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boston bean

(36,223 posts)
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 07:37 PM Jun 2021

Just cause Joe likes ice cream so much..... a poll

Which do you prefer? Soft serve or hard ice cream?


30 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Soft serve ice cream
6 (20%)
Hard ice cream
21 (70%)
Other
3 (10%)
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Just cause Joe likes ice cream so much..... a poll (Original Post) boston bean Jun 2021 OP
Milkshakes niyad Jun 2021 #1
You mean frappes? boston bean Jun 2021 #2
Should have specified-Bailey's, coffee ice cream, Kahlua, creme de coco, blender. niyad Jun 2021 #17
Yum, can I have one too? boston bean Jun 2021 #18
of course. Coming right up. niyad Jun 2021 #22
One more name for a frappe is a cabinet. That is what they call them in Rhode Island. boston bean Jun 2021 #21
weird. niyad Jun 2021 #23
Yeah it is. You would think one name would be sufficient. Haha boston bean Jun 2021 #29
One name is sufficient, but it's like how there's... JHB Jun 2021 #57
Could I have two please? sheshe2 Jun 2021 #37
of course. niyad Jun 2021 #56
not in much of the rest of the country iemanja Jun 2021 #54
I prefer malts too! burrowowl Jun 2021 #69
Orange sherbet. Lemon lime frozen yogurt, pralines and cream. All applegrove Jun 2021 #3
Why not? boston bean Jun 2021 #4
Cutting out sugar and bad carbs. Gotta loose weight for a number applegrove Jun 2021 #5
Maybe this for those cravings boston bean Jun 2021 #7
Man they'll think of anything. I'm off diet coke too because the sugar substitute applegrove Jun 2021 #8
Good on you for ditching the diet soda! yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #64
Kidney stones can result from dark sodas I hear. Yes. Diet soda has made me fat applegrove Jun 2021 #68
"I've discovered zoodles". New to me, I had to look that one up... I'll try 'em out... mitch96 Jun 2021 #31
Try doing tomato feta bake (recipe is everywhere online) and add uncooked applegrove Jun 2021 #36
Wow, that sounds delicious! Thanks for the idea. nt crickets Jun 2021 #44
You take 50 cherry tomatoes in a dutch oven and toss them in 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil. applegrove Jun 2021 #49
" Zoodles instead of cooked pasta. My current favorite thing." Ok, zucchini? check spiralizer?check mitch96 Jun 2021 #60
Ha! applegrove Jun 2021 #50
Chocolate cherry, I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #6
I like cherry Garcia. boston bean Jun 2021 #43
Now I miss the cherry Garcia. I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #45
Is there any brand with no sugar you can eat? boston bean Jun 2021 #47
Maple Walnut Retrograde Jun 2021 #53
Southern Blackberry Cobbler by Blue Bell. nt TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #9
Sounds delish! boston bean Jun 2021 #42
you can't make me choose!!!!!!!!!!!! Takket Jun 2021 #10
Haha ha boston bean Jun 2021 #20
My first job was at a Tasty Freeze. BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #11
I love maple walnut. Hard to find now a day. boston bean Jun 2021 #15
they call chocolate sprinkles 'jimmies' in Boston too. nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #65
Do you call sandwiches subs, grinders or hoagies? BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #67
In MA we call them grindah's.. boston bean Jun 2021 #71
Why not both? Danmel Jun 2021 #12
Cause you gotta make a choice for this poll. boston bean Jun 2021 #13
Both MustLoveBeagles Jun 2021 #14
Good choice. boston bean Jun 2021 #24
Other. Depends on my mood by I'm really picky about soft serve. Maru Kitteh Jun 2021 #16
Dairy Queen soft serve is the best around here. boston bean Jun 2021 #25
DQ takes its machines apart to sanitize every night and Maru Kitteh Jun 2021 #30
DQ is THE soft serve. My favorite of all ice cream. GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #59
Same here, but I really do like to have soft serve at least once in the summer. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #46
Black raspberry use to be one of my favorites. boston bean Jun 2021 #48
Yes! I love Black Raspberry! smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #55
Yes... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #19
Hee hee. I hear ya. I think Joe feels the same way! boston bean Jun 2021 #26
Klondikes need to be on this list FakeNoose Jun 2021 #27
I am not crazy about Klondike. But the frozen milky ways are pretty good. boston bean Jun 2021 #28
frozen custard, but i haven't had a pink squirrel in ages. now i want 1. pansypoo53219 Jun 2021 #32
I have never had custard and have no idea what a pink squirrel is. boston bean Jun 2021 #38
ooh, wi delicacies. frozen custard is just extra fat ice cream. deluxe ice cream. pansypoo53219 Jun 2021 #63
frozen custard is good! my husband made some a couple of years ago yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #66
I'm a sloot! Whatever's in front of me. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #33
Seems like you are in good company in this thread. boston bean Jun 2021 #41
Lee's Ice Cream used to have a flavor called "Arbuckle's delight" Baltimike Jun 2021 #34
Never heard of Lee's ice cream. boston bean Jun 2021 #39
I always like slightly grainy ice cream Silver Swan Jun 2021 #35
I am not a fan of that texture in ice cream. boston bean Jun 2021 #40
Whatever kind they're serving!! Tink41 Jun 2021 #51
Look! Another real President right behnd him! ironflange Jun 2021 #52
Anyone who responds with anything other than Rocky Road is wrong wysimdnwyg Jun 2021 #58
Soft serve is crap TheFarseer Jun 2021 #61
Went With Other ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #62
I had to say other. For some flavors (say, rum Raisin) I prefer hard ice cream. 11 Bravo Jun 2021 #70

