Rédey Judit: Hideg nyalat és spanyol tekercs. A fagylalt, a jégkrém és a parfé története (Budapest, 2007)

H o I i pn is ütő Waffle stick baker „Lo, what a dainty little stallage stands upon this magnificent square! Its name is Ice Creamery, hut one would think it would he wise to call it 'The Colickery' or plainly 'The Shop of Gripes,' since its assiduous clientele is frequently amused by that convivial malady. It's supposed to he the best ice cream parlor in town, with all ascribing such merits to the maker of the sweetmeats. It think not, however, since the exquisite aroma of the ice cream is lent to it by the vapors deriving from the beauteous operations of two- and four-legged creatures alike (notably, to the flymen and hackmen discharging urine at the theatre corner, as well as their horses dropping all over the place.

..)" The average number of helping hands marshalled by the sweet shops of Budapest - including the disciples of the master confectioner - was only 3 persons per shop even in 1881, and 4 in 1900. Fischer, however, employed 13 disciples, 6 hands, 4 shopkeepers and 4 house servants in 1833. He procured raw materials partly from abroad directly. He had a summer hostel constructed in 1843 in Városliget Park, on Hermina Avenue, where you could sample exquisite cream coffee and ice cream in the tea garden. Seeing Fischer's success, many shops selling "ice creamery" were opened. Pest already boasted of 19 such kiosks in 1845. Karl Müllers jocular city guide written in German verse introduced the old downtown of Pest in 1855 as follows: „Kiosks will cool you down in summer promenades with many kinds of ice cream, none unhealthy, except for their price, Herr Fischer, our master confectioner, sells true specialties: Nobleman and burghers alike - oh! - all desire yielding to such vice! Decoration? Hoch splendid! What of the service? Prima! Tarts, potcakes and hot chocolates - at Fischer's place: they're all extra final" By the 1840's, the custom of going out to have some ice cream became quite accepted in the everyday life of not only Budapest, but other towns and cities as well. Zsigmond Kemény's 1846 diaries prove that with several entries: „Returning to Debrecen by nine thirty p.m., the rest of the company has gone to the ice creamery, save Széchenyi... " And later: „Leaving Eötvös, I went to the ice creamery myself, then to the theatre with Csengery, where I saw my old friend Egressy.

.. " In other places he writes: „I went to have lunch today again at the Hunter's Conch, then I saw yesterday's neighbors. After coffee, we went to the ice creamery, and from there, to the Circle". After Fischer's death, his downtown shop was taken over by his son, who served ice cream m national colors (red, white and green) during the Holipnitartó Waffle stick holder