ICE CREAM

Actually, really, any B&J with chocolate in it. I don't like their fruity or nutty things, but their chocolate cannot be beat. New York Superchunk Fudge, Half Baked, Phish Phood (crap band, but ACE ice cream), Mint Chocolate Cookie...

Good god, this stuff is better than crack. And more expensive than crack, as well, in most of the UK. £3.69 for a little tiny pot.

I've discovered the wonders of:
chunky monkey, wavy gravy, chubby hubby and raspberry gone coconuts, which is good because I was beginning to think all food had to do was rhyme and I'd become obsessed with it.

Best of all though, chocolate brownie flavour with actual bits of chocolate brownie in it. Is that B&J? Good god that shit melts.

I'm leaving Paul way behind now.

OH! Has anyone ever had Microbatch ice cream? IT IS THE ICE CREAM OF GOD. Tiramisu, Strawberries & Champagne, Apple Pie - you will never, ever, ever eat anything like this in your life. Like a Midori Sour, it is like nothing you've ever had.

It's all about the chunky monkey with me -- it is the flavor of the gods! They are all great though, there's not a flavor that exists that I would say no to.

The cool britannia (which, pathetically enough, I think I've mentioned on the boards before) was wonderful too. Bring it back, Euro company that bought Ben and Jerry's!

The microbatch stuff I've not heard of before, but if they have a flavor with champagne I definitely have to check it out.

Haas anyone from the west coast ever gone to Cold Stone Creamery ice cream parlour? Now THAT'S the shit. They take your flavor of ice cream and then mix in whatever you want in practically the universe right in front of you.

Also from rome the greatest Granita al Caffe, chunks of sweetened coffee ice with cream underneath and cream below. Crack for the soul.

Forgot From Russia With Buzz.

Some day, the food of the gods will be made, which will encompass all the divine food groups: Coffee, Ice Cream and Alcohol. I've tried pouring Kahlua over From Russia With Buzz ice cream, but that's not quite it yet.

Yum.

Haagen Dazs vanilla and Breyer's vanilla - yeah, the one with pod bits in.

Gelato, speaking of Italy - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

A Slice of Heaven -- in 1993 or so, I came into about 100 free pints of Ben and Jerry's via coupons via a friend. About fifteen went to my dad as a birthday gift, thirty to my class at the time. The rest I hoarded, then devoured. Num.

I sometimes mix peanut butter with vanilla, since Haagen Daz no longer makes that flavor.

Toscanini's Ice Cream (located in Cambridge, Mass, in Central Square, Harvard Square, and at MIT) makes the best vanilla i have ever tasted. Other flavors of mention: Guiness, Cardamom, Cappicino, Grape Nut, Orange Creamsicle, Belgian Chocolate, Mexican Chocolate, Mango, and hundreds of others.

Definately worth a visit the next time you are in Boston.

If we're talking posh supermarket ice cream, it's got to be cookie dough, straight from the tub, don't stop until it's finished. If we're reaching into the freezer at the newsagents, it's a Tangle Twister for me. And I *have* to lick it round in a spiral.

Fave flavour from a tub, though, is B&J Caramel Chew Chew.

Mourning the loss of: Haagen-Dazs swiss almond vanilla. The bastards make green tea 'scream for the Japanese market and I WANT SOME.

Horrible stuff: Maple Nut from Kemps, my mother's very effective form of keeping her children out of her freezer stash.

Apparently B&J market-tested KitKat chunk in vanilla but didn't launch it. Idiots. They're also turning into a very un-PC company, as they're Starbucking someone's nice wee chain so they can take over in Texas.

Kate: we'll try to work out an ice cream cocktail for you. I think the White Russian Milkshake is a very good idea and a very useful application of my drugstore diner skills.

No! No! What are you people trying to do to me? I have to stick to my diet! I have to leave on tour two weeks after that party! It's OK if all of London thinks I'm a fat slob, but not the rest of the UK!

There was also this specialist ice cream shop in Gisburn which made their own. It was beautiful. Quite sad it's in one of the remotest places ever... even from Barnoldswick it's not that easy to get to. Dough!

Look out: extremely skilled gastropornographer in the area.

I keep hoping for a REAL diner in the UK, but I fear there's no such thing. I mean, even I can find a proper pub in NYC. Why is there no diner in London? Waaaahhhhhh!!!

But Italian icecream rules even above Ben and Jerry's and George and Davis.

You can however get a half decent chocolate malted (to my english tastebuds).

