Ice-Cream Flavours

[SincereTheRebel]

Been having a debate since last night about flavours of ice cream. I like banana. Yet, every time i go to coventry to somewhere that sells ice-cream by the boat load. They do not sell banana. In wolves, the common default flavours are chocolate, vanilla, and banana. Everywhere else, the banana is replaced strawberry.

I ask you, is it strawberry or banana? There are lots of other flashy fly flavours. But i dont care about them.

[SvN]

Mint choc chip is where its at.

[Magic]

Are you on about a metropolitan?

[Dquincy]

Ben and Jerry cookie dough is the winner for me.

Banana ice cream can do one. You must love a Macies banana milkshake?

[Vim]

Strawberry-lemon is what I've gotten since I was a kid. I've deviated from that pairing very few times.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'd go banana every time, but you never see it. Chocolate is rank, and if I'm being honest, I probably haven't eaten any ice cream since about 2004.

[Disco]

I would say strawberry is far more common than banana. Vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate are the big three.

Oh and Magic you plank, it's Neapolitan.

[SincereTheRebel]

I would say strawberry is far more common than banana. Vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate are the big three.

Oh and Magic you plank, it's Neapolitan.


Thats the one that is a mix between the three. Never even tasted it. Sounds awful.

[Magic]

LOL.

I absolutely hate vanilla ice cream, it's fucking dreadful on it's own. Fine with a pie or whatever but even then I prefer cream and/or custard.

Fruit flavoured ice cream oh yes, chocolate is meh, though the weird flavours are awesome. Coffee. :drool:

[John]

Pistachio ice cream is brilliant but it seems to have completely vanished.

[igor_balis]

Yeah coffee is boss. Ice cream is just a great thing generally. Branching out to 'lollies' and suchlike, I gotta make a shout out to my fave frozen snack, the twister lolly

[randomlegend]

Not liking chocolate ice cream is one of the diagnostic criteria for being a massive deviant.

Edit: also, gelato > ice cream (unfortunately).

[SvN]

Isn't gelato just ice cream for wankers?

[John]

Gelato is just Italian for 'ice cream'.

[randomlegend]

Gelato is just Italian for 'ice cream'.

No it isn't. It uses different proportions of the ingredients and is made differently.

It's pretty obviously different if you've tried them both.

[Magic]

I remember in London getting an espresso ice cream and them bringing out a scoop of vanilla ice cream then pouring a cold espresso on top of it. :sick:

[Magic]

Also I can't believe people genuinely like Twisters. They are fucking disgusting. Solero > Magnum > Feast > Cornetto.

[John]

No it isn't. It uses different proportions of the ingredients and is made differently.

It's pretty obviously different if you've tried them both.

It's a type of ice cream, not a separate thing. Gelato is the Italian word for 'ice cream'.

What you said is like saying 'Greek yogurt > yogurt', or 'Spanish football > football.'

[Davgooner]

Mint choc chip is where its at.

It's the absolute don.

[randomlegend]

OK, since apparently it broke your mind working out what was obviously implied:

Italian ice cream (gelato) > English ice cream.

[Disco]

Thats the one that is a mix between the three. Never even tasted it. Sounds awful.

That's the one, although anyone who eats them mixed together deserves everything they get. We had it all worked out as kids, my Dad only wanted the chocolate (confirmed deviant) and I would always eat the strawberry leaving the vanilla for when the strawberry ran out (or for my sisters but who gives a shit about them).

And gelato is clearly a type of ice cream, saying otherwise is like claiming a ham sandwich and a cheese sandwich aren't both sandwiches because they have different things in them.

[randomlegend]

Its more like saying brownies are different to cake.

[Davgooner]

It's kicked right off in here.

[Magic]

Ironic in an ice cream thread we should see a meltdown.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mint choc chip, pistachio and hazelnut are the absolute dons. I only tried hazelnut last year but it's amazing.

Mastic is also quite nice.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pistachio ice cream is brilliant but it seems to have completely vanished.

