Why is a Knickerbocker Glory so named?
The shape of the knickerbocker glory glass (wide at the top tapering down to narrow at the bottom) got its name from the knickerbockers of Dutch settlers who arrived in New York at the start of the twentieth century. The flared pants were worn tucked into trousers and inspired this now world famous dessert. Is Ice Cream a Good Food? With the growing issues of diet and nutrition, ice cream has sometimes received a ‘bit of a bad press’ but does it deserve it? One problem that ice cream has in the name itself i.e cream which most people know as a relatively high fat dairy product and some of this perception rubs off on to ice cream, but the reality of modern ice cream is somewhat different. The major food component in ice cream is milk and, of this, milk protein is the most important. There is actually more milk protein in a quality dairy ice cream than in the same weight of milk alone! In addition, milk contains calcium and phosphorus which are very important in the building of bone, alo
