Do you remember the children’s song about a kind magician, who will come flying suddenly, congratulate on the birthday and present 500 choc-ices? This though naïve but sincere wish is filled with joyful expectation of a holiday with an inseparable attribute for children all over the world – ice cream.

To say what the homeland of ice cream is and when it originated is difficult. It is known that iced desserts ‘came’ to Europe from the East, from Asia. This delicacy was a luxury item reserved for special occasions, served as a dainty dish at the royal palaces and adorned the feasts of the aristocrats. With time it became a more popular product. There is hardly anyone who will say with confidence “I don’t like ice cream.” It is eaten in summers and winters, on working days and holidays, in the best restaurants and ordinary cafes, at home and in the streets. Both children and adults like it, and it is even difficult to say who likes it most. Nevertheless, children are the most gratitude admirers and connoisseurs of ice cream.

For both child and adult buying an ice cream is always a remarkable event though tiny but pleasant, brightening up the life, it is a joy that is always easy to get and filled with the ‘aroma’ of light-heartedness. When various imported ice cream in colourful wrap, with various flavour additives and fillers poured into our shopboards in the early 1990s though we were looking with nostalgia for the so much familiar and favorite ‘taste of childhood’ in them. Domestically produced ice cream appeared some time later – in new colourful ‘clothes’, and it turned out to be much more tasty than that imported. What is more important is that Turkmen ice cream is made from all natural ingredients and in accordance with the traditional technologies. It means preserving all the nutritious properties.

Many treatises are devoted to the nutritional value of ice cream, though we know by experience how quickly it can elevate spirits, cheer and energize. Moreover, it is an example of successful competition with imported goods. Domestically produced ice cream is never in poor demand, especially in summer. It attracts, first of all, with the perfect taste and, of course, the moderate price. Imported ice cream is more expensive and whether more delicious – that is question.
Today one can buy Turkmen ice cream – white, yellow, pistachio-green or rosy with strawberry flavour, chocolate, vanilla, with waffle crisps, in a word, to fit any taste on every corner and as if returning to carefree childhood days he can feel the taste of festive mood and sparkling joy of life.