(bright music)
- I'm Beryl, and this week I'm looking at ice cream.
I'm wearing my cherries in honor of the ice cream sundae
I'm about to make. (chuckles)
(objects thudding)
Okay. I'm ready.
I haven't made an ice cream sundae in...
I don't even know how long.
Fun fact, do you know why an ice cream sundae
is called a sundae?
In the 1800s, there were a lot of laws that were restricting
what could and could not be sold on Sundays.
So things like alcohol fell under that,
but also carbonated beverages, like soda.
(grunts) All right, two flavors.
So drug stores, to get around this,
on Sundays instead of selling ice cream floats
would just sell ice cream and put syrup on top.
And they called it a sundae because it was sold on Sundays.
Cheeky, huh?
Add a little chocolate.
(cream squishing) (grunting)
And ice cream in America, it's beloved.
But it's common pretty much everywhere around the world.
It'll have different variations,
it's not always made out of frozen milk.
Sometimes it's ice, sometimes it includes noodles.
So, (grunts) in celebration of arguably the most beloved
type of dessert out there,
I spoke to seven people in seven countries
to see the different iterations of ice cream
around the world.
So this is the ice cream episode.
Yum. (giggles) It's so good.
Per usual, in making this episode, I've decided two things.
One, my definition of ice cream is fluid.
This is thematic, you know?
And two, nothing can come from the frozen foods aisle.
For all the ice creams that I missed
and all the flavors I didn't talk about,
let me know in the comments what ice cream is like
where you live and what your favorite flavor is.
I'm also curious about ice pops or ice cream cones
from the frozen aisle in the supermarket.
I think that could be really interesting
to see the different ones around the world.
I don't know. Let me know what you think.
Anyway, let the ice cream social begin.
I'll be here, finishing this sundae. (chuckles)
- This ice cream is special
because it's quotes and lots of things
that are not found around the world.
It's only in Africa.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Hena] Default dessert.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Beryl] We're starting in the Philippines
with one of the most colorful
ice cream concoctions out there.
(bright music)
(speaking in foreign language)
- Ice cream sundae is just ice cream itself.
Halo-halo literally means, in English, mix-mix.
(speaking in foreign language)
Hena Remigio. (speaking in foreign language)
Main ingredients, shaved ice, (speaking in foreign language)
So from there, (speaking in foreign language)
So if you have a joyful heart,
colorful (speaking in foreign language)
- [Beryl] Next up, Germany,
because this ice cream presentation made me smile.
(speaking in foreign language)
- Dario Fontanella. (speaking in foreign language)
- [Beryl] In Oaxaca, Mexico, they make their ice cream
using wooden barrels, and the process is mesmerizing.
(bright music) (vehicle engine whirring)
(speaking in foreign language)
- Paulino Gonzalez Martinez. (speaking in foreign language)
- [Beryl] You can't talk about ice cream
without including Italy.
But we decided to look at granita,
it's an ice cream adjacent cold treat.
(bright music)
(speaking in foreign language)
- Filippo Ruggeri. (speaking in foreign language)
- [Beryl] This ice cream features a local fruit
that makes it very particular to South Africa.
(bright music)
- For my ice cream, you don't need a machine,
you don't need a lot of things, just your hands.
My name is Darlington Mangwanya. I'm from Zimbabwe.
I'm going to make an African style ice cream.
This one, it's got an African plants in it, and then amasi.
Amasi is a milk that comes straight from the cow
and then it's 100% pure, no additions.
I'm going to be using num num plants, like berries.
I like them because they have a nice flavor.
I will use half amasi and then I will take sugar,
cream and then I will mix it.
I'll take my num num berries,
crush them and put them inside my mixture.
Take an empty bag, pour my mixture inside the bag.
I would take another empty bag, put some ice under,
Then I'll shake it for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, the ice cream will be done.
Once you take it, you will be able to tell
this is an African flavor.
As from me, I can recommend this ice cream
because fruits they are good and it's easy to make.
- [Beryl] In Turkey, the ice cream is stretchy,
so I had to include it.
(bright music)
(speaking in foreign language)
- Atilla Kanbur. (speaking in foreign language)
- [Beryl] And finally, in Iran,
we're looking at a dessert
that includes noodles and ice cream
in a very special combination.
(bright music) (vehicles hooting)
(speaking in foreign language)
- Jaber Barfi. (speaking in foreign language)
- Ice cream may seem like a superficial topic.
You know, the idea that people around the world
all like ice cream seems kind of obvious.
But if you really look at it,
food is this amazing equalizer.
It doesn't matter where you are, who you are,
you have something in common with somebody
on the other side of the world
because of something so simple, in this case, as a dessert.
And I don't know, it's just something about that
just makes me feel good.
And that's why I make this series.
And I hope that that's what you're getting out of it too.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
(chuckles) Sorry.
(speaking in foreign language)
- Very refreshing.
(speaking in foreign language)
- This ice cream is so special it's your own.
You choose your own flavor, your own dessert for you.
It's pure ice cream.