The first frozen desserts are known from the time of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. Legend says that this famous leader enjoyed icy drinks. People in China were eating ice-cream, invented there in about 2000 BC. It reached Europe in about 1300 when the Italian traveller Marco Polo returned with recipes from the Far East. When Marco Polo returned to Europe from China in 1295 he told about the exotic kings who enjoyed that strange frozen dessert. To prove that his stories were true he produced recipes. By the year 1500, cream had been added to the recipes, and rich Italians couldn't get enough cream-ice. Cream-ice was brought to France in 1533 with the help of Catherine de Medici of Italy.
By the 1700s, cafes specializing in ice-cream had appeared all over Europe. But few regular citizens ever tasted ice-cream for it was very expensive and only rich people could buy it. One invention brought ice-cream into the lives of ordinary people: the refrigerator invented in 1803. Ice-cream shops immediately spread across the country and soon ice-cream could be bought every day. All could now enjoy what once was the food of the kings and presidents.
Task 1. True or False?
1. 1. Marco Polo told about the exotic kings who enjoyed strange frozen dessert.
True
False