It's making a bit of a comeback.

I know Waitrose and Tesco supply some now.

[John]

OK, since apparently it broke your mind working out what was obviously implied:

Italian ice cream (gelato) > English ice cream.

Yes. My mind is the broken one.

There's a 'gelato' place in Silverburn that does parmesan flavour. I've never seen anyone buying it, but if I did I think I'd be dutybound to cut them off at the knees.

[Magic]

Oomami ice cream. :drool:

[Disco]

Cheese and ice cream makes a certain amount of sense, I can see that working.

[Byron]

Mint Choc chip is the only flavour worth talking about.

[John]

Cheese and ice cream makes a certain amount of sense, I can see that working.

Mascarpone or ricotta, definitely, but when would anyone ever eat parmesan on its own?

[Boydy]

It's honeycomb.

[SincereTheRebel]

I need some of that mint choc chip in my life. Sounds delicious.

[Disco]

Mascarpone or ricotta, definitely, but when would anyone ever eat parmesan on its own?

Equally, when would anyone eat vanilla on it's own?

[Lewis]

If I'm buying it out and about I will always go for vanilla so that it's a constant and you can judge the quality of the actual ice cream. If I'm buying tubs of it to eat in one go like a depressed fat lass, that salted caramel Haagen-Dazs is pretty great, and them biscuit core ones Ben & Jerry's do are good as well (I take it we all only buy these when they are on offer, since lol at paying a fiver for them).

[Magic]

I hate the Ben & Jerry's ones. They are fucking bastardising all that is good about ice cream (which isn't much). Fuck 'em.

[Magic]

If I want to eat cookies I'll fucking buy cookies, there's no need to chuck some ice on it and price it at £4.50 for a small tub.

[SvN]

Apart from coffee, I don't think there's a single flavour of ice cream that I've not enjoyed.

[John]

Equally, when would anyone eat vanilla on it's own?

Vanilla isn't really available in a form conducive to eating 'raw'. If the vanilla fruit was like an apple people would be eating it all the time. Everyone could be sticking blocks of parmesan on their cheese boards, but it just isn't a pleasant flavour by itself.

The real villains of the ice cream world at the moment are 'Kelly's' though, with that hateful advert. I want to throw my entire living room at the television when that twat appears.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

In Ben & Jerrys, this is the best:

http://www.benjerry.co.uk/files/live/sites/systemsite/files/flavors/products/eu/wich/pints/cookie-dough-swich-up-detail.png

It's amazing.

[igor_balis]

Apart from coffee, I don't think there's a single flavour of ice cream that I've not enjoyed.

This, except coffee is great too. All ice cream is great. Fuck it I want fucking ice cream

[Reg]

I need some of that mint choc chip in my life. Sounds delicious.
It's the best.

Pistachio is good.

Every ice cream I tried in Rome was pretty great. Still, I'm not quite as passionate about gelato as RL or John.

[Dquincy]

Gelato is just Italian for 'ice cream'.
It's not just that.

"It's is churned at a much slower rate, incorporating less air and leaving the gelato denser than ice cream. Gelato is served at a slightly warmer temperature than ice cream, so its texture stays silkier and softer. Because it has a lower percentage of fat than ice cream, the main flavor ingredient really shines through."

Well done randomlegend

[Magic]

I don't think I've ever had Gelato? Sounds like right pretentious wank.

[Dquincy]

Where do people stand regarding sorbet?

[randomlegend]

I don't think I've ever had Gelato? Sounds like right pretentious wank.

It's really good.

We had this tiny little place near our hotel in Rome called Mr Ice that looked like a dodgy corner shop. We ended up going every night we were there, it's the best frozen cream-based dessert product I've ever had.

The Bueno flavour :drool:

[Pepe]

If it's from a proper place then chocolate is quite good. Generic one is to be avoided.

My favorite would be that coconut one I used to get in Acapulco. Absolutely fantastic. There was this Italian place that would make quite excellent fruit ice cream (I think they called it something else,) with mango probably being the best.

