When did you start wearing jewelry? Detailed answer

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When did you start wearing jewelry?

Jewelry can be made from anything. But most of all, those that are made of rare and precious metals are valued. Gold is the oldest of the precious metals used in jewelry. It began to be processed in ancient Egypt. And this is more than 4 thousand years ago. The Egyptians made fine jewelry from gold, silver, enamel and precious stones. They wore earrings, rings, brooches, just like we wear them now. They also wore heavy necklaces and body plates and adorned their hair.

In ancient Greece, fine jewelry work was as highly valued in jewelry as the material from which they were made. For example, beautiful butterflies or grasshoppers were made from golden thread. In addition, the Greeks loved cameos. Pearls, amber, coral were their favorite gems.

The most magnificent ancient jewelers were the Etruscans, who lived in northern Italy. They made ornaments of intricate shapes and with great skill. Instead of a shiny surface, their gold pieces had a grainy surface, as if they had been dusted with fine gold powder. The Romans wore very elaborate jewelry to show off their wealth. Sometimes every single finger was in rings. Jewels were worn by both men and women. They were especially fond of pearls and emeralds.

In the Middle Ages, almost all jewelry artisans were monks. The monks devoted all their energy and diligence to the manufacture of church decorations. In the 1327th century, goldsmiths' guilds arose. In London in XNUMX goldsmiths formed their own association.

Author: Likum A.

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Where did ice cream come from?

Fifty years ago, people only ate ice cream in the summer. Now it is eaten all year round. It was invented in the East long before schoolchildren first tried ice cream in waffle cups.

Explorer Marco Polo saw people eating ice cream there. He liked this idea so much that he brought it to Italy. From there, ice cream came to France and became popular with noble people. They tried to hide the ice cream recipe from the common people. But, of course, people soon recognized the taste of this delicacy, and ice cream became popular among them. It soon spread throughout the world and even reached the United States.

The first ice cream factory began operating in Baltimore, Maryland in 1851. But the production of ice cream did not become widespread until the beginning of our century, when new refrigeration units appeared.

Ice cream consists of cream, milk or dairy products, and sometimes eggs are added to it. For taste, vanilla, chocolate, berries, nuts or fruits are added to ice cream. The recipe for regular ice cream is as follows: for 80-85% of cream or other dairy products, take 15% sugar, from 0,5 to 4,5% flavor and 0,3% stabilizer.

A small amount of stabilizer is added to make the ice cream more uniform and prevent the formation of coarse ice crystals. For this purpose, edible gelatin is usually used.

When you eat a third of a cup of vanilla ice cream, you get as much calcium, protein, and vitamin B as in half a cup of milk, and as much vitamin A as in a whole cup.

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