Microwaved ice cream

[Dermot]

Sweet cream? I've never heard of that flavour, what's it like?

My favourite ice cream ever was scottish tablet ice cream. I've only ever had it once, in a restaurant with my boyfriend and his parents. It was basically vanilla ice cream with chunks of tablet through it, served with a seperate dish of melted tablet. Mmmmmm... Also, I love mint choc chip and cookies 'n' cream.

Ahh, a Scot from Dundee. :3 I'm of Galwegian descent, though I've never been to Galloway or anywhere in Scotland for that matter.  (I was born and raised in the Pacific islands.)  And it's nice to meet a lady on these boards - what a welcome addition to add greater gender balance to the site. :3 I'm very pleased to meet you.

Anyway...

Sweet cream is a flavor that celebrates plainness - but plain here isn't boring.  It's basically the simplest ice cream recipe - cream, milk, sugar.  Also eggs if it's a custard, but otherwise nothing else.  The dairy flavor comes through in a pleasant way.  Add vanilla, and you have vanilla ice cream.  And while vanilla is a welcome addition to many things, in this case it's largely absent to sweet cream, as it would overpower the natural dairy flavor.  Sweet cream is also perfect for à la mode, because it's essentially frozen whipped cream.  In fact, that's probably the best way to describe sweet cream ice cream - it's frozen whipped cream flavor with an ice cream texture. :3

If anyone wants to make sweet cream frozen custard in their home ice cream maker, here's a good recipe. :3 Imperial measurements used.

2 eggs

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 cup milk

1 cup heavy whipping cream

First, add chilled eggs to quart-sized bowl.  With whisk, beat eggs for a few minutes until thoroughly blended.  Add sugar, and beat with eggs until mixed as well as possible.  Add chilled milk and chilled cream, and whisk until thoroughly blended.  Churn in ice cream maker as per manufacturer's instructions.  Makes less than 1 quart.  Freeze leftovers in tupperware or similar sealable containers.

[Mr. Foxer]

How 'bout some of that cake batter ice cream huh?

[Sol-Ratcht Saporro]

^Coldstone? Ewwww.....They overkill it for me.

[Mr. Foxer]

No not Coldstone, they over do it, like they want you to get diabeetus. No, I get the ice cream in different places, usually in Maine, not these fancy city ice cream shops.

[Dermot]

Coldstone is also pretty gross in texture.  Ever let it thaw, and see it retain its shape?  It must be loaded with carrageenan.

[Sol-Ratcht Saporro]

^Holy cow. It does? I only went there once and I was gagging and eating the clusterfsck of a sundae.

No not Coldstone, they over do it, like they want you to get diabeetus. No, I get the ice cream in different places, usually in Maine, not these fancy city ice cream shops.

Oh okay. My bad. Yeah, I didn't think you were referring to them but that's the first thing that came to my mind.

[Robert Monroe]

You all are crazy cold stone is delicious.

Yes it is overkill but life is too short to worry about that.

[Dermot]

Robert Monroe, please understand that for purely practical reasons, you are currently on ignore.  Most of the time I'm not really in a mood for a debate, and especially recently I have been under an enormous amount of stress.  But I may unhide your messages when I think you might not be arguing, such as on a thread about ice cream.

Anyway, Coldstone can still taste good.  But that's the extent of it.  My stomach, my pancreas and the tactile nerves in my mouth and throat all thank me for opting not to eat it.  I can think of many better sources of ice cream with much closer availability.  Most of the time, I don't need ice cream from a parlor - I'm often perfectly content with Dreyer's/Edy's chocolate ice cream, popped in the microwave on high for 10 seconds.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

Coldstone is also pretty gross in texture.  Ever let it thaw, and see it retain its shape?  It must be loaded with carrageenan.

Cold Stone sucks @$$ through a straw. 

[Robert Monroe]

Robert Monroe, please understand that for purely practical reasons, you are currently on ignore.  Most of the time I'm not really in a mood for a debate, and especially recently I have been under an enormous amount of stress.  But I may unhide your messages when I think you might not be arguing, such as on a thread about ice cream.

Anyway, Coldstone can still taste good.  But that's the extent of it.  My stomach, my pancreas and the tactile nerves in my mouth and throat all thank me for opting not to eat it.  I can think of many better sources of ice cream with much closer availability.  Most of the time, I don't need ice cream from a parlor - I'm often perfectly content with Dreyer's/Edy's chocolate ice cream, popped in the microwave on high for 10 seconds.

Actually, no, I don't understand, considering that even though I argue with you alot I tend to appreciate the guy you are Dermot, but I'm not going to get into that shit because this is a topic about ice cream and that is what I am going to damn well talk about. We can use PMs if you actually feel compelled to discuss our non-existence issues, if you so like. Or you can keep ignoring me, because I really don't care.

ANYWAY, like I said, no, Cold Stone ain't good for you, but it tastes good, and that's what matters. I only had it at a parlor though, so I don't know how well the store-bought stuff holds up... that all said, I always get milkshakes at Cold Stone, not straight out ice cream. Because nothing is better than an ice cream I can drink while driving around with my girlfriend.

[Asper Sarnoff]

Be careful that that ice cream isn't chocolate.  Chocolate can easily give dogs heart attacks.  (Same goes for cats and horses.)

Try saying that to our dog. She ate half of my birthday-cake in late May this year. (Sachetorte, a veritable brick of pure chocolate and apricot jam.) Cause was lack of communication. My father placed it in the basement for it to cool down while we were out, while my mother opened the door into the basement, so our dog could go into the cold during the heat midday(lots of thick, black fur), all unbeknowing of what their better part was doing.

Came home again a couple of hours later to a very, very happy dog, with a chocolate smile. She knew perfectly well she isn't allowed to eat our food upstairs, and she doesn't either, but since this was in the basement I guess she just took it that it was for her. She came trough without any damage whatsoever. Though, I'm sure she regretted it when I took her for a 4km jog a few days afterwards.

[Dermot]

Chocolate is like cocaine to them. It only means she didn't overdose. :lol:

[Asper Sarnoff]

Chocolate is like cocaine to them. It only means she didn't overdose.

If she didn't get an overdose of that, I doubt she ever will. Probably was around half a kilo of pure, dark chocolate in what she ate.

[Dermot]

If she didn't get an overdose of that, I doubt she ever will. Probably was around half a kilo of pure, dark chocolate in what she ate.

I hope it hasn't shortened her lifespan.

[Guest DRL]

I hope it hasn't shortened her lifespan.

My dog eaten my chocolate reserve

with my brother one day. That bitch...

What? She is a female!    :lol:

Seriously, my dog is inmune to chocolate.

She has eaten... WORSE things...  :oops: