During a hot summer like this one, eating ice cream is one way to cool down. While popular flavors these days include vanilla, in 18th-century Britain, tastes were a bit different. A popular flavor was “brown bread.” This summer, the flavor was resurrected for visitors to try at 13 historical sites across England. The World’s Carol Hills spoke to food historian Annie Gray. She joins us from Cambridgeshire, England.
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