Waffle vs Sugar
Wafer vs Cake
Me, I prefer cup-- but will enjoy a wafer cone. Of course I wouldn’t throw away a waffle cone, either.
Also-- how to eat an ice cream cone: Alternate licking around and pushing ice cream down into cone with lips. When ice cream is too deep into cone to reach with tongue, bite tip off of the bottom of the cone and suck out ice cream. Eat ice cream soaked cone.
A scan of google images suggests that sugar and wafer cones are pretty much the same thing. Though, I’ve never personally referred to that type of cone as “wafer”.
Cake cones are the tasteless things they give you at McDonald’s. They aren’t anything to write home about.
Waffle cones are the fancy things they sell at ice cream shops, always with an upcharge. So they are extra special.
Sugar cones are the most common ice cream vehicle (besides cups). They are what I think of when I think of “ice cream cone”.
Seems to me that sugar cones aren’t as fragile as waffle cones. And maybe sweeter.
Wafer cones, to me, are the only kind of cone to use. Just the right amount of sturdiness and little flavor to interfere with the ice cream.
Waffle/sugar cones are far, far too hard and brittle. They take a too much pressure to break and then fall apart unpredictably. They are also way too sweet. I don’t want the cone to overwhelm the ice cream.
Cake cones are for soft-serve.
I’ve never heard the term wafer cone. Sugar cones are, I suppose, the proper cones but I’ve never liked them(they taste like fortune cookies to me) and if a cake cone isn’t available I’ll ask for a cup. I’ve never had a waffle cone.
Slight hijack; I’ve mentioned this here before I think - recently a local radio host said adults look ridiculous eating ice cream cones and should always use a cup. I was shocked at the number of callers who agreed? WTF?
I grew up calling them sugar cones and safety cones. I saw waffle cones years later at ice cream stores.
I don’t mind either kind. Sometimes I like the softness of the safety cone, especially the last bite. Sometimes I want the crisp ones of the sugar cone.
To me an “ice cream cone” is a sugar cone. I remember the first time I was asked whether I wanted a sugar cone or a “plain” cone. I said “plain” because I thought that meant the standard one you always get.
I was sooo disappointed with what I got. A flavorless spongy cone that tended to absorb the ice cream and go soft. And that horrible grid at the bottom … Ugh. Hate those.
I never used to pay attention to the taste of a cake cone. Sugar cones are too brittle, they just don’t work. Then I watched a food show where they showed how cake cones are made and interviewed the company owner. He explained that while most people wanted more ice cream, he asked for a double cone (if it was his own company’s cone, I guess) so he could enjoy the clean, toasted cereal taste.
Ever since then, I note the cereal taste myself, and now that I realize what it is, it adds a lot to the ice cream cone experience. Kind of a Cheerios taste.
It’s like when you know that a common flavor in root beer is wintergreen, ferchrisakes. That hint helps you pick it out and enjoy the flavor.
Dennis
The perfect cone is the pointy plain (“cake”) cone. But they’re really hard to find.
So is there a difference between cake, sugar, waft and wafer cones? What the is a plain cone?
What I get is that wafer and cake cones are the same. And I honestly associate those with the proper cone more than sugar or waffle, even though I agree those two are better. Still, with a cake cone, I eat it with the ice cream, while I always wind up waiting until I have to on the other cones.