泰式“卷冰霜”冰淇淋风靡美国

Thai-Style 'Rolled Ice Cream' Getting Popular in U.S.

This is What’s Trending Today.

The weather in the Northern Hemisphere¹ may be getting cooler, but there is still time left to enjoy frozen² desserts typical of summer.

One of the most traditional warm-weather treats is ice cream -- a frozen mixture of cream, sugar, milk and flavorings.

Many people believe the dessert first became popular in the United States after the wives of early presidents served it in the White House. According to the White House Historical Association³, Dolley Madison, the wife of President James Madison, served ice cream there for the first time. That was in the early 1800s.

But ice cream has changed a lot in the last 200 years.

And now, a new style of ice cream that started in Southeast Asia is spreading in the United States: rolled ice cream.

This summer, rolled ice cream could be found at street festivals from New York City to Nashville, Tennessee. At Sweet Charlie’s, a store in Philadelphia, customers often wait in line for over two hours to order their rolled ice cream.

Some people call it “Thai stir-fried ice cream.” That is because it looks like it is made on a hot grill⁴, in the same way people cook meat and vegetables.

But the grill used for making the treat is actually extremely cold.

The ice cream “chefs” add things like cookies, candy, and even pizza into the ice cream mixture. Then, the ice cream begins to freeze. Next, the chef spreads it in a thin layer over the cold surface. After a few seconds, the chef uses a tool to scrape⁵ the ice cream off the cold surface and turn it into a roll. The rolls are then put in a cup and covered with fruit or flavored⁶ syrup⁷.

One serving costs about six dollars in most places in the United States.

Thailand most often gets credit⁸ for the creation⁹; a popular YouTube channel called “Ice Cream Rolls” reports that the dessert started there. Millions of people watch the channel’s latest videos each week.

Asia has been coming up with new frozen treats for a long time. A recent New York Times article reported that “elaborate¹⁰” frozen desserts were written about in Japanese literature nearly 1,000 years ago.

And, as one Asian food expert in Seoul, South Korea, told the Times: “You would never be served plain ice cream in a cup here. That would be too boring.”

And that’s What’s Trending Today.

I’m Dan Friedell.

Words in This Story

treat – n. something that tastes good and that is not eaten often

festival – n. a special time or event when people gather to celebrate something

elaborate – adj. made or done with great care or with much detail

layer– n. an amount of something spread over an area

scrape– v. to remove (something) from a surface by rubbing¹¹ an object or tool against it

grill– n. an electric device¹² with a hot surface upon which food is cooked

flavoring– n. a substance that is added to a food or drink to give it a desired taste

1 hemisphere   

n.半球，半球地图

参考例句：

• This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere.这种动物只有在南半球才能找到。
• In most people,the left hemisphere is bigger than the right.多数人的左脑比右脑大。

2 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

3 association   

n.联盟，协会，社团；交往，联合；联想

参考例句：

• Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
• I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。

4 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

5 scrape   

v.勉强维持；刮擦；n.刮，擦；刮擦声；困境

参考例句：

• We don't have much money but we scrape along somehow.虽然我们没多少钱，但是还可以过得下去。
• The high mountains seem to scrape the sky.峻岭摩天。

6 flavored   

v.给…调味( flavor的过去式和过去分词 )；给…增添风趣

参考例句：

• She flavored the fish with sugar and vinegar. 她用糖和醋给鱼调味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The olives are steeped in flavored oil. 橄榄浸泡在加过香料的油里。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 syrup   

n.糖浆，糖水

参考例句：

• I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
• Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

8 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

9 creation   

n.创造，创造的作品，产物，宇宙，天地万物

参考例句：

• Language is the most important mental creation of man.语言是人类头脑最重要的产物。
• The creation of new playgrounds will benefit the local children.新游戏场的建立将有益于当地的儿童。

10 elaborate   

adj.详尽的；复杂的；vi./vt.详述；详细制订

参考例句：

• You understand the situation;I needn't elaborate any further.你对情况是了解的，我不必再进一步详谈了。
• He made an elaborate hairstyle.他做了一个复杂的发型。

11 rubbing   

n. 摩擦, 研磨, 按磨

参考例句：

• This insect makes its strange noise by rubbing its back legs together. 这只昆虫摩擦它的两条后腿发出一种奇怪的声音。
• Jerry was already unhappy because he fumbled the ball,but his teammates kept rubbing it in. 本来杰瑞就很不高兴，因为他失了球，而他的队友们还一再提那件事。

12 device   

n.器械，装置；计划，策略，诡计

参考例句：

• The device will be in production by the end of the year.该装置将于年底投入生产。
• The device will save much time and effort for us.这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力。