# How fast do / should you go through a tub of ice-cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160 "2011-11-07T12:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/1 "2011-11-07T12:46:10Z")
i take a spoonful whenever the urge strikes me and this usually works out to be once a day on average, taking about a month(?) to go through a 500ml tub of ice-cream. i wonder if this is considered unhealthy? how do you take yours? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/2 "2011-11-07T12:53:46Z")
A half gallon of ice cream can and has disappeared here on milkshake night - I think you are taking way too long to finish that up - ---
**Author:** ![White\_Unicorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@White\_Unicorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Unicorn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/3 "2011-11-07T12:59:39Z")
I love icecream! I can go through a half gallon in 3 days! My second semester of college, my roomies and I would buy 5 half gallons of it and it’d be gone by the end of the week! Icecream all day 😃 Lately, I got my sister addicted to mixing the french silk kind with peppermint icecream- slow churned by Dreyers. SO good! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/4 "2011-11-07T13:04:57Z")
No ice cream tub-tradition for adults here in the Netherlands. Many of us do have ice popsicles in our freezer to hand out to visiting kids. The Dutch vice is more about all sorts of dairy/pudding deserts. Those come in containers that serve about one family once. If an adult opens it without plans to feed the remains to the family later, she pretty uch has to finish it in one-two days. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/5 "2011-11-07T13:28:12Z")
In one sitting if it’s new york chocolate fudge, which is why it’s not allowed in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/6 "2011-11-07T13:32:35Z")
500 ml? That’s single serving isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/7 "2011-11-07T13:41:33Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > 500 ml? That’s single serving isn’t it? It’s about a pint–more than I personally care to have at once, but about right for 2-3 solo servings or 6-7 servings as a topping/accompaniment. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/8 "2011-11-07T13:48:49Z")
I buy pints of Haagen Dazs and eat a half-pint at a time. But I don’t buy more than 5 pints per month. I don’t think there’s any right way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/9 "2011-11-07T14:12:53Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > 500 ml? That’s single serving isn’t it? now i feel foolish. in my defence, if you take a spoonful right out of the fridge, it’s like eating a piece of ice-cold melt-in-your-mouth candy. i was feeling guilty because i’m the only one i know who eats ice-cream everyday. i’ve tried eating more, but nothing beats that first mouthful after a drought. /heads to the fridge ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/10 "2011-11-07T14:23:09Z")
Back when I still ate food, I went through a pint at a sitting. My mother–_who did not like ice cream!_–asked me, “Why can’t you take a spoonful and put the rest back?” “You take the lid off and you throw it away,” I explained. “The lid’s job is done. It will not be needed again.” (I haven’t had ice cream in _two years_ and nearly tackled someone I saw eating a cone this summer . . . .) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/11 "2011-11-07T15:37:58Z")
Lunchtime scene at work: I open the pint of Ben & Jerry’s and lick the lid. Co-worker: Gross! I throw the lid into the garbage. Co-worker: Shouldn’t you save that? Me: Whatever for? Co-worker: To put on the leftover ice cream _Long Pause_ Me: Who the hell are you talking to? A pint of ice cream is a dandy meal. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/12 "2011-11-07T16:05:43Z")
Off to Cafe Society for the real scoop. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/13 "2011-11-07T16:30:33Z")
A pint of ice cream usually lasts me 2-3 servings. But that’s mostly because I am actively watching calories and trying to not eat too much at once. I haven’t been known, in the past to eat the whole pint at once. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/14 "2011-11-07T17:17:04Z")
I eat a pint in three or four sittings, meaning I finish the carton in a week or two. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/15 "2011-11-07T17:32:17Z")
Back when I still ate Ben & Jerry’s, a pint would last four days. We now have 2 quarts of Blue Bunny no-sugar-added that’s been in the freezer for nearly two months, one quart of Breyer’s no-sugar-added that’s been in there for loger than that, and a quart of homemade black licorice that’s been in the longest of all. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/16 "2011-11-07T19:11:45Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Back when I still ate Ben & Jerry’s, a pint would last four days. We now have 2 quarts of Blue Bunny no-sugar-added that’s been in the freezer for nearly two months, one quart of Breyer’s no-sugar-added that’s been in there for loger than that, and a quart of homemade black licorice that’s been in the longest of all. How is the blue bunny no sugar added chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/17 "2011-11-07T19:20:17Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > How is the blue bunny no sugar added chocolate? Never tried the plain chocolate but the flavor they call Banana Split is great! Bunny Tracks is normally great as well but the current carton turned out a bit short with the swirls. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/18 "2011-11-07T20:05:02Z")
Thanks to this thread I am now eating ice cream. It is my third and _checks the container_ yep, final serving from a 500ml container of Haagen-Dazs dulce de leche. Not all ice cream takes that many servings to eat but this is a bit rich to eat all in one go. ---
**Author:** ![CrimeThink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@CrimeThink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrimeThink)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/19 "2011-11-07T20:37:28Z")
I only eat about 3-4 spoonfuls of Ben and Jerry’s a day when I have some in the fridge. That’s all I really need to get the taste satisfaction. I’m not trying to lose weight or anything, I just feel like there are diminishing returns each spoonful and there’s no reason to eat a lot of it at once. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160/20 "2011-11-07T20:39:12Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > now i feel foolish. in my defence, if you take a spoonful right out of the fridge, it’s like eating a piece of ice-cold melt-in-your-mouth candy. i was feeling guilty because i’m the only one i know who eats ice-cream everyday. i’ve tried eating more, but nothing beats that first mouthful after a drought. /heads to the fridge Most people don’t eat ice cream every day because most people can’t stop at one bite. Most people interpret “eat ice cream” to mean “consume at least a 4oz serving, if not an entire pint.” You just can’t do that every day. If I’m following this, you’ve been feeling guilty because the way you enjoy your treat most is in minute quantities. Believe me, most everyone would kill to have your “problem.” Go ahead and have all the one-bite-per-day servings of ice cream you want. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-should-you-go-through-a-tub-of-ice-cream/602160.md?page=2)