Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-21
FIRST EDITION.
About Hce-Creanl.

About Ice-Cream.
SOMETHING CONCERNING ITS MANUFACTURE
GREAT MARYLAND ESTABLISHMENT.
A little while ago. a singular accident occurred
in Reading, it being nothing more nor less than
the explosion of boiler in which ice-cream was
| being boiled This raised the question as to
whether it was common to boil the cream used
| for this purpose Upon this, we are able to give
the ideas of a gentleman who perhaps stands un-
| rivalled as
AN ICE CREAM AUTHORITY,
having been engaged for over twenty-five years
manufacturing it on an extensive scale, largely
supplying the market of Baltimore and other
towns in Maryland, to the extent of hundreds OF
thousands of gallons. To the question in rela-
tion to the boiling Of the cream this man of ex-
perience replied that it was certainly unnecessa-
| ry if the material used we're really cream ; If the
tactical fluid should be Of poor quality, the man
ufacturer might use eggs and starch to enrich
| it, which would necessitate boiling. Thus is ice
cream made in New York City, as Wilmingtoni-
ans, skilled in the pure article which is account
| ed one of the speciatiea of our city, have often
discovered when attempting to eat in that mod
ern Sodom what they are apt to consider an IN
| ferior kind of frozen custard.
In the Maryland establishment alluded to
above,
NO CREAM Is EVER BOILED
except the small quantity needed to prepare that
| aristocrat of flaYors, vanilla For this purpose,
the pure bean is scalded, avoiding the prepared
extracts, which are far less lively in taste and
| give slight alcoholic flavor Verdant consul
| mers of this kind of vanilla cream sometimes
fastidiously object to "them black speck ks, "
which are really its patent of nobility, proving
pure descent. Liquid syrups are generally used
for the other fiavorB. In this mandatory as
in others, the novice will discover with surprise
that the beautiful fruit pink tinge of the straw
berry cream il derived, not from the berry it
SELF which communicates no color whatever, but
from an infusion of cochinea very slight
| quantity is enough, for when treated with prop
er chemical solvents each minute blackish-grey
disc pours out quantity of royal crimson, which
seems almost inexhaustible.
On inquiry Of our authority about the relative
dangers of having
THE CREAM TOO THICK Oh TOO THIN,
The only answer WAS given that he chad no ex-
perience in the former postulate the danger of
the latter was very great" This gentleman not
only uses the proceeds of his own extensive
dairy, but purchases from others far aud near,
and as the enthusiasm of the sellers was always
leading them to dip too deep in the Pierian
spring of the milk-pan, he was obliged to invent
a little lactometer to test the richness of the
fluid offered. AS all people of experience know,
the richer the cream the less its specific
gravity so a properly weighted snker with
graduated scale attached soon settled the ques-
ton Of quality.
TUE FREEZING APPARATUS
Is run by water power, which turns the cans in
the ice surrounding them, while motion is at the
same time communicated to dashes within them,
which beat tho cream with constant and equa-
BILE motion not too rapid or there is danger of
the cream turning to butter before fairly frozen,
an accident which occasionally happened i'll this
manufactory before experience had taught all
the conditions with exactness.
I In consequence of this thorough beating oi
the cream it
swELts VERY MUCH IN FREEZING,
increasing in bulk at least one third, and ac
uures foamy delicacy and lightness, which We
lave never found quite equalied in the article at
manufactured elsewhere The true time to en-
ioy this quality is when the success of freezing
nears completion, before the cream is removed
from the freezing-cans, and snugly packed
away in others under it's blanketing OF ice ant
salt to solidify in quiet. Then when the gear
ing belts are thrown off, and the great cam
} cease to turn, and the covers, being removed
show each one brimming with snowy, feather,
whiteness like the famOus cruel celebrated b,
Miss Austen, "thick but not too thick, cool bn
not too cold, then is ID the time for the visit
or to make mastery advance, armed Will
tumbler and spoon, or, if more eager and les
fastidious, brandIshing one of the mighty irol
spoons used there, and dipping deep Ill TIL
generous abundance, feast and gain new idea
of the
NECTAR AND AMBRosIA OF THE GODS.
Those spoons aforesaid, hanging temptingl
ready through every stage of the process
cleansed 30 easily by the simple method of
''soshn in bucket of water and wipe with
crash towel, are the favorte vehicle for mos
tasters A brown numbering teamster from til
hilI country of MARYLAND making his appearance
one day at the mill door, and questioning cur
iousy about the article manufactured ther
and whether it was ''anything good to cat, wa
Hospitality answered by the proifer of one {
those vast spoons heaped with the frozen dalr
ty. The teainster threw back his head, opene
Ills capacious mouth and sent the whole at on
toss down his gullet with startling effect. dasl
ing for a moment, with wide eyes and hant
ontspread on his astonshed stomach, he Jerl
T. ipgly calculated mighty oath, and fled!
y. other guests With less invitation have con
10 at times to partale of this famous ice-cream u
,f on its native heath. During the war time
IT. TROOP OF REBEL RAIDERS
,a streamed up chat Maryland valley and stopp'
IA to 'gobble up" what they could, horses, forag
W. W. provisions and sundries They capped the who
ID gobbe by a rapid descent upon the ice crea
~ ~ cans which stood filled and packed for lalt
N order which had come in that day. That ord
went unfulflled, for Early's men rode OIL gorg'
to repetion with ice cream and carrying aWl
what they could not eat in cups, pans, cail- no m
'f and even in their own military cups. We yentu
to saw they had never in all their raids been
no lucky as to drop on Goshen 30 nearly fulhllll
ne the scriptural conditions OF milk and hone
10 The --.
Sc PROGRESS OF ICE CREAM MANUFACTURE
u u from small beginning to great extension h
an an been as rapid and wonderful in increase as tn
vi of hoop-skirts, and has the advantage of being
ho fashion that is never likely TO go out. For
m. nv years ago, the article was so nearly uuknoy
"a that some Wilmingtonians who asked for 1t at
@ hotel in Chester Co. were served by their zealo
a. but ignorant hosts with ice and cream stirred
y together. Now ii would be difficult to find a
az, village, however secluded, without Its little ma
, ufactory of the article, and lts consumption ls
ine he longer a luxury confined to the rich but o
no is which nearly all can partake. As to its pri'
io when sold in bulk as at the establishment who
processes have been sketched, it might not
prudent or delicate to state the exact rates, .
rt- eyes-and their mouths-to find the diiferen
on between Wholesale and retail.
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