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You can buy ice cream by the gallon (4.5 litres!!) in the US. It can’t be that expensive! In the UK half a litre (a pint) is considered a lot of ice cream.

grzm 4y ago
5 quarts (4.7 liters) is common size. Yes, it's cheap. But not usually very good quality, though.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  In the gallon size that is probably true. Nobody really buys it in that size unless they're feeding a gaggle of children at a birthday party who don't give two shits about how awful the ice cream quality is. Personally, I prefer my ice cream to have exactly four ingredients: milk, cream, sugar, cocoa. The end. Nothing else. I've had to switch brands a couple times because they cave to pressure to make their chocolate ice cream more creamy. No! I like it a bit dry, it's got cocoa in it! LOL
  - grzm 4y ago
    Me, too! Tends to be a bit more pricey, but well worth it, in my opinion.
  - chrisseaton 4y ago
    > I prefer my ice cream to have exactly four ingredients: milk, cream, sugar, cocoa No egg yolks?
    - rootusrootus 4y ago
      Not in chocolate ice cream, no. At least, not in the kinds I've liked best. And, I guess, I don't really like eggs in vanilla either. French vanilla just tastes off to me. I guess what I'm trying to say is that my preferred ice cream style is "philadelphia style"
irrational 4y ago
Are we talking about eating it all yourself or sharing with the entire family?
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  That's the size it's available in, so either.
- TylerE 4y ago
  I mean, it's icecream. It's good in the freezer for a _long_ time.
rootusrootus 4y ago
You can, but most people don't unless it's for a party or something. Even then, it's almost always by the half gallon (which, of course, isn't actually a full half gallon any more) or pint. The latter becoming more common of late.
- germinalphrase 4y ago
  Maybe it’s changed, but growing up in Wisconsin those gallon pails of Kemps seemed pretty ubiquitous.
astura 4y ago
You can usually only find cheap low quality ice cream in gallon sizes.

grzm 4y ago

5 quarts (4.7 liters) is common size. Yes, it's cheap. But not usually very good quality, though.

rootusrootus 4y ago
In the gallon size that is probably true. Nobody really buys it in that size unless they're feeding a gaggle of children at a birthday party who don't give two shits about how awful the ice cream quality is. Personally, I prefer my ice cream to have exactly four ingredients: milk, cream, sugar, cocoa. The end. Nothing else. I've had to switch brands a couple times because they cave to pressure to make their chocolate ice cream more creamy. No! I like it a bit dry, it's got cocoa in it! LOL
- grzm 4y ago
  Me, too! Tends to be a bit more pricey, but well worth it, in my opinion.
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  > I prefer my ice cream to have exactly four ingredients: milk, cream, sugar, cocoa No egg yolks?
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    Not in chocolate ice cream, no. At least, not in the kinds I've liked best. And, I guess, I don't really like eggs in vanilla either. French vanilla just tastes off to me. I guess what I'm trying to say is that my preferred ice cream style is "philadelphia style"

irrational 4y ago

Are we talking about eating it all yourself or sharing with the entire family?

chrisseaton 4y ago
That's the size it's available in, so either.
TylerE 4y ago
I mean, it's icecream. It's good in the freezer for a _long_ time.

rootusrootus 4y ago

You can, but most people don't unless it's for a party or something. Even then, it's almost always by the half gallon (which, of course, isn't actually a full half gallon any more) or pint. The latter becoming more common of late.

germinalphrase 4y ago
Maybe it’s changed, but growing up in Wisconsin those gallon pails of Kemps seemed pretty ubiquitous.

astura 4y ago

You can usually only find cheap low quality ice cream in gallon sizes.