Apparently ice cream is a VERY popular topic (who knew?) – in our informal facebook poll, we got more responses than we’ve ever got for anything except maybe for things like having babies and staying married year after year. We asked what people’s favorite flavors of ice cream were, and got some of the basics (Edy’s Mint Chip, Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia) but we also got educated on some local creameries doing interesting things – it seems the smaller you are, the more outrageous flavors you can try. The standard larger-scale production lines look something like this (this is easily the best use of highly synchronized production equipment there ever was):
Now that we’ve got your mouths watering, here’s what we discovered from our highly scientific research:
- A lot of people like mint. Lulu’s Backyard Mint Chip, Three Twins Mint Confetti, Penn State Creamery’s Bittersweet Mint and then your standby Edy’s and Breyers chocolate chip mints.
- There is such a thing as a “Pints Club” in which you get your delicious ice cream delivered to your door (the Bobbledy Books of ice cream!) so you don’t waste any calories going out to the store (or Portland or LA or Baltimore) to buy some. See HERE. This is dangerous information. Treat it as such.
- Some very interesting combinations were discussed: Dark Chocolate with Meyer Lemon, Lemon Sorbet with espresso poured over it, Curry and Peanut (!?!?), and my favorite, 9 Months (pickle flavor!!!). (My favorite in the sense that it is pure crazy, not that I would ever put it in my mouth (oh, but I probably would!)).
Kato and I had been planning to make ice cream for his birthday (more on that later), so I shared the list of ice creams with him, in the hopes that it might stir his imagination for some fun flavors.
And so, as another informal poll, I’d like you to guess what flavors he requested in the comments section below. Add to it what flavors you’d be interested to taste that you’ve never had before. Hmmmmm….
And stay tuned for the upcoming post where we actually make the ice cream (a recipe that doesn’t require an ice cream maker!).