Ice cream is a dessert made from dairy and is usually served in a frozen form. Although the specific origins of Ice cream is difficult to determine it is suggested that the dessert was invented hundreds and hundreds of years ago. Some of the original places ice cream had been discovered include China, Italy, and Rome; ice cream had not been reported in the United States until around 1700’s. Jacob Fussell is credited with opening the first ice cream factories in the United States in the 1800’s. Ice cream parlors became a popular destination for many seeking the cold dessert, ice cream.