This months topic is Favourite Ice Cream Flavours

I'm going to start by saying what I cannot abide in the wonderful world of Ice Cream, and that is 'extra stuff'! Marshmallows, sprinkles, sugared jellies, nuts and last but absolutely not least Jelly or Jell-O or whatever you want to call it. I cant stand it, don't want it and think a law should be passed to outright ban it! Leave it for the 4 year old's. That said, incorporating an item into said ice cream as part of it's make up is acceptable in SOME cases and on a rare occasion, frickin awesome.

Mixing ice cream flavours is another dangerous precedent! It can be a beautiful thing blending two complimentary flavours or even two contrasting flavours but more often than not it's just a disaster zone. Neapolitan ice cream, for example,(Sorry @plantstoplanks) is just wrong! Mixing strawberry and chocolate is the most heathen thing that I have ever heard of!! What an offence to the taste buds.

There are some weird offerings out there too. In Malaysia I tried Durian ice cream, which was pushing my realms of taste to the extreme.

One of my favourite ice creams when I was a kid was Funny Feet. Strawberry of all things, can you believe! On it's own with no cross contamination!!

My three favourites:

Cornish Clotted Cream Ice Cream

Hard to put into words but the Cornish may be a bit odd (no more or less odd than your average Bristolian, I might add) but they know how to make ice cream and Pasty's. Damn this stuff is perfect. The clotted cream makes the consistency very soft and super creamy. Made fresh and kept simple, this is the best and well worth travelling for.

Coffee Flavour

A little ambiguous, I know, but I have tried it in a lot of places so I can't really nail down one version. This is a weird one because I love coffee but I'm a little unsure of coffee flavoured products, apart from ice cream. It just works. I have experience some memorable efforts in England, Thailand and the French alps.

Ben and Jerry's CCCD and CFB

The first time I tried B&J Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough My life changed forever. Here was an ice cream with bits of other crap in it that was no just acceptable but down right foodbuzztastic! I can eat a pint without taking a breath. Must NOT be over frozen and slightly 'melty' when eaten.

I have since experienced Chocolate Fudge Brownie and get similar food buzz but the original CCCD gets the nod.

I hope you enjoyed my choices.

Gaz

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