Have you ever thought about where the sweets came from and how did they acquire their names? If you are interested, then forward to meet the interesting!
Candy
This "sweet" word came to our lexicon as far back as the 18th century, and its origin was derived from the Latin word "sweets"."Having survived" the modification in Italian, this sweetness was called "confetto" - "a small confectionery masterpiece."
The word "confetti" means small circles of different colors that are used on holidays so that people, joking and having fun, shower them with each other. It happened, too, from the Italian language. And all because on the Italian carnival parties people throw each other not paper circles, but small candy in bright wrappers.
Ice cream
Many years ago, world-famous Dr. Hippocrates recommended to his patients to eat "frozen cream", which, he assured, improves well-being and raises the mood.
A great lover and admirer of this delicious treat was also the famous Alexander of Macedonia. A sweet mixture consisting of fruits and honey was prepared specially for him. Then it was cooled with the help of freezing on ice.
In ancient Rome, for example, snow and ice were placed in separate rooms with special appliances for the preparation of ice cream. When the hot season came, this snow and ice were mixed with honey and fruit syrup and served to the table of the rich and noble nobles and courtiers.
There are historical facts that in the Far East this delicacy was known for several thousand years BC.
World famous traveler Marco Polo in the 13th century brought from the country of emperors to Spain the secret of cooking fruit ice cream. Since that time it has become a favorite treat in Europe.
Milk ice cream invented by the French chef, who served the very King of England.
Ice cream for many years was a pleasure for rich people, the poor even did not know about this dish. But time has passed, and ice cream has become the property of the rich and the poor.
Famous and loved by many ice cream in cups of waffles came up with the Italian Tortoni.
The very word "ice cream" was formed on the same principle as the words "cooked", "dried", "jerky", which in scientific dictionaries are explained as "everything that was cooked, dried, dried."
The name of ice cream "plombir" originates from the name of the town of Plombien, which is located in France.