Official food thread v. Jingle.star

[Jamesman42]

Nobody is putting down marshmallows in dessert.  They have their place in that context.  (and I'll fight anyone who tries to say Phish Food isn't the best Ben and Jerry's flavor)

You won't have to fight me.

[axeman90210]

(and I'll fight anyone who tries to say Phish Food isn't the best Ben and Jerry's flavor)

Random fun fact: My dad and his partner used to let a guy come in and use their ice cream machine (for a small fee) so he could try to come up with new flavor ideas to sell to Ben & Jerry's. The pilot batch of Phish Food was made in the basement of my dad's store

[lonestar]

Ben and Jerry's is fairly mid as far as ice cream goes. Y'all need Jeni's ice cream in your lives.

[Jamesman42]

This is the best ice cream I have ever had. My stores around me stopped carrying it and even then, can't really have it now. It had a chocolate ganache on top and the perfect ratio of ice cream and caramel.

[King Postwhore]

RJ, bruh. Terrible take. Their tour is amazing. I love their ice cream. I just have no space for I've cream in my belly these days.

[wolfking]

This is the best ice cream I have ever had. My stores around me stopped carrying it and even then, can't really have it now. It had a chocolate ganache on top and the perfect ratio of ice cream and caramel.

I will second this.  I load up when they are on special.  If they are half price I'll buy like half a dozen!  Terribly bad for you at around 1100 calories per tub but it's fucking amazing.  I agree the caramel is the best but the cookies and cream one is insane also.  It's hard to get that flavour over here anymore though.

I just had two about two weekends ago actually.  I'm hoping they are on special again soon.

[Jamesman42]

My man!
Never tried the cookies and cream one.
Surely one of many reasons I have the diabeetus.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Nobody is putting down marshmallows in dessert.  They have their place in that context.  (and I'll fight anyone who tries to say Phish Food isn't the best Ben and Jerry's flavor)

Give the man credit... Phish food is the best

[lonestar]

RJ, bruh. Terrible take. Their tour is amazing. I love their ice cream. I just have no space for I've cream in my belly these days.

Again...it's decent, but man...once you step up to the next level of ice cream, you realize how average and overblown B&J is...

Salt and Straw, Jeni's, Humphry Slocombe are miles beyond the larger mass market brands.


Hunt this one down at a local Whole Foods and tell me I'm wrong...the quality of the ingredients shines so much man.

[faizoff]

I like Jeni's ice cream, eating at the location in LA was still the best version I've tasted. The store ones are good but not great. I prefer Ben & Jerry's over them personally. Although my favorite of the store bought ice creams are the Chocolate ice cream from Trader Joe's. I'd get more of it if their store wasn't on the other side of the city and had like 4 parking spots.

[lonestar]

I like Jeni's ice cream, eating at the location in LA was still the best version I've tasted. The store ones are good but not great. I prefer Ben & Jerry's over them personally. Although my favorite of the store bought ice creams are the Chocolate ice cream from Trader Joe's. I'd get more of it if there store wasn't on the other side of the city and had like 4 parking spots.

I'm constantly baffled they haven't opened a scoop shop in NorCal.

[El Barto]

This is all wrong. You've got that wonderful homemade ice cream that some relative used to make in the backyard, and then you've got whatever ice cream brand that happens to combine their goop in such a way to make a flavour and a texture you happen to like. Blue Bell Cookie Two-step for me, but I'm under no illusion that it's a good ice cream, or even ice cream at all.

[hefdaddy42]

Hard to rank, but one pretty good example is Blue Bell Banana Pudding.

[lonestar]

Sigh....

[cramx3]

Hunt this one down at a local Whole Foods and tell me I'm wrong...the quality of the ingredients shines so much man.

I dont doubt its good, but given whole foods, im guessing it costs more than I'm willing to pay for that. I'm not a big ice cream person though, I enjoy it, but I don't have any real strong preferences.  I'd bet I'd enjoy everything suggested, but if I buy ice cream it's usually just whatever is on sale and the flavor of the moment (although cookies and cream is my favorite).

[lonestar]

........ Sigh......



I'm trying lord, I really am.

[Lonk]

No love for Haagen Dazs? Which is much better than B&Js, IMO.

I used to have soooo much ice cream in my early 20s, it wasn't even funny. Don't know if I ever seen Jeni's, but I'll keep an eye out when I buy some groceries later.

[Adami]

........ Sigh......



I'm trying lord, I really am.

Isn't all ice cream really just the same?

[jingle.boy]

Similar to Marc, I'm largely ambivalent about ice cream.  I can probably count on one hand the number of times we have it in a given year.

My dog Chewie though, it's his favorite thing in the world.  But then again, he's exhilirated with no-name plain vanilla. 

[lonestar]

Isn't all ice cream really just the same?

Aren't all MCU movies just the same?

[Adami]

Aren't all MCU movies just the same?

Aren't all knives just the same?






I WAS BEING FUNNY! No need to try to hurt me. You monster.

[axeman90210]

There's a local chain around Orlando called Kelly's that I've been very happy with when I get the craving for a little frozen goodness. Ben & Jerry's is probably my supermarket go-to.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Whenever I get a hankerin' for Ice Cream, I usually just drink a gallon of milk instead

[lonestar]

Aren't all knives just the same?






I WAS BEING FUNNY! No need to try to hurt me. You monster.

Now you know how seriously I take my ice cream

[Adami]

Now you know how seriously I take my ice cream

Come visit, I'll take you to The Social, here in Brooklyn. Insane ice cream shop.

If I didn't have blood sugar/cholesterol/lactose issues, I'd go there at least once a week.

[faizoff]

As far as ice cream shops go Mitchell's in San Fran along with Leopold in Savannah GA are my two absolute favorites.

[bout to crash]

That shit is all the same 

Jk, Denver has several excellent ice cream shops so when I need a good fix I go to one of them, usually High Point Creamery which has a location by my house and so damn good. I like weird, usually less sweet flavors. They've got a whiskey pistachio brickle that's so yummy. And a coconut milk creme brulee if you can't/won't do dairy.
That said, my tolerance for ice cream is so low that all I can usually handle is a kid's size scoop. Occasionally I buy a pint that sits in my freezer for like a year because I forget about it. And once in a while I will buy some B&J's.

That reminds me RJ, check your Messenger, I actually sent an indirectly ice cream related msg last night lol

[Adami]

That shit is all the same 

Jk

DAMMIT WOMAN, I TOLD YOU TO SELL IT!

[XJDenton]

Aren't all knives just the same?

I've never noticed a difference after cutting onto my steel countertop a few times. Expensive or cheap, they all end up equally dull.

[lonestar]

I've never noticed a difference after cutting onto my steel countertop a few times. Expensive or cheap, they all end up equally dull.

Now that makes me cringe...you're never getting anywhere near my Fujitake or Miyabi.... (yes, I prefer my knives like my metal, Japanese..)

[XJDenton]

Only jesting. I have a nice pair of japanese knives myself I spring out for special occasions.

[King Postwhore]

I'm such a noob with knives. I need serrated knives when cutting vegetables. I know sharp and technique, but I never learned.

[faizoff]

Funnily enough, I use a serrated cheese knife for cutting tomatoes and it's been a life changer.

[lonestar]

So do I. I got a 10" Victorinox serrated bread knife that handles a decent wad of my prep load, the thing is a beast. 10 years old and it still kicks ass.

[King Postwhore]

And I just ordered it.