Suzy can you make us milkshakes in your blender at the party?

You can at least get a half decent chocolate malted (to my english tatsebuds) at Ed's Diner, which must count for something

but I got diverted.

Sigh... Emma, the problem is, Diners are the one GOOD purely American food, while they've only imported the crap Burger Kings and McDonalds and stuff. And where the heck are the Dairy Queens? I mean, honestly... why can't Britain bring over the good stuff?

I am so going to have to get a bottle of special Mexican K using the Sin Fund.

And SNAP, SNAP, SNAP on the diner/soda fountain opinion. It's like my other chief London annoyance: Chinese food does not come in the little white box. I have been saying for 10 years that the first quality C- food takeaway to open up and USE the white boxes in Central London will make a fucking fortune, the public will love it and the style mag set will totally wet themselves. But I digress. Green tea ice cream, anyone? I haven't figured out how to make it alcoh...uhhhh, yes I have. Saké.

Also - if there are any quality Chinese takeaways I have yet to find them. In my experience London Chinese takeaway is always utterly disgusting.

Oh, wait, I was going to make coffee and you distracted me with thoughts of Chinese takeaway.

Mmmm, DIM SUM. Could eat that all day.

Maybe you should start a dim sum thread, I luv it. I like those funny turnip cake things.

What always bugged me, was when they'd show in the adverts... "Part of this nutricionally complete breakfast" where the whole breakfast - including toast, fruit, milk, orange juice - would have been nutricionally complete *without* the Sugarbombz.

...and Toufutti is not the same as ice cream. It never will be. Figgered I'd just throw that out there.

To put it plainly -- the UK *FAILS MISERABLY* at these key factors to ensure culinary survival:

1) Good Mexican food. Scratch that, even *mediocre* Mexican food.

2) Fast food -- as has been said, you've been colonized by The Shit and not The Good. Such are the natures of multinationals, I realize.

I will allow for the fact that we don't have as many Indian places out here as we should. This however will hopefully be changing (and happily we've got a good slew around where I live, so there is further hope).

And Kate, I have pose and preen about B&J, for I am a Mere Male and measure myself accordingly against societal standards. Now if you excuse me, I have to go down to Hooters in my red Ferrari dick car and shout loudly about tits while pounding down Coors Light. That is what people do there, right?

Getting patriotically irritated by US 'our junk is better than your junk' nonsense. This is patently a fact that does not need to be debated since about 75% of Seppos are obese (though we are catching up, even without Taco Bell or Dairy Queen or whatever).

Otis is a big time fucking hippie.

Food has improved here in great big leaps, though. When I moved here the only place that did The Dazs was Harrods Food Hall and I had to buy Ocean Spray from Fortnums to introduce London to the concept of the Sea Breeze. Now, lots of good food (no Mex, but how many of them want to move here?) and as birthdays and family-visit bonus, ALL the poncey restaurants are around my flat.

As far as Southern California goes, everything here is a chain. I go into a nice-lookng, family-owned Greek or Turkish place, everyone there looks the part, speaks the language -- cool right. I flip over the menu and see a list of other "California locations" and "Herb from Texas" walks out of the kitchen with the chef's hat on. Please........

Oh, and their food is good, too. Though you do have to ask them to bring out hot sauces and things.

Taco Bell, however, would be a great addition to the flora and fauna of London's fast food...

xoxo

Yep, that place in Covent Garden is pretty good. Emma passed out in the toilets there once. That's how good it is.

I once fainted at college during a belly dancing class. I banged my head very hard on the floor and all the other girls crowded round and assumed that I was anorexic (well, a curvy anorexic). I had such a bad headache I could not do my essay that week and explained to my tutor. He thought I said 'ballet dancing' and was quite impressed but when I explained that it was belly dancing he was a bit flummoxed.

The kind that pokes out the top of low-cut Baby Phat tee shirts in the summertime, of course.

"Do you put stuff on it ?"

In this order: my fingertips, lips, paperclips, gatorgrips, Biore strips (I cannot abide leaving a young lady's nipple prone to comedogenic attack apres-freaknasty. I am a man of substance and finesse.)

I have been eating ice cream everyday, just before I go to bed...

I am a new convert to Phish food, dodgy hippy connotations aside, it is princely.

Italian ices esp. Benfaremo and esp. peach and lemon. Sorbets esp. Ciao Bella and esp. blackberry.

