How the popsicle was invented | Moments of Vision 11 - Jessica Oreck

譯者: Crystal Yip 審譯者: Alan Watson

In a Moment of Vision...

靈光乍現……

It's 1905, Northern California.

事源於 1905 年，加州北部

Frank Epperson is eleven years old.

法蘭克．愛普生當時 11 歲

He's sitting on his front porch making a sort of DIY drink

他坐在前陽台，自製一種飲品

that's very popular at this time.

那種飲品在當時非常流行

He has just poured a sugary soda powder into a glass of water

他把甜甜的蘇打粉倒進一杯水裡

and is mixing enthusiastically with a wooden stir stick.

用一枝木攪拌棒混合它們

We don't know exactly how the next 24 hours play out,

我們不知道後來的 24 小時發生了甚麼

but we can imagine that something catches Frank's attention

但我們想像得到 有些事讓法蘭克分了心

and he abandons his drink mid-stir.

使他沒有再理會他的半攪拌飲品

After a cold Bay Area night,

經過灣區的一晚冷夜後

Frank rediscovers his mix drink the next morning.

第二天早上 法蘭克發現他的混合飲品

It's frozen solid.

已冷凍成固體

But instead of throwing it out,

但他並無把它丟棄

Frank pulls the icy block of soda out of the glass by the embedded stir stick

法蘭克拿著攪拌棒 從杯中拉出那結冰的蘇打水

and, in a moment of vision, licks it.

並在那靈光乍現的一剎，舔了它

Delighted by his invention,

法蘭克欣喜於他的發明

Frank begins making the frozen treat for friends,

於是開始為朋友製作這冷凍小食

and as he grows older,

當他長大

begins selling them as Eppsicles,

他稱那小食為「Eppsicles」 並作售賣

a contraction of his last name and the word icicle.

「Eppsicles」是他的姓氏 和「icicle」（冰柱）合併縮寫而成

It is rumored that later,

據傳言

Frank's own kids dubbed the icy delicacy Pop's 'cicle.

後來法蘭克的小孩稱這冰凍小食 為「Pop's 'cicle」（爸爸的冰棒）

Others claim the name is a combination of lollipop and icicle.

其他說名字只是 lollipop（棒棒糖） 和 icicle（冰柱）的合成

Regardless where the name comes from, the popsicle is here to stay.

無論名字從哪裡來 冰棒都會一直是人類的食物

Approximately 2 billion popsicles are sold each year.

每年在全球售出約 20 億支冰棒