be traced back hundreds of years, the first recording of cones being used for serving ice cream was in 1888 in Mrs Marshall’s Cookery Book. Robin Weir. Co-author of Ices – The Definitive Guide. Back to top.
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