Latin Playboys' "Lemon 'n Ice"

http://www.thehotspotonline.com/thewurld/articles/GandD1.jpg

my faves are mint chocolate cookie and coconut. mint chocolate milk shakes rule.

however, ice cream that has more chunks and gunge and foreign bodies in it than actual ice cream = dud.

The ragnarock of coffee ice cream

and fresh buckets too, which is always a pleasure

Um, the rest of you, I don't mean to nag but could you get your butts over here? I'm wilting, yo.

Still, I'm sure I'd like an ice cream as soon as the heat hits me when I walk out the door.

One of the takeaways in Walthamstow have a freezer with Kulfi to takeaway, I think by the time I get out of the vicky line this afternoon I'll be needing one....

I can't remember the name of the ice cream i had the last time I was at G&Ds (see reference upthread), but it had brandy in it, that much I do remember. It was huge too.

you already did.

jesus isn't looking, I swear.

Ice cream -- hm, well, right now I'm really craving a DQ-style banana split, but having it be an all-strawberry affair instead of the three flavors it normally puts. Complete with chopped nuts on top. Mmm.

I'd go on and fantasize about all the super-rich chocolatey goodness that comprises many of my favorite flavors/kinds of ice cream, but seeing as though I'm developing a pimple just thinking about it, I won't.

I do, however, highly resent the implications made early on in this thread (ha, three years ago!) that Taco Bell = Mexican. That's just crazy talk. Taco Bell bears little relation to actual Mexican food. And I would adore the opportunity to bring actual Mexican food to Europe, but I don't have the funds to do so. Drat.

*sniffles, shuffles off to sleep*

Sorry, gareth.. back to you.

Yo honey-dips, summertime, fine Jheri drippin
See you on Pickens with a bunch of chickens how you're clickin
I catch shootin strong notes as we got close
She rocked rope, honey throat smellin like Impulse
Your whole shell baby's wicked like Nimrod
Caught me like a fresh-water scrod, or may I not be God
Attitude is very rude Boo, crabby like seafood
It turns me on like Vassey and Lahrule
They call me Starky Love-hun, check the strategy
By any means, Shirley Temple cross was done by Billie Jean's
Black Misses America, your name is Erica, right true
Lazy eyeball, small piece, six shoe
Caramel complexion, breath smellin like cinnamon
Excuse me hon, the Don mean no harm, turn around again
God damn, backyard's bangin like a Benz-y
If I was jiggy, you'd be spotted like Spudz McKenzie
I'm high powered put Adina Howard to sleep
Yo pardon, that bitch been on my mind all week, but uhh
Back to you Maybelline Queen let's make a team
You can have anything in this world except CREAM
So whatchu wanna do? Whatchu wanna do?
Let's go ahead and walk these dogs and represent Wu

Watch these rap niggaz get all up in your guts
French-vanilla, butter-pecan, chocolate-deluxe
Even caramel sundaes is gettin touched
And scooped in my ice cream truck, Wu tears it up

Shaolin's finest, whattup Boo, peace your highness
Yo I'm loungin, big dick style, y'all niggaz is the flyest
Moves you're making too fly jewels are shaking
not a rape patient, you're looking good fly colored Asian
Ghettoes, them is your hometown, we can go the whole round
After that, I'm shootin downtown
I'm rockin hats and you wig is all intact
Who's that queen bee chick, eyes curly black
Freaks be movin in fly sneaks
Two finger rings and gold teeth, and ain't afraid to hold heat
So when I step in the square dear
You better have CREAM to share, Ricans, ven aqui yeah

Watch these rap niggaz get all up in your guts
French-vanilla, butter-pecan, chocolate-deluxe
Even caramel sundaes is gettin touched
And scooped in my ice cream truck, Wu tears it up

Black chocolate girl wonder, shade brown like Thunder
Politic til your deficit step, gimme your number
Your sexy persuasive ta-ta's and thighs
Catch my eyes like highs I want your bodily surprise
Double dime some time, Ice Cream you got me fallin out
like a cripple, I love you like I love my dick size
ooh baby I miss you, your sweet tender touches
take pulls off the dutches, orgasm in my mindstate
masterbate in your clutches, I want you for self
like wealth, so play me closely
Bitches paranoia for the sting, who want the most of me
Only a hard dozen want to be callin me cousin
Thirsty for my catalog, baby shoppin spree you're lovin
Call me if you want to get dug like the pockets
I jizm like a giant break brooms out of their sockets

