[Magdalen] Creme de la Creme.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Susan... I'm a Chunky Monkey fan here too (although once broke a molar on a 
piece of the chocolate : (

Lynn

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From: "Susan Hagen" <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 6:06 PM
To: <Cantor03 at aol.com>; "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Creme de la Creme.

> The important thing is for the vanilla to be REAL vanilla, not vanilla
> flavored.  I always check the labels.  There are a couple of local
> brands that are pretty good.
>
> I like B&J Chunky Monkey and I like good coffee ice cream.  My very
> favorite is real summertime homemade peach ice cream.
>
> I grew up in Silver Spring and Giffords made the ultimate Swiss
> chocolate banana split.
>
> Susan
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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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