You scream, I scream... we all scream for ice cream. Before I get started on this month's book, Ellieanarose has fully recovered from whatever happened to her last month. She was a little confused and dazed, but she's fully okay now and back to her usual self, which is good. Although, we did have a message from Eowara asking, "Why does a slug have a horn?"
This month, it's all about frozen treats and that includes ice cream, sorbets, and gelati. The book I sought in the Hobbit library was: Ice Creams, Sorbets & Gelati: The Definitive Guide By Caroline and Robin Weir. The book has an ice cream cone and a pink theme which I really love. It caught my eye, that's for sure.
The thing I loved about the book was that it went through the history of ice cream and all frozen treats from 300 until the 2010s. I'm not sure what that means, but that is a good age or two here in Middle Earth. It had all the myths of frozen treats, origins, history, and even a guide on how to serve it. I thought that was a wonderful idea, as it covers everything.
I loved reading all the information, but it was a little too fact heavy. I do feel that the recipes could have been broken down and separated from the history lesson. I say this because the recipes had pictures and information about the recipe which felt like a breath of fresh air after the heaviness of the facts at the start.
One thing I did love was that the Weirs covered all frozen things like ice lollies and popsicles as well. It wasn't just ice cream. I have to admit that I had no idea there were so many different frozen treats. Ice cream is something that we do eat in the Shire. Eowara has as well, I believe but her turn will be later. I enjoyed that the book covers equipment and temperatures with measurements in Metric, US and Imperial. I don't really understand what they all mean, but I think it's good to cover different measurements to make this book easy for everyone to use.
I also really liked the way they covered sauces, syrups, and even Wafers, Cones, Biscuits, Toffee, Taffy, and Brittles. I honestly had no idea that there were so many frozen treats. It really did feel like everything was covered and I did enjoy learning about the frozen snacks, but I do think the book could have been laid out better. That may have helped with the information being crammed into the book. I found that the section after the main recipes was better as it did seem more spread out than in the beginning of the book. I did enjoy reading the book and I did learn a few things that I didn't know before.
Come back again next month when Briellerose will be opening the Hobbit Library once again.
Lots of love,
Cissarose xx