[Pepe]

Mint chocolate chip. :sick:

[Disco]

Vanilla isn't really available in a form conducive to eating 'raw'. If the vanilla fruit was like an apple people would be eating it all the time. Everyone could be sticking blocks of parmesan on their cheese boards, but it just isn't a pleasant flavour by itself.

Did anyone suggest eating parmesan on it's own? It's (apparently) being used as a flavouring. Only approving of things that are both nice and convenient to eat on their own is a slippery slope.

Mint would be out for a start.

[John]

I didn't bring convenience into it. I think parmesan is a shitty idea for an ice cream because it's not a pleasant dominant flavour. It's only nice as a note in a pasta or whatever.

[Disco]

Personal taste and all that, sharp and salty cheese with the sweet ice cream might be good.

Mind you I've probably condemned the 'fruit with salt' crew before.

[SincereTheRebel]

That salty cheese your on bout. Im guessing its like cheese cake and its not actual cheese.

[randomlegend]

No it's proper cheese.

[niko_cee]

I'm sure I've seen Parmesan ice cream on some TV food show before. Probably being panned on Great British Menu.

[Magic]

I've just Googled it and this pure shitfest was the first result:

http://www.molecularrecipes.com/ice-creams/parmesan-ice-cream-prosciutto/

:sick:

[randomlegend]

Ham with ice cream - regardless of the flavour - just sounds horrid. The temperature would just be wrong.

[Spikey M]

Anyone eating that needs to have a word with themselves.

[randomlegend]

I mean I'd try it. I'm always willing to be surprised, but I really can't see it being good.

I've seen a few people do it on Masterchef and it never goes down well. Vanilla mashed potatoes is the other one that always bombs.

[Pepe]

'Molecular gastronomy.' :harold:

[Raoul Duke]

Overall, Haagen-Daas Salted Caramel is off the chain.

In Neapolitan terms: Chocolate > Vanilla > Strawberry

[Spoonsky]

All about cotton candy from the Baskin Robbins on Baker Street. The stuff of childhood memories.

These days I'm an almond / pistachio man, though there is a mean peach sorbet made by the chocolate place run by little people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Chocolatiers) down the street.

[Giggles]

Caramel chew chew.

[Danny]

Mint Choc chip :nod:

Dont think I have had banana ice cream but banana milkshakes are the don so I imagine ice cream will be

[mo]

It's always been mint choc chip for me when out and about (that or a mint feast). Since discovering I'm lactose intolerant I do indulge every now and then when the weather is nice (so long as I'm not required to be in a confined space that day with anyone else), otherwise the lactose free vanilla ice cream is bloody lovely - much nicer than any 'normal' vanilla I've ever had.

[Lewis]

If I'm buying it out and about I will always go for vanilla so that it's a constant and you can judge the quality of the actual ice cream.

Until today, when I spied some birthday cake flavour gelato made with real cake mix. :drool:

[Disco]

My issue with that is that 'birthday cake' is not an acceptable flavour, it could be anything and probably an excuse to bung in whatever they've got lying around.

[Giggles]

Cake ice cream sounds epic though, birthday or not.

[Pepe]

Flavor: Sugar

[randomlegend]

Until today, when I spied some birthday cake flavour gelato made with real cake mix. :drool:

Gelato > ice cream btw.

[Disco]

Cake still isn't a flavour, it's like saying it's sandwich flavoured.

[Giggles]

Flavor: Sugar

That would be amazing.

[Lewis]

It tasted like plain sponge cake mix, but, seeing as it's only me and idiots that would buy 'cake mix flavour', they had to chuck some hundreds and thousands in it and make it sound fun.

[randomlegend]

Cake mix tastes spectacular.

Anyone that thinks it equates to sugar flavour is a slobbering mongoloid.

[Pepe]

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/12122/basic-plain-sponge-cake.aspx

Ingredients:
Flour
Eggs
Butter
Sugar

:harold:

[randomlegend]

You know flour, eggs and butter taste of something yeah?