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Thread: Interesting Ice Cream Flavors
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2018-09-12, 11:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Interesting Ice Cream Flavors
So I've recently gotten on a homemade ice cream kick and I need some interesting flavor ideas to keep it going. So far I've made chocolate/peanut butter (first one I did because I was bored and had a sweet tooth), fresh peach, pina colada, cappucino, pumpkin and Key Lime pie (with a buttery graham cracker crust sprinkled throughout.)
I have plans for banana pudding and caramel apple in the near future, but I'm looking for other flavors that sound good but you can't generally just go out and buy.
Help me keep my family guessing!
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2018-09-12, 11:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Interesting Ice Cream Flavors
Go get kinderbueno and make chocolate/hazelnut icecream with kinder chunks.
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2018-09-12, 11:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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My sister once made ice cream out of avocado! She didn't quite get the recipe right, so it wasn't as creamy as it should have been, but I still liked it!
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2018-09-12, 11:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ooh, both awesome suggestions!
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2018-09-12, 11:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Green tea is my favorite ice cream flavor. It's weird how it seems to be one of those flavors that comes in and out of style.
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2018-09-12, 11:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Interesting Ice Cream Flavors
Butter pecan, but replace the pecans with bacon bits, add a maple-butter ribbon, and possibly (and I know this will sound weird) mix a little creamed corn into it.
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2018-09-12, 11:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-13, 03:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Interesting Ice Cream Flavors
One we used to get in Mendocino and not very common (but good!) was candy cap mushroom.
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2018-09-13, 04:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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I tried that once out of curiosity. It tasted . . . grassy to me, would be the best way to describe it. And, yes, as a kid, I would chew on actual grass, so I know what grass tastes like.
Some fairly unusual flavours I do like are chai tea ice cream and crystallized ginger ice cream. The latter especially has this wonderful mix of contrasts.Last edited by Ravens_cry; 2018-09-13 at 04:22 AM.
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2018-09-13, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Rosewater and pistacio. To date I've only found two restaurants that served it and one of them closed down some time in the last year, and the other was basically across the planet.
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2018-09-13, 11:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Interesting Ice Cream Flavors
Roasted garlic ice cream is pretty good. As is chocolate-hot pepper (any kind). Bacon bits is a fine idea. Licorice, if you're a fan, also goes well in ice cream.
Since ice cream is not especially acidic and by definition cold, a lot of things like nuts, herbs, and flowers which otherwise have oils which might go rancid tend to last (at least as long as ice cream normally keeps).
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2018-09-13, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-14, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Pistachio is fairly common by the standards of uncommon ice cream flavours, but it's still not readily available for home consumption. That might be worth a try, although I imagine getting the pistachios to the right consistency to use in ice cream will be a challenge.
Berries that aren't strawberry: blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, etc. Or really any other fruit you can think of that tends to see most of its use in home baking: quince, damson, plum, etc.GITP Blood Bowl Manager Cup
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2018-09-14, 05:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Interesting Ice Cream Flavors
Plum is the one I'd mention, especially if you add just a dash of brandy.
Also, if you're doing one with nuts, try adding some crushed up mints (the pillow kind you see in snack dishes at weddings). Salty and sweet!
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2018-09-15, 01:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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I like green tea, but I've also had chai tea and crystallized ginger ice cream, both of which were incredible (also just crystallized ginger as a candy).
Other flavors I've liked that should be easy to make at home are lavender, rosehips, and red wine.
Flavors that I liked less are mostly ones common elsewhere, specifically Thailand in 2004. Still they might be worth trying, which adds taro to the list as a flavor, and vanilla with green beans and corn kernels.I would really like to see a game made by Obryn, Kurald Galain, and Knaight from these forums.
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2018-09-15, 04:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-15, 05:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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It probably wouldn't be a deal breaker, since you can make pepper vodka mango sorbet (which I'd so love to try), but the alcohol in the wine might affect things a little. Another worry is the acidity curdling things.
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2018-09-15, 10:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Best I've ever made was jalapeno. It was like the pure green flavor of the pepper with none of the heat.
One of the favorites I've ever had was strawberry, basil, balsamic.
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2018-09-16, 04:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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I wouldn't be too worried about acidity - you can make lemon ice cream after all, and wine has nothing on basically any citrus fruit when it comes to acidity, with the possible exception of oranges*. As for the alcohol that does affect handling a bit; there's some freezing point depression. It's not a big deal though.
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2018-09-16, 04:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-16, 04:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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I would really like to see a game made by Obryn, Kurald Galain, and Knaight from these forums.
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2018-09-16, 06:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-16, 09:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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I discovered this summer that buckwheat-flavored ice-cream was a thing.
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2018-09-16, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-17, 08:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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These have all been killer ideas so far.
The suggestion to put creamed corn into ice cream first grossed me out a little, but the more I've thought on it the better it's sounded and I think I'm gonna run with it hard
I haven't tried it yet, so I can't say how terrible an idea it might be, but I think I might make cornbread ice cream. Cornbread and milk being a southern staple and all.
Think I might puree some sweet corn real fine, melt some butter and crumble a handful of cornbread into the mix. If it turns out decent I'll post a pic, otherwise I'll just never speak of it again....
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2018-09-17, 08:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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I would really like to see a game made by Obryn, Kurald Galain, and Knaight from these forums.
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2018-09-17, 09:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-18, 12:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well, I certainly like lots of butter on my cornbread, so it broadly makes sense as something that goes with fatty dairy products. I think the trick will be to have it not be too sweet. Maybe add jalapeņo or something else that would "jazz up" regular cornbread so it has a flavor other than just "sweet" to pull it further into "cornbread" rather than just sugar and corn.
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2018-09-21, 06:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Horseradish? Probably the oddest ice cream I've ever eaten, but it was surprisingly good, especially paired with chocolate.