stackyFACTSRich people simply could not eat food that looked like normal food. When ice cream was a rare luxury, it was packed into specialized molds to look like asparagus, truffles, or baked potatoes. The goal was to playfully deceive guests before they bit into a freezing cold, sugary vegetable illusion.
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