# Ice Cream Prices Rise! Eve Plans Bank Heists! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271 "2004-04-21T20:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Blunt\_Longsword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Blunt\_Longsword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt_Longsword)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/61 "2004-04-24T00:34:08Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > Beat the high prices with **FREE ICE CREAM!** > > [Baskin-Robbins](http://www.baskinrobbins.com/promo/free_scoop_night.shtml) Baskin Robbins free ice cream night is on Wednesday the 28th from 6-10. Ben & Jerry’s free ice cream day is on Tuesday the 27th from 12-8. > **[Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream](https://www.benjerry.com/)** > > Official site for Ben & Jerry's super premium ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and non-dairy. Peace, Love, & Ice Cream. I’m taking Tuesday and Wednesday off! Anyone know where I can find a good frozen custard in Baltimore? ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/62 "2004-04-24T02:19:52Z")
The best ice cream I know of is Brahm’s ice cream. It’s fairly regional, but ohhhhh soooo gooood!!! Very good milk shakes too. You can find them in the Ozarks region, farthest south in Texas is Dallas area. When I was younger my mom once took us on a road trip to see my grandparents (Oklahoma City) just as a front for getting some Brahm’s ice cream. And you know what? We stopped at nearly every one we saw going up there, and coming back down. 😃 Blue Bell is pretty good. I live relatively close-ish to Brenham, and the vanilla ice cream is actually good, compared with the vanilla of other places. Dig the cookies in cream though. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/63 "2004-04-24T06:00:19Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > If we’re going to list the most addictive, then I’ll have to toss out **Bluebell’s Banana Pudding**. Fortunately it’s a seasonal offering so I can only overindulge for short periods before I’m forced to abstain. Odd. My husband does most of the grocery shopping in this household, yet he’s never come home with that flavor…I guess they don’t stock it in the store he goes to. Because he WOULD buy it. He is very fond of banana pudding. Perhaps he just eats it in the car. ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/64 "2004-04-24T08:29:56Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > I think you should all pity poor, lactose-intolerant me. > > I haven’t eaten ice cream in a year. > (sigh) Have you tried “Tofutti?” It’s like ice cream but soy-based; it’s available in health food stores. It has a nice texture and some good flavors. ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/65 "2004-04-24T11:21:58Z")
> [@Blackeyes](#): > > The best ice cream I know of is Brahm’s ice cream. It’s fairly regional, but ohhhhh soooo gooood!!! Very good milk shakes too. You can find them in the Ozarks region, farthest south in Texas is Dallas area. Actually, it’s _Braum’s_. [Link](http://www.braums.com) Bar none, the best ice cream stores in the world. This is one of the few things that makes living in Oklahoma City worth it. Hand-dipped shakes and malts, made to your taste (I like chocolate-banana made with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup and a sliced banana), gourmet sundaes (brownie fudge for me!) and good hamburgers and crinkle-cut fries (they switched to regular fries for a few months a couple of years ago and nearly caused rioting in the stores). The only thing I don’t like about Braum’s is seeing one of their TV commercials in the middle of the night and getting a major jones for a malt ☹ . ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/66 "2004-04-24T18:52:39Z")
Hmm, maybe the trick is to plan enough ice-cream-related crimes that law enforcement can’t possibly keep up with all of them. Safety in bloated numbers! Ben & Jerry have gotten me through a lot of tough times. Especially with the Waffle Cone Sundae variety (which I haven’t been able to find lately). And I hear the Dublin Mud flavor is particularly good, but I haven’t tried it yet. I’ve got more vices than Bob Vila, but still ice cream holds a special place in my heart. If anyone needs me, I’ll be over at Ghirardelli Square. Just, um… looking at the bay. That’s it. Nothing to see here, move along. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/67 "2004-04-24T19:41:54Z")
Quoth **jsgoddess** : > [@](#): > > You mean Brighton’s. Yep, they’re still there. I pass them every week. Now, see, this is one of the things I love about this board. You can mention a little diner in an obscure Ohio town to people all over the world, and two posts later, someone will know what you’re talking about. In other news, Albertson’s here has half-gallons on sale for two dollars, until the end of the week. At the very worst, I’m stocked up on Bordeaux Cherry Chocolate for a little while. A pity my freezer’s so small… ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/68 "2004-04-24T23:28:23Z")
I tried Haagen-Dazs ice cream, and I didn’t like it very much. I’ve been ruined forever by Penn State Creamery ice cream. _sob_ At least I haven’t moved out of state… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/69 "2004-04-25T02:02:25Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The National Ice Cream Retailers Association … Executive director Linda Udderback … Oh come on now. It wasn’t dated April 1 by any chance, was it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/70 "2004-04-25T17:03:56Z")
Haagen-Dasz’ “Bananas Foster” is one of the most scrumptious ice cream flavors I’ve ever had, and I don’t even like bananas! And for me, Ben & Jerry’s “Cherry Garcia” is the taste of late summer – just the thing to get through those dog days. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/71 "2004-04-25T18:48:19Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > It’s hard to make a getaway in an ice-cream truck, 'cause it plays “Turkey in the Straw” really, really fast when you speed. Man, the one in our neighborhood plays _Fur Elise_ which I find kinda creepy for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/72 "2004-04-26T03:33:10Z")
> [@ColonelDax](#): > > I haven’t seen any D.C. or Maryland Dopers mention Gifford’s yet, so I’ll do the honors. The original Gifford’s Ice Cream Shop, at Bailey’s Crossroads, in Northern Virginia is gone now. A moment of silence. Heck, Bailey’s Crossroads is gone too, come to think of it. But I don’t miss that. The ice cream was fantastic, the service astounding, and prices reasonable. And half the regular social meetings in the N. VA area adjourned to sample the fare after every meeting. They had a special, an Ice cream sundae so big, that if you finished it, alone, it was free. Fantastic. They had fresh strawberries grown locally, when available, and they made their peach and strawberry ice cream out of local fruit in season, as well. The Blackberry Ice cream was outrageous. They also shelled their own nuts! Tris ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/73 "2004-04-26T04:19:22Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > Man, the one in our neighborhood plays _Fur Elise_ which I find kinda creepy for some reason. Just this weekend I encountered an ice cream truck playing Beethoven. Weird sh\*t, man. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271/74 "2004-04-26T07:37:30Z")
> [@sewalk](#): > > Actually, it’s _Braum’s_. [Link](http://www.braums.com) Shows how long it’s been since I’ve had the stuff. When I was writing that post I _knew_ there was something wrong in the way it was spelled. I want some of their sherbert now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-prices-rise-eve-plans-bank-heists/241271.md?page=3)