# Anybody ever try blue cheese ice cream?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 28, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409 "2011-08-28T20:12:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/1 "2011-08-28T20:12:14Z")
My latest issue of Cuisine Today arrived the other day, and in perusing it, I noted a recipe for a dessert tart made with fig jam, grape jam, pastry crust, and topped with blue cheese ice cream.
That final ingredient was composed of vanilla ice cream mixed with crumbled blue cheese, and the idea of it completely blew me away.
I’m no stranger to odd and varied flavors, having enjoyed strawberries with balsamic vinegar and sugar, cheesecake covered with sweet hot sauce, and so forth.
But the blue cheese plus ice cream combo had never crossed my mind. Yet a little googling reveals it to be not a new thing.
Anybody try it? How was it? I lack any decent blue cheese or vanilla ice cream in my house at the moment, else I’d be trying it firsthand.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/2 "2011-08-28T21:18:23Z")
Never had it, but I’ve had ice cream with cheddar cheese in it. It was just okay.
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### Author:  [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/3 "2011-08-28T21:53:32Z")
Is the cheese blended into the ice cream to a uniform consistency? Or is it vanilla ice cream with chunks of blue cheese throughout?
If it’s blended, do you start with slightly melted ice cream, slightly melted cheese then refreeze when blended?
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/4 "2011-08-28T21:58:53Z")
I’ve had Garlic Ice Cream and it was terrific. Would love to try the Blue Cheese.
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### Author:  [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/5 "2011-08-28T22:05:24Z")
Wow. What **bienville** asked - creamy or crumbly bits? I haven’t googled this yet. Sounds intriguing. Many years ago I made a tart from a recipe - pears, honey or brown sugar, blue cheese mixed in before baking and then served a la mode with vanilla ice cream. Sort of a similar blending of flavors. I made it for a dinner party and it can’t have been that wonderful because I don’t recall making it more than once.
I’ve also had garlic ice cream and it was very good, once you got past thinking “OMG this is weird, I am eating garlic ice cream.”
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### Author:  [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/6 "2011-08-29T01:57:58Z")
I’ve had goat cheese ice cream, Gouda ice cream, but not blue cheese.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/7 "2011-08-29T02:02:20Z")
I never knew this existed, and I hate you for bringing it to my attention because it’s unlikely I will ever get to try it.
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### Author:  [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/8 "2011-08-29T02:11:53Z")
As much as I love both vanilla ice cream and blue cheese, I can’t imagine enjoying them in combination.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/9 "2011-08-29T02:15:10Z")
> [@Ephemera](#):
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> I never knew this existed, and I hate you for bringing it to my attention because it’s unlikely I will ever get to try it.
What’s stopping you from adding some crumbled blue cheese to a bit of vanilla ice cream? Because that’s the recipe I saw.
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### Author:  [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/10 "2011-08-29T02:16:28Z")
Man, I feel like Pavlov’s dog here, as soon as I saw your mention of this intrigueing combonation, the flavors coalesced between my mind and my tongue, and I imagine and taste it with a pear tart. Or even over apple or rhubard pie.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/11 "2011-08-29T03:39:28Z")
I must try some. I’ll be home all week, **QtM**. Bring it over! 🙂
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### Author:  [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/12 "2011-08-29T03:50:50Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> What’s stopping you from adding some crumbled blue cheese to a bit of vanilla ice cream? Because that’s the recipe I saw.
We still don’t know whether it is supposed to be vanilla ice cream with hunks of blue cheese in it, or if the ice cream and blue cheese are supposed to be blended together to a uniform consistency.
If we’re aiming for a uniform consistency, we still don’t know how to achieve that.
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### Author:  [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/13 "2011-08-29T04:05:29Z")
I imagine the vanilla ice cream with chunks of blue cheese added in as a later enrichment. kinda like the Ben and Jerry’s add in… treat like oreos or nuts.
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### Author:  [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/14 "2011-08-29T06:41:33Z")
[The awesome ice creamery near my house](http://fosselmans.com/) had blue cheese ice cream for a very short time last summer -I think they were trying it out, and it didn’t go over well enough to make a second batch. I didn’t try it, but my friend had a sample spoon…she didn’t like it enough to have a scoop, but couldn’t stop thinking about the flavor afterwards. Then when she went back to have it for reals, it was gone…
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/15 "2011-08-29T12:15:25Z")
> [@bienville](#):
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> We still don’t know whether it is supposed to be vanilla ice cream with hunks of blue cheese in it, or if the ice cream and blue cheese are supposed to be blended together to a uniform consistency.
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> If we’re aiming for a uniform consistency, we still don’t know how to achieve that.
Recipe says take 2 cups of vanilla ice cream, softened, and stir in 1/4 cup (about 1 oz) of crumbled blue cheese, then serve immediately or re-chill.
So I’d say it’s speckled randomly with blue cheese bits.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/16 "2011-08-29T12:53:37Z")
I honestly can’t decide if this is awesome or disgusting.
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### Author:  [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/17 "2011-08-29T13:00:15Z")
Sounds like it’d be easy enough to make, for those of us with ice cream makers. I’d start with the basic vanilla custard. I’d also use a method from Cooks Illustrated for the blue cheese: use a fork to mash about 1/4 cup with some buttermilk (or, for ice cream, maybe just milk) until it resembles cottage cheese. (You could also mash it finer for better mixing throughout the custard, maybe). Combine the two, taste the custard, adjust sugar or seasonings, then freeze. Shouldn’t be too difficult.
As for how it’d actually taste, that I don’t know if I can speculate on. But the method shouldn’t be impossible.
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### Author:  [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/18 "2011-08-29T13:00:20Z")
> [@devilsknew](#):
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> Man, I feel like Pavlov’s dog here, as soon as I saw your mention of this intrigueing combonation, the flavors coalesced between my mind and my tongue, and I imagine and taste it with a pear tart. Or even over apple or rhubard pie.
Yep. I’m picturing it with a roasted pear and hazelnut galette. Not sure why hazelnuts…it just sort of sprang to my mind.
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### Author:  [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/19 "2011-08-29T16:21:50Z")
I haven’t tried it, but [this](http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2006/02/roquefort/) is on my to-make list.
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### Author:  [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-blue-cheese-ice-cream/594409/20 "2011-08-29T17:06:00Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> What’s stopping you from adding some crumbled blue cheese to a bit of vanilla ice cream?
My gag reflex.