# A very simple ice cream poll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 23, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763 "2021-05-23T23:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/61 "2021-05-28T20:09:34Z")
Oh, yeah, I know. And the other dog never got more than maybe half a teaspoon. Or he could lick the empty carton. Our current dog likes veggies, so he gets carrots for treats. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/62 "2021-05-28T20:19:11Z")
I have a friend at work whose dog is the same way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/63 "2021-05-28T22:04:17Z")
My recent addiction is Blue Bunny Vanilla Bean with cherry pie filling as a topping. Now that’s good eatin’! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/64 "2021-05-28T23:55:03Z")
a good vanilla is surprisingly good. I’ve gotten Ben and Jerry vanilla but the best vanilla is blue bell ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/65 "2021-06-13T13:25:31Z")
Those Blue Bunny Sundaes look tasty. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/66 "2021-06-14T20:01:36Z")
Bought a pint of B & J’s vanilla a few weeks ago to top a huckleberry pie I made. I only buy the good stuff for my pies. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/67 "2021-06-14T20:12:22Z")
I love plain vanilla ice cream. The best is made with real vanilla beans, but I’ll take the cheaper stuff if nothing else is available. Of course you can add all kinds of delicious toppings, but it’s the aromatic vanilla that does it for me. Brand doesn’t really matter much. I’ll buy B&J, H-D, Breyers, whatever is in the supermarket freezer. Runners up to vanilla are Plain Strawberry, Rum Cherry, Lemon Cream, Dutch Chocolate, Dutch Apple, and PEACH!!! đŸ„° I went to language school at Middlebury in Vermont. One of the best perks was a steady supply of B&J ice cream in the cafeteria. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/68 "2021-06-14T20:15:47Z")
I only just recently bought Ben and Jerry’s for the first time. It’s already gone, yet Mrs. L and I didn’t have any. > **[Ben & Jerry's Doggie Desserts Pontch's Mix Frozen Dog Treat with Peanut...](https://www.target.com/p/ben-38-jerry-39-s-doggie-desserts-pontch-39-s-mix-frozen-dog-treat-with-peanut-butter-38-pretzel-swirls-4ct/-/A-81620523)** > > Read reviews and buy Ben & Jerry's Doggie Desserts Pontch's Mix Frozen Dog Treat with Peanut Butter & Pretzel Swirls - 4ct at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/69 "2021-06-15T04:18:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > _Imagine a flower: A climbing orchid, to be exact; the one of some twenty thousand varieties that produces something edible. Now imagine that its blooms must be pollinated either by hand or a small variety of Mexican bee, and that each bloom only opens for one day a year. Now imagine the fruit of this orchid, a pod, being picked and cured, sitting in the sun all day, sweating under blankets all night for months until, shrunken and shriveled, it develops a heady, exotic perfume and flavor. Now imagine that this fruit’s name is synonymous with dull, boring, and ordinary. How vanilla got this bad rap I for one will never know._ > > – Alton Brown. The answer, Alton, is that for many Americans, TL:DR. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/70 "2021-06-15T04:21:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > In college, the freezer in my dorm refrigerator was too small to fit a B&J pint, so I had to consume the entire pint. My God, man, what could you fit into a freezer that tiny? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/71 "2021-06-15T04:27:58Z")
A four-pack of Hot Pockets, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/72 "2021-06-15T04:31:10Z")
So for vanilla aficianados, do you prefer regular vanilla, vanilla bean (with visible flecks of vanilla bean), or French vanilla? ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/73 "2021-06-15T04:35:11Z")
Ah, for me, that would be incorrectly assigning a discriminating palate for vanilla, french vanilla is ok, vanilla bean is better plain vanilla is absolutely acceptable. This does depend on the quality of the ice cream, I’ve had crap french and vanilla bean. In the end though, it’s all vanilla to me. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/74 "2021-06-15T04:59:07Z")
Hear, hear! 👏 I remember the episode of _ **Gilligan’s Island** _ where Gilligan has three wishes and he blows two of them on ice cream, which magically arrives floating in the lagoon or falls out of the sky. The first time, it’s chocolate. The second time it’s vanilla, but not before Mr Howell says “If you’re going to wish for vanilla, why not French Vanilla?” Sure enough, that’s what he got. I always thought that was a nice touch. I’d’ve wished for French Vanilla too. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/75 "2021-06-15T06:59:39Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > vanilla bean (with visible flecks of vanilla bean Yes
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/76 "2021-06-15T10:07:34Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > vanilla bean (with visible flecks of vanilla bean), Seconded! 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/77 "2021-06-15T12:35:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > My God, man, what could you fit into a freezer that tiny? IIRC correctly, a couple of ice trays (which it struggled to actually freeze although it was somehow in constant need of defrosting). ---
**Author:** ![Summerday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Summerday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Summerday)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/78 "2021-06-15T13:01:51Z")
Does anyone remember Safeway-brand Homestyle vanilla ice cream? It was sooooo good. I thought it was discontinued, but a Google search says it exists even though I haven’t seen it in store in years
 Anyway, that was the best vanilla ice cream ever in my book. HĂ€agen-Dazs vanilla is second and I think I’ve tried Ben and Jerry’s vanilla once or twice and wasn’t too impressed. Cookie dough is my absolute favorite Ben and Jerry’s flavor. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/79 "2021-07-05T23:18:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The Best Vanilla was Breyer’s vanilla, up until about a decade ago when the bastards running the company decided that using the simple ingredients for all their ice creams wasn’t sufficient, and started adding gums and other additives. It tastes and feels totally different now. It’s very hard to find essentially simple vanilla ice cream now. About the only one I’ve found that’s generally available is Turkey Hill Natural Vanilla Bean. Thanks to you and others in this thread, when my wife had a craving for some vanilla ice cream the other day, I did NOT automatically buy Breyer’s as I would have once upon a time. We grabbed some Turkey Hill, and it was very good, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763/80 "2021-07-06T05:48:19Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > So for vanilla aficianados, do you prefer regular vanilla, vanilla bean (with visible flecks of vanilla bean), or French vanilla? Madagascar vanilla is the best vanilla. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-simple-ice-cream-poll/942763.md?page=5)