I really like the Food Lion Strawberry Shortcake. Weird eh?
osiej, no flames await you here. Wrong forum! 
Here, let me offer you some Ben and Jerry’s, any flavor you can think of. I’ll change your mind about that Blue Bell, I promise.
tshirts, the only place I have ever seen Thrifty drugstores are in Calif, and yes, I for one was glad they sold ice cream.
[geezer voice] Why, when I was growing up in So. Cal. you could buy one scoop for 15cents, that’s right, 15 cents. A double was 30 cents, and by George we scraped up every nickel to get it then too. Dadgum it! Now it’s all this fancy schmancy flavors and colors and it costs a small fortune ($3.50) to get a small thingy of ice cream. [/geezer voice]
Haagen Daz vanilla swiss almond…now that’s good ice cream!
Not to hijack the thread, or anything …
Homeslice, I DO understand the Jeep Thing. I’m nervoussly awaiting the verdict on an engine transplant for my Cherokee. (had 189,000+ miles) I miss my Jeep!
I can’t speak for Foodlion (we don’t have 'em here in these parts) but BLUE BELL strawberry cheesecake is second only to the vanilla.
<<still cringing, waiting for the flame>>
kiddo, you need to lose your flame fear. Sheesh. Whoever warned you like that did you no favors. Most people are not like that, especially if you don’t come in and start telling folks what to do and how to do it.
So far you are just fine, so relax.
You are forgiven for the thread hijack, this time anyways. I happen to agree with you. Homeslice, I get the jeep thing too. I have a Grand Cherokee that I will not part with, and my hubby goes Jamboree-ing in his Wrangler. :eek:
Ah, I was wrong, its strawberry cheesecake ice cream from food lion that i like sooooo much.
When I was a very small boy, I loved Baskin-Robbins Daquiri Ice. It always gave me a special feeling. I wonder if they still make that flavor…
and may the strawberry cheese cake ice cream (of any brand) flow on, to all those who wish to mainline it. I know I would, if I could just get those little chucks properly liquified …
Aenea, thanks. I’ll take you up on the Ben and Jerry’s offer (also really, really great ice cream) but I’m not not too sure you can sway me from the great Texas favorite. I grew up with it, and I’m now, at least, chronologically an adult (just ask my nephews, they’ll tell you different!) and I just can’t shake the Blue Bell habit.
Another great Ice cream - Amy’s. To my knowledge, it’s a regional distribution. Started here in my home town, and it is truly wonderful. Super rich, super creamy, and super sinful. For all of you who like crunchy add-ins, rest assured. Amy’s invented the “crush-in”- butterfingers, fruit, m&m’s, pretty much anything you could wish for. YUM!!
And Aenea (have I spelled that correctly?) thanks for reminding me that flames only happen in the pit!
Long live ice cream addictions!
I used to work at a Toys 'R Us after my freshman year in college. (After that, I’d built up enough seniority at my student job to work there, and be spared the horrors of $3.45 an hour)
Besides getting paid once a week, and the fact that it was close enough to work to be able to walk home, the ONLY good thing about working in that damned place was that there was a Thrifty’s right next door. I’d go there after work on Sundays (other days, the Thrifty’s would be closed before we closed Toys R’ Us), and get a triple scoop of ice cream, and eat it on the walk home. Usually two scoops of chocolate malted crunch and one of pralines and cream. I wish I were as easily satisfied nowadays. 
My friends and I would also go to Thrifty’s and indulge after a hard fought game of “strikeout” (aka “fast pitch”).
Back in Dayton, or more accurately outside of Dayton, was Young’s Dairy. They used to make ice cream to die for. I think they’ve gone to commercial in the last few years since I’ve gone there last though.
Personally, vanilla is the best flavor…but Peanut Butter Fudge Milkshakes are also great; one of the few things that will make me risk the punishments of eating milk and/or icecream. Is like sucking a Reeses through a straw, YUM!!
sigh…
Yes
Oh Yes… Young’s Dairy … YUM!!!
I can’t speak for “SELLING OUT” I have not been to Youngs in 3 -4 years. However, if it is still the same, then, bravo Youngs. YUM YUM YUM YUM!!! Young’s Dairy, Ohio, is, unquestionably, the best. I was born not far from Youngs. I have sinced roamed far and wide, however, I look forward to any excuse to take me back to Southern Ohio to partake of the wonders of Youngs Dairy, Yellow Springs Ohio. (the king kong banannna split).
Right now, it would be Ben and Jerry’s Everything But The… It is pretty awesome! But back home, there was a place called White Mountain Creamery. They had a Bourbon Ball ice cream that was out of this world!
Haagen Daaz Chocolate, Chocolate Chip. Very hard and with a big spoon.
Hennig Olsen, a Norwegian brand which isn’t exported anyplace because we’re too selfish to share. (Nyaaah.)
This is real Scandinavian ice cream, as opposed to Haagen Dazs. You know where that name comes from, right? It’s Danish for “Made in New Jersey”. Hennig Olsen is what Haagen Dazs dreams it might someday grow up to be.
The only problem is, choosing which flavor to declare the best. That’s like asking me which of my kids I like best. So I’ll cheat and pick Tricolori - the world’s best vanilla, strawberry and chocolate ice creams in one package.
BEN & JERRY’S no question. New flavors all
the time, and just damn good. Southern
Pecan Pie is my all time favorite FOOD.
When they first opened, we use to drive
up from Massachusetts to get it. One of
the happiest days in my life was when
I found them in the grocery.
As a sideline, Hagen-Daas strawberry frozen
yogurt combined with their strawberry sorbet
is great!
President’s Choice
Crackle Ice Cream,
I could go for some right now!
Omni’s post about smooth flavors got me to thinking…whatever happened to Haagen Daz’s Honey Vanilla?
I really loved that stuff. It was nice and subtle, and seemed much creamier than their regular vanilla.
I thought American I.C. kicked butt until I got my lips around French hazelnut ice cream. Anyone ever been to Berthillon’s on the Isle St. Louis in Paris? Then there is Italian gelato, which I tried for the first time a few months ago. The name had been putting me off – it sounded like some kind of jello. WRONG! Smooth, luscious ice cream in adult flavors like pistachio, hazelnut, and milk chocolate. Once you’ve had European ice cream, you’ll never go back.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Berthillon!
I read about it in my Grade 9 French textbook, and only had the opportunity to try it last spring when my momma and I went to Paris… we ran into my fave English teacher from college (Big Gay Brian) and we all went to Ile St-Louis.
Anyway… can you imagine pear and blackcurrant sherbet!!!
At any rate, the best ice cream in Montreal is Ripples, on St. Laurent Street across from Schwartz’; that or Ben & Jerry’s.