Food Tour of Fandom [Mon, Period 2]

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There were neither hills nor wheels of cheese in sight today, thankfully for Bond's class. Instead, there was a fountain a square, which was a good thing, as the Danger Shop was set to a hot summer day. There were also a number of stalls dotted around the square. Bond himself was sucking on an oddly shaped ice lolly as he waited for the class to arrive.

"An interesting thing about frozen desserts," he began. "Is not only how old they are, with mentions of variations of involving the use of fruits and honeys to flavour ice and snow dating back into antiquity, but also how many of these ancient cultures such as Egypt, China and Persia, had versions. Although the effort involved in collecting and storing the ice until and through the summer months meant that before the invention of modern refrigeration techniques such desserts were luxuries, often reserved for the rich and powerful."

"And what better place to sample some of these, than Florence, often said to be where modern ice cream was invented, back in 1565."

[ooc: wait for ocd up]

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