Frozen mixture of sugar or sugar syrup, fruit puree or flavoring and water.
The word ice derives from a Germanic source that also evolved into the German eis, the Danish is, and the Dutch ijs, all meaning ice. In Old English, the word was spelt is, a form that persisted until the fourteenth century when it was respelt ice. Another word associated with winter and freezing temperatures was the Old English gicel, a word meaning icicle but not related to ice. By the fourteenth century, the spelling and pronunciation of gicel had shifted to ickle; simultaneously, people began to suppose that an ickle was not just an icicle but any sort of long projection, and they therefore felt a need to invent a new name for an “ickle” made of ice. The result was iceickle, a word that was tautological in so far as it literally meant ice icicle. In time, the word iceickle came to be spelt icicle, and the older word—ickle—gradually faded away, falling out of use by the seventeenth century. In 1922, however, the word ickle was revived, after a fashion, when Frank Epperson of Oakland, California, began to market the Epsicle, a frozen treat he had actually invented many years earlier, in 1905, when he was eleven years old. In 1923, Epperson changed the name of his treat to the more marketable Popsicle. The Popsicle then inspired numerous spin-offs, including the Fudgside and the Creamside, all exploiting side as a kind of “frozen-treat” suffix (admittedly, side does differ from the much older ickle in that it begins with an s, one representing the s sound produced by the first c in icicle). Another word that developed from ice is icing, a sugary glaze spread over the surface of cakes and pastry. Icing appeared in English in the mid eighteenth century, the same time that the synonymous frosting came into use.
Ice is the street name for the crystallized (and smokable) form of crank (also known as methamphetamine). It is sometimes called crystal meth. The drug is more addictive than crack cocaine.
A confectionary dish comprising of sweetened and flavored crushed ice, particularly one that has minimal or no milk.
Ices are frozen desserts that are typically made with a sugar syrup base and flavored with fruit juice or puree. They are best prepared using an ice cream maker, but they can also be made in a refrigerator by frequently stirring the mixture during the freezing process. However, this method can result in some crystallization. Adding stiffly beaten egg whites or flavoring with liqueur are two popular ways to enhance the taste of ices.