European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Alba Bragoli Mediterranean Bureau diet any Gregg Jasmin Vellai and her brother Steven enjoy an tee Cream treat in Naples. Ice Cream May take the cake As America s Avon Ledesser. But when in comes to freshness and diversity of Lavois american ice Cream lakes Licking irom is Lallian ancestors ancient Manu Scopis show thai Ico As used to prepare refresh cols As Early As 325 b when drinks were cooled in Lubs of s now to quench the thirst of Alexander the great s  soldiers in Imperial Rome trenches wore dug beneath patrician Homes to  compacted  into Itie summer months the Snow in cd Wilh fruit  was the original mini in ice bu1 Ico Cream lovers Tho world Over of inane so an italian. Bernardino Buo Talenti. Lor the Cooling concoction be know As ice Cream Rhonl Aluli whose last name appropriately Means person of Good talents War a Renaissance Man who c col cd in Many Fields. Sculptor Painter chemist and Pool. He was employed by Catherine def Medici to invent weapons. But he gamed notoriety in inc Medici court for his frequent forays into the kitchens where to liked to show Oil his Melmed culinary abilities. Catherine a notorious Glutton challenged Buon Valenti to create a dessert that would rival the court s Bakers the ingenious Man came up with an icy c Camy con Cochorn a earned him More recognition than his weapons Ivor would. When Catherine married the future King of Fiance. Henry ii she demanded that Burjel Aleli Vollov Mei to the French court so she would t be deprived of the rare Delight. The recipe  kept Sercl until Buon Valenti s death when in was passed on to Tho hands of other court Bakers the laborious Dessil called for Lemon syrup Orange Golan Cream Sugai and Honey to be med with shaved ice until a perfect creamy consistency was obtained the i echoes indicated that Iho dessert had 1o be prepared in Perl Cal timing with the conclusion of dinner because it 15 delicate and liquefied quickly " the recipe to col  in rough the Conn Mcl a until 1660, when in reached the  of a sicilian Procop Coltelli he introduced new fruit flavors Lolly Basic process and sold in in Small Oval shapes m a Rio across from Ine Comedo Francaise in a is these Sweel cold  As the French Call a them weft an instant Success and Ihu Procope id Cream shop became an institution Hal stands to the o Day in 1700, ice Cream Vas introduced in Cilles Nihro Ghoul Europe and in 1800 re reached and swiftly conquered America today. Americans or sri the world in ice Cream consumption Wilh an  36 quarts per person per year followed by the russians with to quarks and the germans with 13 each country boasts Aboul its versions of the to  Delight and each has ils merits american ice Cream is famous the world Over Loi its use in elaborate sunder.1 and banana splits when a ship pulls into Naples Italy sailors Nak .1 tuesday. July 21, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 13