Fuel For Love (Advice)
As I was coming back from the liquor store near my house with a pint of Ben and Jerry's and a bag of potato chips, my boyfriend (via cell phone) observed about my dietary leanings that I'm "like a crack addict without the crack." Indeed, I am, but mainly because I haven't been in a grocery store since...I think Lyndon Johnson might have been president at the time...and I need the calories.
I do like that somebody on Emmanuelle's photo blog disparaged me as looking "thin as a rail." I'm just looking forward to the day when people sneer about how rich I am, and how disgusting it is that I have an apartment in Paris. (Soon, please.)
Anyway, this is a roundabout way of complaining about Ben & Jerry's -- the mystery meat of ice cream. What is wrong with those guys...too much LSD during the 60s...70s, 80s, 90s, etc? I like that their ice cream cows aren't all shot up with steroids and stuff, but just about all of their ice cream has way too much crap in it...pretzels, lost wallets, marshmallows, Cracker Jack prizes, you name it. I'm waiting to discover a rare Buffalo nickel, or maybe a new washer-dryer.
Well, after staring forlornly into the liquor store's freezer at the likes of "cookie dough and kitchen sink with Jerry Garcia's wallhanging clippings" I ended up getting the most minimalist flavor I could find: "Chocolate Brownie Mix," which purports to have chocolate brownie dough stirred into it -- an apparent homage to all the girls of my generation who suffered from bulimia their freshman year of college.
I'm home now, mainlining ice cream...in rainbow VW bus form. Come on Ben, Jerry, and whatever monolithic corporation now owns you...producing a pint or two of virgin chocolate gelato wouldn't kill you, now would it?
Dunno about gelato, but B&J do make a chocolate without chunks of anything in it, modestly called "World's Best Chocolate." (I think Haagen Dasz may make something closer to what you're asking)
One of the two has a bad sense of smell, which is why they put huge chunks of stuff in, so he's able to taste it.
LYT at August 24, 2004 10:51 AM
Just had Double Rainbow vanilla. MAN is that good. Too good.
Steven at August 24, 2004 12:03 PM
Haagen Dasz's lemon sorbet is very good, especially if you have a sore throat.
Typhoid Lena at August 24, 2004 3:36 PM
Ben and Jerry's does produce some low carb and low fat varieties (although it would suit me find if the twain should meet in a low carb low fat variety).
Patrick at August 24, 2004 3:42 PM
I am totally with you on this, Amy. I do remember for a brief time they had a "Smooth" line of ice creams for those of us who DIDN'T want everything but the kitchen sink. I think the chocolate is still out there as someone mentioned, and I do find that the "Primary Berry Graham" is do-able without needing a sieve.
Doug at August 24, 2004 5:24 PM
Ben & Jerry's has all kinds of flavors, as noted above. Some seem to be scoop shop exclusives (meaning: even more overpriced than the supermarket stuff), and they regularly rotate everything other than the essentials. Some flavors are rotated out entirely, sad to say (White Russian was a dream).
A major problem is that stores stock so many brands, they carry relatively few flavors of each. I, too, prefer the ice cream without chunks of anything (except cookie dough and Heath Bars, of course).
Read all about it (sorry I don't know how to code for this site):
http://www.benjerry.com/our_products/index.cfm
Todd Everett at August 24, 2004 7:04 PM
Here's my name for my dream flavor:
Boring Unadulterated Chocolate With Lots Of Sugar, Chocolate, And Butter Fat.
Amy Alkon at August 25, 2004 12:36 AM