I was watching a cooking programme and the chef used an early Victorian ice cream maker (like this one). You put ice cubes in the bucket and the cream in the pewter container so it can cool down and become ice cream as you spin it. I was wondering how people made the ice cubes in the early 1800s, when electricity wasn't widely available (I think?). Thank you!
Large icebergs were cut from lakes in Canada and the US and dragged by ship to the UK. Due to their size they would survive the journey without melting. Once they reached the UK they were stored in ice stores; large stone subterranean buildings. From here, part would be broken off and sold to the customer and delivered to their homes by horse an cart
