[Magdalen] Creme de la Creme.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Can't beat B&J's Cherry Garcia, IMO!
Plain vanilla doesn't do much for me, unless it's in an "a la mode" function with apple or cherry pie!

> On Dec 21, 2014, at 10:37 AM, "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
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> Edy's is good, but Breyer's? Long, long ago, when I lived in Philly, Breyer's was premium, delicious ice cream. But they got bought out and went to the Dark Side.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> I do have to admit a soft place for Ben & Jerry's - the main office is in nearby Waterbury. The oils & gums added are to give it longer shelf life. Those of you who have made ice cream know that, after a few weeks, it tends to get ice crystals. The added carrageenan, et al., helps to prevent that.
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> 
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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> -----Original Message----- From: James David Walley
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 1:26 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Creme de la Creme.
> 
> My opinion would be that any comparison that doesn't also include Breyer's and Dreyer's (one of which in known as Edy's on the east coast) isn't particularly complete.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 20, 2014, at 8:49 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> I've had occasion to taste and evaluate the two national (USA)
>> premium ice cream brands this week.  True, there are other  national
>> brands, but they don't have quite the same exalted reputation.
>> 
>> The brands are Haagan Daz and Ben and Jerry's.
>> 
>> I think the best way to evaluate ice cream is to sample their vanilla
>> flavors.  IMHO this is the basic ice cream, and if the brand  doesn't
>> do well with vanilla, the rest of their production is suspect.
>> 
>> I thought this would be a quick and easy toss-up, but it wasn't.
>> Both brands melted in the mouth, but there the characteristics of
>> each brand surfaced.
>> 
>> Haagan Daz (which I understand is an artificial term made up to
>> give a sort of Scandinavian luster to the brand) melted away in
>> the mouth and left a faint vanilla taste but no other residue.   The
>> vanilla flavor was good but not overpowering.  I sampled the
>> plain vanilla flavor; they have a vanilla bean flavor, as well.
>> 
>> The Ben and Jerry's, OTOH, melted in the mouth but left an odd
>> oily, even waxy residue.  The vanilla flavor of the Ben and  Jerry's
>> was so subtle as to almost be non-existent, leaving an egg and
>> cream taste, not necessarily bad, but not identifiable as vanilla.
>> 
>> I looked at the ingredients, and found oils and wax listed for the
>> B&J but not the Haagan Daz.
>> 
>> I'd therefore rate the Haagan Daz as the superior product since
>> I didn't find the oil/wax consistency pleasant.
>> 
>> I know that B&J's has a lot of unusual and unique flavors, but
>> I wonder if they haven't forgotten about the basic ice cream in
>> their rush to mix in all sorts of stuff?
>> 
>> 
>> David S.
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