boston bean

(36,223 posts)
2. You mean frappes?
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 07:41 PM
Jun 2021

Round here a milk shake is milk with a flavored syrup added and shaken.

Frappes have the ice cream milk and syrup and then mixed with a blender.

iemanja

(53,041 posts)
54. not in much of the rest of the country
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 10:25 PM
Jun 2021

It's either a milkshake or a malt. Ice cream, flavor, and milk is a milkshake. Add malt powder and it's a malt. I have always preferred malts.

I've lived in the South, the SE, the West, and the Midwest, and it's always that way.

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
5. Cutting out sugar and bad carbs. Gotta loose weight for a number
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 07:45 PM
Jun 2021

of reasons. I've discouvered zoodles and love them. I am looking for keto friendly pasta sauces.

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
8. Man they'll think of anything. I'm off diet coke too because the sugar substitute
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 07:51 PM
Jun 2021

just makes me crave carbs. But thanks for the suggestion.

yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)
64. Good on you for ditching the diet soda!
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 06:44 PM
Jun 2021

I keep telling my husband he needs to stop drinking Diet Dr Pepper!
He eats far too many carbs and I am certain the diet drinks are the reason

He likes unsweetened iced tea but even if I make it he still consumes mass quantities of Diet Dr

There are a lot of other reasons to ditch the diet drinks but I can't remember them all.

I never did like them; my diet drinks are unsweetened tea and water

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
68. Kidney stones can result from dark sodas I hear. Yes. Diet soda has made me fat
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 07:12 PM
Jun 2021

and craving sweets over the years.

mitch96

(13,923 posts)
31. "I've discovered zoodles". New to me, I had to look that one up... I'll try 'em out...
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:06 PM
Jun 2021

but not on my ice cream
m

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
36. Try doing tomato feta bake (recipe is everywhere online) and add uncooked
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:19 PM
Jun 2021

Zoodles instead of cooked pasta. My current favourite thing.

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
49. You take 50 cherry tomatoes in a dutch oven and toss them in 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil.
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:51 PM
Jun 2021

You take a one inch slab of feta and put it in the middle. Add another 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil on and under the feta. Add pepper. Bake at 400 for 40 minutes (lid off). When you take it out of the oven stir in 2 tsp chopped garlic and stir into tomatoes. Let cook for 1 minute. Stir the feta till it breaks apart in the tomatoes. Add the zoodles and stir. Makes enough for 4 servings. You don't need salt because there is enough salt in the feta. I like goat feta myself. I know people who add shrimp or onions. There are many versions online but they all suggest cooked pasta instead of zoodles. Zoodles are better for you and they make for more of a sauce because there is water in zuchinni. Tastes great as a leftover too.

mitch96

(13,923 posts)
60. " Zoodles instead of cooked pasta. My current favorite thing." Ok, zucchini? check spiralizer?check
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 03:20 PM
Jun 2021

Process the zucchini, check. Llke you said, a bit of garlic and oil. I threw in some sautéed onion, mushrooms, and bit of tofu. Holly crap was that delicious!!!! It had the "bite" of pasta and a really nice flavor... Ok I'm hooked. Off to the store and get more zucchini
thank you thank you thank you.... !
m

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
6. Chocolate cherry,
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 07:47 PM
Jun 2021

Neopolitan and blueberry cheesecake are my fave ice creams.

