[Magdalen] Creme de la Creme.

[Kate Conant]

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Kate

On Friday, January 2, 2015, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

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