Wu-Tang in the cut, for real niggaz what?
It's the after party and bitches want to fuck
Ice cold bitches melt down when my clutch
They want they titties sucked, ice cream
Yeah, your guts

Watch these rap niggaz get all up in your guts
French-vanilla, butter-pecan, chocolate-deluxe
Even caramel sundaes is gettin touched
Ice cold bitches melt down when in the clutch
They want they titties sucked, ice cream

One love to my chocolate deluxes, keep your nails done
and your wigs tight, word up
One love to my butter-pecan Ricans for calling me papi
That's for real
One love to caramel sundaes, with the cherries on top
Yeah
And big up to my french vanillas
Parlez vous, francais, mi amor, merci, oui oui, bon bons
and all that good stuff
That good stuff

why does everyone love it so much? its kind of average. the marks and spencer one is way better

still sad there is no dairy queen in this country. id love a quintroon strawberry blizzard right now

It would probably be a spasm-inducing revelation if something better entered my life.

Vanilla ice cream w/Kahlua on top is damn fucking good and about all I ever want.

Coffee ice creammmmmmm

LIght red meaning. Thank you.

i'm eating away my misery w/ this bacon and maple syrup ice cream (i drizzled aunt jemima on top)

i have (most of a) pint of ben and jerry's mint chocolate chip ice cream and the remainder of the wire season 1 waiting for me at home :D

also who is this that makes bacon/maple ice cream?

WTF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pq8TFptKR4

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/Golden_gaytime_box.jpg/450px-Golden_gaytime_box.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gaytime
Aussies have a gay old time with ice cream!

Fat + sugar + cool + creamy = hard not to like

There's a small ice-cream shop near my house called Whip & Dip; They make the best mint chocolate-chip ice cream I've ever had. There another ice-cream shop down the road called Wall's Ice Cream; they make the best coffee ice cream and Guinness-beer flavored ice cream I've ever had (sadly, I don't think they make the Guinness ice cream anymore).

My fave self-made icecream

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aw!!

nice

for some reason my comment didn't go through yestreday. that looks delectable!

You can all LICK it. lol

My god, I'm 36 and I knit icecreams.

Ew, my brother-in-law posted on Facebook that he had some bacon and maple syrup ice cream. That it exists makes me want to go into hiding.

My favorites - peppermint and bubble gum. I especially love mint syrup!

I am going to eat ice cream tonight.

Madagascan Vanilla. Now, if only I could get some Devonshire clotted cream to go with that shit...

Sounds pretty good. Vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles is a wonderful thing imo.

My favorites - peppermint and bubble gum. I especially love mint syrup!

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Bubble gum ice cream is so revolting to me. Just the idea of it makes me want to vom.

Went out for ice cream last night. Wound up getting hard yogurt but it's so good you couldn't tell the diff. Oatmeal raisin cookie falvor with rainbow sprinkles. Always rainbow sprinkles. They're my fav.

raspberry frozen yoghurt can be very nice

http://www.ilovemygrub.com/news/2011/heston-blumenthal-mustard-ice-cream-waitrose

hmmmn

Blue Bell half gallons, 3/$13.

Dessert Trio
Coffee
Homemade Vanilla

Happy 4th, y'all.

New Yorkers, any assents or demurrals?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/dining/reviews/new-yorks-new-frozen-treats-25-and-under.html

i would like to talk about jeni's salty caramel ice cream, which is the best ice cream i have ever had in my life.

there is a mostly finished pint of ben & jerry's karamel sutra in my freezer. i don't want to finish it because THEN i would feel like a glutton -- never mind the 3/4 that my bf and i already ate.

I would like to eat some salty caramel gourmet ice cream and then talk about it

Kroger's store-brand (Private Selection) ice creams are mind-blowingly good. They're not paying me to post this.

costco carries a generic vanilla icecream that is so FREAKING good.

also on the fancy end of things, Straus Family Creamery's vanilla is the bomb.

I recommend both of these as someone who doesn't even usually love vanilla icecream much at all, but these two are crazy good

Bought the Breyers chocolate/vanilla split 7".

Honestly it's really good. I don't understand why I ever pay for ultra-premium ice cream because I don't think it's all that much better than this.

as far as supermarket brands

it has to be aldens

best so far

Bums me out that half the Breyers flavors are labeled "Frozen Dairy Dessert"

Oh is that really still a thing? I thought they stopped doing that. This one was definitely ice cream.

depends on the flavour i believe

i like breyers a lot, winco almost always has them for half the normal store-price