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Thursday 23 January 2014

Some Odd And Unusual Varieties Of Ice Cream

By Marquerite Velasquez


According to the International Dairy Foods Association, about 1.5 billion gallons of ice cream and other frozen desserts are produced each year. It is definitely true that Americans love ice cream, and vanilla is the top flavor year after year. However, while vanilla and flavors such as mint chip and chocolate are among the most favored flavors, there are a few places where you can purchase some truly unique varieties of ice cream. Here are a few flavors that you might not have heard of before.

There are some unusual and crazy sounding names of ice cream flavors, and you may have heard some of them. Cherry Garcia is one of these, an unusual name of ice cream flavor created by Ben and Jerry's ice cream shop. However, their ingredients and flavorings still consists of cookie bits, chocolate chunks, cherries, and also frozen banana pieces, which are all still the traditional ingredients.

An interesting flavor option is garlic flavored ice cream, although this may not be a top option of anyone yet. However, it is interesting to note that garlic ice cream has been served at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, and also the garlic festival in Saugerties, in New York. There are also some restaurants offering this unique flavored ice cream treat, like The Stinking Rose in San Francisco.

These days, we seem to want to put bacon on everything including sweet treats such as donuts and, yes, even ice cream. There are a few bacon ice cream recipes floating around the internet and famed chef Heston Bluenthal has featured a bacon-and-egg ice cream at his Michelin-star restaurant The Fat Duck. There are also a few other proprietors who offer bacon-themed ice cream or perhaps an ice cream using prosciutto in place of American-style bacon.

Avocado usually is not associated as one sweet food although this is also typically a dessert in many countries worldwide. One can find avocado flavored ice cream in many places, and famous chefs like Chef Alton Brown and Chef Rick Bayless have their recipes for this unique flavored ice cream treat.

If you are craving a fantastic ice cream treat, the Culver City ice cream shop YoKuMon can be your destination, and they offer all of the traditional flavors most of us enjoy. For just $2, you can enjoy their specialty, a gourmet ice cream sandwich. For this treat, the ice cream is placed between two homemade cookies, which the staff at YoKuMon makes fresh throughout the day. The cookies are freshly baked throughout the day and come in eight different flavors and you can pair them up with any flavor of ice cream. YoKuMon also sells shakes, sundaes or even Hawaiian-style shave ice at their shop in Culver City. YoKuMon is definitely the place to go if you are searching for ice cream in the Los Angeles area.




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