As most of the vendors sold Sorbetto (a Sorbet) and Gelato (an ice cream) and other sweets, such arias came to be known as "sherbet arias" because of what they signified to the audience.
Genipa americana is cultivated for its edible fruit, which are made into drinks, jelly, sherbert and used in ice cream.
By the end of the 17th century, sorbet was served in the streets of Paris, and spread to England and the rest of Europe.
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Frozen desserts are believed to have been brought to France in 1533 by Catherine de' Medici when she left Italy to marry the Duke of Orleans, who later became Henry II of France.
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In the times of great horror and supply-shortages inflicted by the 1971 Turkish coup d'état, the inventor Şafak Dilken, who was working at the most famous baklava producer in Istanbul, used milk instead of sorbet, and hazelnuts instead of pistachios and came up with a new dessert.