Eskimo pie

Eskimo pie - ice cream sandwiched between something cakey. Ever wondered where the concept came from? I think I have the answer.

The Italians reckon they created ice cream, or gelato, way up north in Florence. The Italians also reckon they invented ice cream machines, way down south in Palermo. 

The French created the brioche. We have to give them something and heaven forbid we make the slightest suggestion that anything foodie with a French name was not created by them. 

But our French purists did not even think of putting something not made by them in the brioche. That's where the Italians came in, food whores they are, and I love them for it.

How to eat ice cream before cones and take away tubs were invented? Scoop it into a brioche, of course.
It's summer in Sicily. Timmy and I notice people, and lots of them, eating these ice cream sandwiches.
They are called brioche con gelato. Chocolate is good. Oh, and hazelnut is pretty good, too. Rockmelon, vanilla, pistachio, walnut. God damn! They got it right again!