The Ice Cream / Gelato Thread
Hello, OOT.
A client of ours just shipped us some Graeter's Ice Cream. I have never had this brand before.
It was damn good. Buckeye Blitz was fantastic.
I thought it might be useful for us to have a thread to provide ice cream recommendations. As gelato is so similar to ice cream, I feel that it should also be included in this thread as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelato
Difference between Gelato and Ice Cream:
Gelato differs from ice cream in that it has a lower butterfat content, typically gelato contains 4-8% versus 14% for ice cream. Gelato generally has slightly lower sugar content, averaging between 16-22% versus approximately 21% for ice cream. Non-fat milk is added as a solid. The sugar content in gelato is precisely balanced with the water content to act as an anti-freeze, that is, to prevent the gelato from freezing solid. The types of sugar used are sucrose and dextrose and invert sugar to control the apparent sweetness. Typically, gelato and Italian sorbet contain a stabilizing base. Egg yolks are used in yellow custard-based gelato flavors, including zabaione and creme caramel.
For a gelato rec, I usually go to my neighborhood place Pazzo Gelato (in Silverlake) - it's really good, perhaps the best in the Los Angeles area.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/pazzo-gelato-los...
Any and all brand / flavor / purveyor recs are welcome!
-Al
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Sale of the Century!
Whole Foods Market
Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts
50% off with Prime
44% off without Prime $3.59 to $12.49
Valid 07/01 - 07/07. While supplies last.
Limited to in-store
I've never seen a sale this good, from Whole Foods Market, in my life.
there are certain flavors of Breyer's & Turkey Hill that have quality ingredients, just about everything else in the budget category is trash afaik
Meijer locally started carrying Turkey Hill's Simply Natural line, I picked up the vanilla bean and so far I'm pretty impressed.
It's so hard to find an ice cream that doesn't have gums, emulsifiers and/or carageenen.
Yasso greek yogurt bars are really good.
I see a Handel's Ice Cream is being put in a strip mall nearby where the Starbucks used to be.
Seems like it's a regional chain, higher-end ice cream. I'm not much of a sweets/ice cream person, but wondering if anyone in 2p2land has any experience with these guys? Worth a try whenever they open?
Talenti is the nuts.
The best (store bought) ice cream I ever had.
Spoiler
+ talenti has those handy containers that can be used for all sorts of stuff. i probably have 25 of them around the house and garage with various sorts of stuff inside.
