Ice cream

Tablet! I've never tried Tablet Ice Cream but I'm sure it's delicious. I adore Tablet. Tried to make it myself with very disappointing results. I think you need to be in Scotland to make it properly. Or Scottish.

I only tried Turkish dondurma ice cream once, really didn`t like it, ice cream shouldn`t be chewy. There used to be an ice cream stand on the little road leading to Pigeon island in Kusadasi, and he sold wonderful ice cream. Hubby loved the strawberry which had pieces of actual strawberries in it, and I loved his chocolate, very dark, with lumps of chocolate in it, Mmmmm! I wonder if he`s still there?

Tablet Ice Cream! Wonderful Janetta's in St Andrews sells it, and a plethora of other delicious flavours. Hoping to visit there at the end of next week! In the V&A museum restaurant in Dundee, the ice cream comes from Janetta's. Yes, please!

Ice cream van is here at lunchtime, but rarely buy one from him. Funnily enough he is an ex-pupil I remember from my teaching days in the 1970s!
Favourite flavour is strawberry.

Pistachio or Brown Bread with hazelnuts are my favourite.
Oh and C****** pudding flavour.
I used to buy it from Marshfields, but they stopped making it.
So I occasionally make my own.
Ergo I dont have it very often!

I was on holiday in Donegal years ago. The hotel waitress served up a complementary scoop of ice cream to everyone in the dining room and asked for feedback for the chef who’d made it. She also challenged everyone to identify the flavour.

Nobody succeeded in guessing the flavour of the creamy coloured slightly textured ice cream but it was a unanimous thumbs up for the lovely taste.

It was soda bread ice cream. Bizarrely some who had already said it was delicious then left the remainder and decided they didn’t like it after all.

Not bothered, but I like a bit of vanilla on some hot puddings, e.g. bread and butter or sticky toffee. But then I don’t like cream.

It really grieves me to add that yesterday I threw out two virtually full tubs of ice cream - one chocolate something or other, one strawberry sundae - which I had allowed young Gdcs to choose from the supermarket.

Neither of them liked their choice! So I won’t be doing that again. Dh* and I will never eat them, and they were taking up too much room in my small freezer, so they had to go.
Sinful waste, I know.
*he loves Magnums, though!

I never see an ice cream van here, but one is a regular visitor to dd’s road, where there are a number of young children.

I’m not a big fan of ice cream, but when we go to Cornwall in a couple of weeks time will indulge in a Roskillies ice-cream. The flavour I’ll go for depends on what’s in the freezer on the day we go. Best ice cream I’ve ever tasted.

I love icecream so much I have one of those independent icecream machines which can be used without having to freeze the bucket. My favourites: lemon and raspberry ripple; coffee; clotted cream, strawberry... I could go on but I have a yearning for a small bowl of raspberry.

We have a van that calls in our street every teatime 5pmish and one day i treated myself. I had a shock 2.50 for a whipped ice cream cornet!!!! Goodness knows how a family can afford to buy for their little ones at this price. The next day i bought ice cream from the supermarket, less money and it lasted all week if not longer. Ice cream from a van is defo a 'treat' in my view.

Yes, annoyingly, given it's August the Ice Cream van I hear around here, for some strange and annoying reason is playing "The Holly and The Ivy". Possibly it sells brandy butter flavoured ice cream

I do like ice cream, I don't indulge too often. Although I always have some Magnums for the grandchildren when they visit, which I try not to touch. My current favourite is Salted Caramel

I've just skimmed the last two pages. Has anyone mentioned Tutti Frutti ice cream? I used to love that. The sweet shop in the town where I grew up used to sell it. You could buy a tutti frutti cornet.

Where has it gone?

We don’t have an ice cream van but we have a farm shop near where they make their own ice cream. It’s always queued up for miles, no wonder! If you ask for two scoops you get four piled on! It’s amazing but spoils you for other places who sell the same ice cream but miserly portions. And it’s cheap!

Not a lover of ice cream or anything sugary for that matter. Perhaps I’ll have a Mint Choc Chip at the sea side on a hot day.

I also like a dark chocolate choc ice could eat one now but im on a diet

Choc ices are fairly "good" aren't they?
Treat yourself when you've lost a bit.

Apologies if anyone has mentioned this but I've seen in Iceland this morning Blackjack and Vanilla ice lollies. Remember Black Jack sweets?

Black jacks= black tongue and teeth. Loved them when I was a nipper.

Oh and choc ices are not too bad on a diet but I dont want to tempt myself. They would be calling out to me from the freezer. "EAT ME".

Ah, yes I see.
Talking food is always problematic.
Crisps get a bit mouthy here, calling out, whispering, coughing politely.

I just punished a packet of plain salted for being so noisy . That’ll teach ‘em

Actually this was last night, they are all quiet this morning thank goodness ?.
Here’s an emogi and I don’t care if they are not what we thought they were. (another post yesterday )., What with my name suddenly being an insult I just can’t keep up,
K

Loved having little sorbet balls in France rather a long time ago and still love it, Italian made now.

Magnum in Turkey used to do a yoghurt and raspberry inside with dark chocolate outside.

Not keen on supermarket ice cream so usually treat myself when by the coast to Italian made vanilla and chocolate.

Just love warm apple pie with a good vanilla.

I love good ice cream but don’t have it too often.

Not what I class as ice cream but yes a Mr Whippy type van cones round. Horrible stuff, I won't buy it for myself or GC. It is just so artificial. Fortunately there are some shops still selling traditional ice cream where I can have a treat of a salted caramel one if I fancy.

Chocolate every time!!