Exciting finals producing three winners Ice cream or ice-cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such as cream (or substituted ingredients), combined with flavorings and sweeteners, such as sugar.
History As early as the sixteenth century, the Mughal emperors of India used relays of horsemen to bring ice from the Hindu Kush to Delhi where it was used in fruit sorbets. Kulfi is a type of ice cream that is very closely related to the Persian ice cream and is still sold by road side vendors and in restaurants.  Popular folklore asserts that Marco Polo saw ice cream being made on his trip to China and took the recipe home to Italy with him on his return. However, in his writings Marco Polo never claimed to have introduced ice cream to the west.
The Roman emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus appreciated a sort of local ice cream during the 37-68 AD.  Italian ice-cream parlours (Eisdielen) have been popular in Germany since the 1920s, when many Italians immigrated and set up business. As in Italy itself, ice cream is considered a traditional dessert and the ice-cream at an Eisdiele is still mostly hand-made. No wonder that both finalists were German.
Ice cream became popular throughout the world in the second half of the 20th century after cheap refrigeration became common. There was an explosion of ice cream stores and of flavors and types. Vendors often competed on the basis of variety. Setting the scene  Richy Rich in Kuilapalayam offers 20 different flavours of ice cream and became the venue for the First International Auroville Ice Cream-Eating Contest finals. The finalists agreed to the following set of rules for the competition:
- throwing up significant quantities means immediate disqualification
- flavours are chosen for each other by the competitors
- every flavour to be chosen only once
- time limit: every 500 ml of ice cream pushing the limit by 15 minutes to allow some sort of flexibility
- the loser has to pick up the bill
 The ice cream would be served 10-15 minutes in advance to provide a suitable viscosity. Jonathan was the referee and photographer of the event.
The duelTuesday, 6 March 2007, 14:30 IST: and so it begins. Ed chooses lichi for Frauke and is rewarded by her with one of his favourite fruits, mango. It turns out that Frauke is a lot into fruits and doesn't mind lichi at all.  Jonathan rings in round 2: walnut for Ed and strawberry for Frauke. Walnut turns out to be a tough nut, as it is very hard to spoon it due to a high amount of water crystals.
In round 3, though, he is able to catch up again with the very soft pineapple flavour. Then, out of nowhere, Frauke concedes the contest before round 4. While Ed is happily finishing chocolate with almonds, rumour has it that he likely hit Frauke's weak spot with the choice of kiwis.  The aftermath
One hour and 3.5 litres of ice cream later, it is back to base camp, for hot coffee with ice cream and fruits! The three winners of this event: Ed, by technical knockout; Frauke as winner #2 who apparently enjoyed her choice of ice creams; and Richy Rich also had his share in the fun. 
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