Surely you saw this coming right? After a month devoted to ice cream, a book had to follow!
Congratulations to Robin, winner of the ebook. The giveaway is now closed.
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…In the meantime, for elegance and ease and luxury, the Hattons and Milles’ dine here to-day, and I shall eat ice and drink French wine, and be above vulgar economy.
~Jane Austen to Cassandra, Godmersham, June 20, 1808
We know Jane Austen ate ice cream. What might her favorite flavors have been? Pride and Pistachios? Sense and Strawberry Cream? What ever it was, we can be fairly certain it wasn’t vanilla– read more to find out why!
Take a romp through period recipes, personalities and polite society and get a taste for the ice cream Jane Austen would have eaten!
Georgian Ice Cream A to Z
A is for Asparagus, a vegetable green; one whose presence is not expected in ice cream.
B is for Biscuits and also for bread, not on your plate, but in ice cream instead.
C is for Cheese. A treat for a mouse— tell me do these belong in your house?
D is for Drinks: Coffee and tea. Turned into ice cream? Sounds quite good to me.
E is for Emy, who wrote the first book dedicated to ice cream—worth taking a look.
F is for Fanshawe who wrote the first way to make icy cream; it’s also for the flavors of which we dream.
G is for Grown up- ice creams with a punch. Not good for serving to children with lunch.
H is for Hokey; Hokey Pokey I mean. What in the world has that to do with ice cream?
I is for ice that’s needed to freeze, stored in the cold months to use as you please.
J is for jasmine, as in the flower. For these ice cream flavors, we turn to the bower.
King Charles I and II we are told, were ice cream lovers from days of old.
L is for Luxury—chocolate is one. And if you ask me, it is the most fun.
M is for Method by which we freeze, something only recently done with great ease.
N is for NaCl. We know it as salt, without which ice cream freezing would come to a halt.
O is for Oyster, now add in some duck and some meat— surely those belong in ice cream-y treats.
P is for Pastry with ice cream inside. What better place for a sweet treat to hide?
Q is for Quince and also for quiz; check your answers below—you might be an ice cream whiz.
R is for Rich. Who else could afford the wonder of ice cream when they were bored?
S is for Serving upon fine china plates, in glasses to lick, ice cream they ate.
T is for Tea houses where ice cream was bought. At Gunter’s a young lady might behave as she ought.
U is for Unmolding the ices for all to behold. Look at such beauty—it never gets old
V is for Vanilla, a rare orchid fruit. So popular now, there’s no substitute.
W is for Wafers, crispy cookies to hold. To put ice cream within them was really quite bold.
X is for Cautions, the infirm beware: Partake in that ice cream if only you dare.
Y is for Yolks of so many eggs. After eating all these, you best stick to veg.
Z is for Zenith, where angels abound, to bring you ice cream high above the ground.
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Comment below and tell me what you think Austen’ favorite flavor would have been and why for a chance to win an ebook copy.
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Of course I missed it. Yep… that one went right over my head. Congratulations for making lemonade out of all that research. Well done. That is such an excellent idea and you are putting it all in one place. Blessings on the launch.
I believe that Jane Austen would like a berry ice cream as she would have picked them from her own garden. I am sure that it would be strawberry ice cream as Emma would have picked them from Mr. Knightly’s strawberry patch.
A book on Jane Austen and ice cream is the perfect thing for these hot August days!! So much fun!!! And a book came out of it, too!!
I’ll pass on the asparagus ice cream, thanks. 😉
Congratulations on the release!!
Warmly,
Susanne 🙂
Very clever, Maria Grace. Congrats!
I think Jane would have liked P & L – Pastries filled with Chocolate ice cream – One for Jane and Cassandra and Mrs. Austen.
Thank you for the chance to win this book, Maria. And what a very delightful and fun poem that you have composed too. But I don’t get the X as it doesn’t seem to fit in but maybe that’s just me.
Could Jane Austen have love rhubarb ice-cream? I think I read that rhubarb was mentioned in one of her letters so I thought it would make a great choice.