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Wait is Ben & Jerrie's missing those good fats? it's obviously huge scale, tastes way better than cheaper stuff, but still not as good as my local shop.
by dillondoyle 6y ago
Wait is Ben & Jerrie's missing those good fats? it's obviously huge scale, tastes way better than cheaper stuff, but still not as good as my local shop.
- chubot 6y agoAnecdotally the premium ice creams (McConnell's, Haagen Daaz, Strauss, etc.) taste better to me than Ben and Jerry's. If it's covered up by flavoring/sugar, then it may be hard to notice the difference. But if you just have vanilla or chocolate (with chips, nuts, etc.) then I think it's pretty easy to tell the difference.
- dillondoyle 6y agooh that could 100% be it I love the chunky stuff. But hands down the store by my house that makes there own a league of its own compared to even like the fanciest gelato at whole foods
- at_a_remove 6y agoI am not a fan of ice cream, but perhaps I have never had the "good stuff." In addition to some of the premium brands you mentioned, are there other even higher-end labels? And what is it, experientially, I should be looking for? What are the signs, good and bad, in the ingredients list of proper ice cream?
- chubot 6y agoMy opinion: low end ice cream usually has more sugar. It makes it taste good superficially but it wears on me after awhile. I like it creamy/fatty and I think that is harder to make? (never made ice cream myself) I look for the fewest ingredients. If I see preservatives or coloring I generally don't buy it. Haagen Daaz is one of the few national brands that is really good about that. Jeni's is really good IMO
- treebog 6y agoI learned a lot about ice cream by watching this expert talk through the pros and cons of different ice creams: https://youtu.be/lma9TNjj_O8 https://youtu.be/lma9TNjj_O8 She is the founder of Jeni’s, which is probably the highest-end ice cream I’ve come across.
- chubot 6y agoJeni's is great! The dark chocolate and peanut butter flavor are awesome.
- h2odragon 6y agoBest ice cream i ever had was at an Amish auction where they were making 2 gallon batches as fast as they could. Unpasteurized eggs and cream FTW.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoBest meal I ever had was in an Amish farmyard during a bicycle event. Chicken and biscuit with fruit salad, followed by iced cream made in a churn run by some boys up by the house. On Amish home-baked peach pie. I still felt a rush when I wrote those lines, and its been 5 years.