# Help me develop "weird" ice cream recipes
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 8, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464 "2005-06-08T15:22:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/61 "2005-06-09T04:02:24Z")
How about pomegranate? The juice has a very dark rich flavor and color.
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/62 "2005-06-09T05:00:13Z")
I love love LOVE rose petal ice cream!
You use rose petals and rose water with cream, sugar, etc. and food coloring to make it pink or yellow depending on what kind of rose you use.
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### Author:  [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/63 "2005-06-09T05:05:56Z")
I made avocado ice cream, which was quite good (though it needed to be eaten with a topping). I also made wasabi ice cream, which was interesting. I’d say it would appeal to certain people, but it isn’t a crowd pleaser.
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### Author:  [@boofuu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofuu)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/64 "2005-06-09T06:21:18Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#):
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> I’ll see that link, and [raise it.](http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/photospecials/0406/ice-cream04/00.html)
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> For starters, Horseflesh ice cream. It don’t stop there.
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> And…I’ve personally seen Avacado ice cream in a local asian food store. How 'bout that?
Funny, that is the link I \*thought \*I sent. I did not preview my _own_ link and sent a list of ice cream I never saw! That is what I get for trusting google so much.
Horseflesh, indeed. But it still seems like a natural idea compared to _silk_. I have a friend in Japan that promised to find it and taste it for me. Do you think there are little fibers in it? That would be so gross, like finding hair in food. I cannot wrap around my mind how one would make silk ice cream. If anyone has a feasible idea, I would gladly try to make it and get back to you.
Lots of good and interesting ideas here. I never really thought about savory ice creams before. This thread is hot-- a fun summer experiment. I am going to introduce it to the kids I work with on weekends. Maybe we could make ice creams representing countries of the world? We could make an ice cream stand!
I do like the sound of pomegranate, **Beware of Doug**. That really shouted out to me. My mom wants to try that soon.
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### Author:  [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/65 "2005-06-09T11:20:19Z")
> [@boofuu](#):
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> Oh, which restaurant? I have to look out for this. Honeysuckle sounds great
Crooks Corner. [See Post 9 here.](http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=66903) The 12th post also includes a link with the [recipe](http://www.registerguard.com/webextra/homegarden/20050421/hg.ediblegarden.0421.phtml), which was published in the News & Observer last year. I cut it out last year, intending to try it this year, but I don’t have ready access to 4 cups of honeysuckle blossoms. ☹ (Maybe next week when I go home to visit my Dad.)
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/66 "2005-06-09T11:55:54Z")
My sister-in-law the corn freak makes vanilla ice cream with brown sugar and adds creamed corn. It’s not bad.
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### Author:  [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/67 "2005-06-09T14:26:25Z")
You could try simply inverting some of the common varieties.
For example, there are lots of ice creams that include nuts, but how many nut flavored ice creams? Almond ice cream with chunks of peaches, walnut ice cream with chocolate chips, pecan ice cream with caramel swirls,…
Also, there are some ordinary fruits that never seem to show up in ice cream:
How about Plum? Cinnamon Applesauce? Brandied Pear?
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### Author:  [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/68 "2005-06-09T14:44:33Z")
Thought I’d heard of ice cream containing beans (as in legumes, not coffee or jelly) - it seems like that’d be a natural thing to add corn to.
OK, true succotash has lima beans, not [adzuki](http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/37/Azuki_Ice_Cream_Japanese_Red_Beans_Ice_Cream49294.shtml) but with a little creative experimentation, the sky’s the limit!
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/69 "2005-06-09T15:03:53Z")
> [@cstamets](#):
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> Baskin-Robbins used to make a peanut butter banana ice cream. I haven’t seen it there for years, maybe even decades, but I don’t go there often anymore.
They have a Chocolate-Peanut Butter flavor now. It’s very good. Like a frozen PB cup.
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### Author:  [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/70 "2005-06-09T16:25:30Z")
Cookie dough ice-cream on a bed of pretzel sticks with crumbled pretzels on top.
YUM!
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/71 "2005-06-09T16:47:01Z")
> [@Mama Zappa](#):
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> Thought I’d heard of ice cream containing beans (as in legumes, not coffee or jelly) - it seems like that’d be a natural thing to add corn to.
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> OK, true succotash has lima beans, not [adzuki](http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/37/Azuki_Ice_Cream_Japanese_Red_Beans_Ice_Cream49294.shtml) but with a little creative experimentation, the sky’s the limit!
Red bean, and green tea ice cream is common in Chinese supermarkets arround here and green tea ice cream is really good.
For the Samon and cream cheese icecream, maybe add a little vodka, lemon and black pepper to the mix, or capers to the mix. But I would try making a cream cheese and chive ice cream , dusting it with black pepper and then rolling it in smoked samon slices, serve with thin sliced lemon and capers as a starter.
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### Author:  [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/72 "2005-06-11T01:48:03Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> Friends of mine have had good luck with Guinness Stout.
I found a recipe for this a few years ago, at [milk.com](http://milk.com)
[http://www.milk.com/recipes/dessert/guinness-ice-cream.html](http://www.milk.com/recipes/dessert/guinness-ice-cream.html)
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### Author:  [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/73 "2005-06-11T05:44:24Z")
I’ve seen a goat cheese icecream at a local fancy schmancy dessert place.
No way I’m trying it!
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### Author:  [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/74 "2005-06-11T11:13:54Z")
I was thinking more about unusual mixtures of fruits and nuts, rather than outright weird combos.
Chilli and Mango
Passionfruit and Lime
Green tea and Pistachio
Peach and Coffee (I had this in Italy, they used ground up coffee beans, not brewed coffee, and kept the ski on the pieces of peach…it was yummy)
Black tea and Lemon (basically iced tea icecream)
Pomegranate and Merlot (or another fruity red wine)
Watermelon and Lime (might be nicest as a granita)
Kiwifruit and Pear
Ammaretti, Ammaretto and Almond-nuts, biscuits and alcohol, what’s not to like?
Carrot and Cardamom
Walnut and Caraway
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### Author:  [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2005, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/75 "2005-06-11T11:58:01Z")
My latest issue of _Tea Time_ magazine has some recipes for tea-flavored ice creams. If anyone’s interested, I can give you recipes for:
- Vanilla Honey and Green Tea ice cream
- Peachy Earl Grey ice cream
- Raspberry and Green Tea sorbet
Also mentioned, but no recipe given: Lemon Curd and Devon cream ice cream.
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### Author:  [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/76 "2005-06-11T12:42:06Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#):
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> cstamets,
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> I am also a fan of Denise’s. Have you been to Jenni’s in the North Market? Similar, with fewer offerings–but they are more experimental.
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> Also, if you are a huge fan of ice cream like me, you must try Handel’s in Pickerington and Tom’s Ice Cream Bowl in Zanesville.
Never been to the North Market at all. I did read about Jenny getting all upset and threatening to call out the lawyers when Denise’s started selling a salted caramel flavor. I guess that has been Jenny’s “signature” flavor, and she thought she should be the only one who is allowed to make it.
I’ve been to Handel’s west side/Hilliard location. It was good, but anymore, if I’m going out for ice cream, I’m going to Denise’s.
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### Author:  [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-develop-weird-ice-cream-recipes/307464/77 "2005-06-11T12:45:26Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#):
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> They have a Chocolate-Peanut Butter flavor now. It’s very good. Like a frozen PB cup.
Oh yeah, I’ve had my share of that. But sometimes I just wish I could have peanut butter banana.
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