Respek for Breyer's ice cream

[Tri2Cook]

My older, bigger, heavier (about 100 lbs heavier) machine has moved in with tri2cook in Sioux Lookout.

And it's earned it's keep...

[andiesenji]

I don't buy much ice cream. I do make some but occasionally buy a small container.

I had a Simac for many years, when it would no longer hold the coolant, I got one of the smaller Lello machines and since have bought another. (I just can't resist these things )

Breyer's is okay, Ben & Jerry's is better. 31 flavors (Basking Robbins is the best. In my opinion.

Recently I purchased a container of Blue Bunny ice cream at Walmart and it was pretty good.

I still miss the terrific ice cream (inexpensive) sold at Thrifty Drug Stores - it was originally made by Carnation, when they still operated the huge plant in Van Nuys, CA., later made by another dairy company.

The eggnog ice cream (seasonal) was a seriously decadent flavor that tasted like it had liquor in it but didn't. If anyone has the recipe, I want it!

In the '60s, when I lived in Burbank, our house was ten minutes from the Baskin Robbins plant.

Edited May 10, 2011 by andiesenji (log)

[Holly Moore]

Anyone remember Alderny Ice Cream? A great ice cream. I spent a summer at the Sip and Sup Drive-In hand dipping it eight hours a day, six days a week at $1.25 an hour. It was there that I learned one truly can get too much of a good thing.

[Moopheus]

The best ice cream from the market is Hagan Daz Just 5. Trader Joe's has the caramel and strawberry Just 5 for 1.99.

Though a pint of Haagan dazs isn't actually a pint any more--it's only 14 oz. So they reduced the amount of dairy that way instead.

There used to be a Breyer's plant in Framingham, but it was closed by Unilever a few years ago. I don't think Unilever has done much good for the quality of B&J's either. Locally, there's a number of good ice cream shops and I have a machine, so I don't rely on the supermarket.

[FoodMan]

I make a lot of ice cream at home, but I Breyer's French Vanilla is my standard all-purpose ice cream for pies and such. It's pretty darn good. I have not tried any other flavors...well my kids like the Neapolitan since it gives them the "red, strawberry and vanilla" varieties in one tub.

[Toliver]

I still miss the terrific ice cream (inexpensive) sold at Thrifty Drug Stores - it was originally made by Carnation, when they still operated the huge plant in Van Nuys, CA., later made by another dairy company.

The eggnog ice cream (seasonal) was a seriously decadent flavor that tasted like it had liquor in it but didn't. If anyone has the recipe, I want it!

Locally, all of the Thrifty Drg Stores were bought out by Rite Aid. They still sell Thrifty's brand ice cream in their freezer section.

There's a Carnation plant just outside of town. I believe Nestlé owns Carnation now but still sells under the Carnation brand. I wonder if Carnation is making the Thrifty ice cream sold here in town.