Also like mango passion fruit sorbet.

And Ritas ice cream custard,mango is one of my custard faves.

Can't eat it anymore diabetic.

Retrograde

(10,145 posts)
53. Maple Walnut
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 10:25 PM
Jun 2021

It seems to be a regional thing: when I visit my family in Western New York the three things I insist on having are beef on weck, birch beer, and maple walnut ice cream.

BigmanPigman

(51,623 posts)
11. My first job was at a Tasty Freeze.
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 08:01 PM
Jun 2021

I love soft chocolate with wet walnuts, jimmies (Phila's version of choc sprinkles) and whipped cream. I gained 10 pounds that summer. Best job I ever had. Yum!!!!

The only bad part was when someone ordered a choc dipped cone (dipped into melted choc). Every single time my ice cream fell into the choc and everyone had to run over with spoons to scoop it out. Once a baseball team came by...all wanted dipped cones.

boston bean

(36,223 posts)
15. I love maple walnut. Hard to find now a day.
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 08:04 PM
Jun 2021

But when we go out for an ice cream it is soft serve.

So, I chose that as my fave.

Maru Kitteh

(28,342 posts)
30. DQ takes its machines apart to sanitize every night and
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 08:56 PM
Jun 2021

keeps tight control to make sure the overrun (% of air) is consistent. Some food joints only sanitize once a week (GROSS). I shudder to think of the buffet and serve-yourself joints. Gas stations. Yikes.


 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
46. Same here, but I really do like to have soft serve at least once in the summer.
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:43 PM
Jun 2021

I actually prefer gelato or sorbet to hard ice cream. I like fruitier flavors and it's not easy to find fruit flavored ice cream. Not any that is very good, anyway.

There is an ice cream place here called Emack and Bolio's and they have this great machine where they take their hard pack ice cream and add fresh fruit to it (berries, bananas, etc.) and put them through the machine together to make a fresh fruit flavored soft serve. I think they only do vanilla and chocolate, but it is sooooo good! They are a chain, but there aren't many of them around.

All this ice cream talk is really making me starting to crave ice cream!

pansypoo53219

(20,987 posts)
63. ooh, wi delicacies. frozen custard is just extra fat ice cream. deluxe ice cream.
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 05:43 PM
Jun 2021

pink squirrels are like a grasshopper. ice cream or custard + a shot of cream de cocoa 1 shot of red creme de noyea sp?). blend into thick malt. i go heavy on the creme de noyaux. ctrated in a bar in WI. bryants. they created quite a few drinks. hmm. wiki?

yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)
66. frozen custard is good! my husband made some a couple of years ago
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 06:49 PM
Jun 2021

I took a pitcher of boiled custard to a party and came home with most of it, so he froze it in the churn It was divine!!!

(I guess no one really understands boiled custard if they are not from KY, but it is delicious!!! A Christmas tradition, with coconut cake and ambrosia)

Baltimike

(4,146 posts)
34. Lee's Ice Cream used to have a flavor called "Arbuckle's delight"
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:18 PM
Jun 2021

it was the best. I can't find it anymore, and will take either hard or soft serve

Silver Swan

(1,110 posts)
35. I always like slightly grainy ice cream
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:19 PM
Jun 2021

Like some ice milk sold in grocery stores in the 1970s, or soft serve just before the machine froze up.

wysimdnwyg

(2,232 posts)
58. Anyone who responds with anything other than Rocky Road is wrong
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 09:20 AM
Jun 2021

Of course, feel free to replace "Rocky Road" with whatever is your favorite!

I actually like soft serve in certain situations, I just prefer hard ice cream in large part because you get so many more flavor choices.

ProfessorGAC

(65,134 posts)
62. Went With Other
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 03:29 PM
Jun 2021

Only because it depends on how I'm feeling about it at the time.
Sometimes, I really want soft serve.
Other times, I'd much rather have packed.
And, I almost never do the cone.
Even with soft serve, I get it in a cup.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
70. I had to say other. For some flavors (say, rum Raisin) I prefer hard ice cream.
Wed Jun 30, 2021, 07:18 PM
Jun 2021

For plain vanilla or chocolate, soft serve is my go-to.

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