Ice Cream
This entire film was captured on just one Yorkshire dairy farm, called High Jervaulx Farm, from where Brian Moore makes his "Brymor" Ice Creams. The farm takes its name from nearby Jervaulx Abbey where Wenslydale cheese was made. They make over thirty ice creams on this farm using only their own milk, and thus they are rightly proud of its rich creaminess, courtesy of their Guernsey cattle. Brian is assisted on the farm by his wife, Brenda, and other members the family.
The first historical record of anything to do with ice cream comes from the Romans. It was the mad emperor Nero who one day suggested that some ice be brought down from the mountains, and served up with a topping of fresh fruit.
Ice cream as we know and love it was a long time coming. It was so named by the Americans in the 18th century, but the problems of keeping it cool meant that only the very rich could delight in it at home. It wasn't until 1776 that the first ice cream parlour opened in New York City.
Once again, it was the Americans who triumphed when, at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair, ice cream was served rolled in a crisp wafer, and the takeaway cone became popularised.
With the advent of electrical refrigeration, ice cream was soon available to the masses ...and once again it was the Americans who got there first. But their need was understandable - after all, what better way to accompany all that delicious apple pie!
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Production Notes
Locations:
High Jervaulx Farm, Masham, N Yorkshire;
Masham village square.