Vanilla ice cream

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Vanilla ice cream is a dessert flavoured with vanilla beans, vanilla extract, or synthetic vanillin that is especially common in North America, Asia, and Europe. The type of vanilla used varies by location: in North America and Europe for instance, prominent, smoky flavors are more common, while in Ireland, an anise-like flavor is more frequently used. Many people consider vanilla to be the "default" flavor of ice cream (see "plain vanilla"), although plain ice cream without any flavouring is also available. Vanilla began to be used as a flavouring for ice cream in France from the 18th century. Like all ice creams, vanilla ice creams did not include egg yolks until the middle of the century. The addition was soon replicated in England. Vanilla ice cream was introduced to the United States by Thomas Jefferson when he encountered the food in France, and in the 1780s, he wrote his own recipe for the dessert which is today housed at the Library of Congress. Vanilla ice cream may be flavoured...

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