The biggest myth about Soviet ice cream has been revealed

Those who remember the Soviet era well often emphasize that ice cream was the most delicious back then and that today's one is no rival to it. This dessert was very tasty indeed, especially compared to other products sold in the Soviet Union.

FoodOboz found out how this legendary ice cream was made, as well as how its recipe came about. It turned out that the ice cream is not so Soviet after all.

Until 1936, no one in the USSR had even heard of delicious ice cream, which both children and adults could enjoy with pleasure. It was in that year that Anastas Mikoyan, then People's Commissar of the Food Industry, visited the United States. There, he studied the experience of foreign colleagues and brought the equipment needed to start producing the "legendary Soviet ice cream." While in the United States, he personally selected the most delicious types of ice cream to steal for his country. They were: milk and creamy ice cream, popsicles, crème brûlée, as well as fruit and vanilla ice cream.

It is interesting that the People's Commissar "borrowed" not only the recipe and technology for making ice cream but also the technique of selling it directly on the streets from large freezers. Creamy ice cream cost 22 kopecks, and for 3 additional kopecks it could be topped with chocolate or jam. The lines for the delicious ice cream were quite long. Many people came from villages to taste ice cream, buying it in three-liter jars. Because of this, people waited patiently to taste the delicious Soviet ice cream, which in fact was not Soviet at all.