What the hell happened to good ol' ice cream flavours?

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nakedfrog

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When I buy that kind of stuff, it's the $5 for a gallon plastic pail kind of stuff.
I wouldn't even bother eating ice cream if that were the only option available.

About the only ice cream I do eat these days is Tillamook's salted caramel ice cream sandwiches.
 

JujuFish

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I'm rather fond of this stuff!
I've never tried Tillamook. As far as brands that are cheaper than HD/B&J, Gifford's makes several tasty flavors I quite like. Might be only in New England though, since they're a Maine ice cream company.
 

Captante

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I've never tried Tillamook. As far as brands that are cheaper than HD/B&J, Gifford's makes several tasty flavors I quite like. Might be only in New England though, since they're a Maine ice cream company.


Gifford's is pretty good.... I've had it in Maine but I've seen it in Mass and occasionally in CT as well.

Tillamook is also really good provided you enjoy really sweet/rich ice-cream and lot's of crunchy-stuff added in. (like the Malt kind pictured earlier) Tillamook plain-vanilla however is nothing special unfortunately.

What I like to do is try whatever brands plain vanilla first by itself and see how it stacks up to HD vanilla in particular. IME usually if the vanilla is tasty alone it bodes well for the more complex flavors.

I've yet to find ANY other brand's vanilla that I prefer to HD surprisingly and a quart of it goes for $8.49 even with inflation @ Stop & Shop.


EDIT: Lately I've been making sundae's using this stuff diluted with a little Vermont maple-syrup:

 
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UsandThem

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I've never tried Tillamook. As far as brands that are cheaper than HD/B&J, Gifford's makes several tasty flavors I quite like. Might be only in New England though, since they're a Maine ice cream company.
I've tried it a few times after they began stocking it down here in NC at the local grocery store.

It's just too rich tasting for me. Every time I've eaten it, to me it almost tastes like butter because of how much cream they use in it.
 
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nakedfrog

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Gifford's is pretty good.... I've had it in Maine but I've seen it in Mass and occasionally in CT as well.

Tillamook is also really good provided you enjoy really sweet/rich ice-cream and lot's of crunchy-stuff added in. (like the Malt kind pictured earlier) Tillamook plain-vanilla however is nothing special unfortunately.
I concur, some of their flavors are just "fine", others are quite tasty.
 

Chapbass

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Jeni's ice cream is awesome. Brambleberry Crisp is probably the best ice cream i've ever had.
 

JM Aggie08

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Yeah, very fond of Jenni's at this point. Gooey Butter cake is one of my favorites as well.

Salt and Straw is good, but no scoop shops nearby. They do some wacky shit that is just incredible.
 

sdifox

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Captante

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esquared

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Gifford's is pretty good.... I've had it in Maine but I've seen it in Mass and occasionally in CT as well.

Tillamook is also really good provided you enjoy really sweet/rich ice-cream and lot's of crunchy-stuff added in. (like the Malt kind pictured earlier) Tillamook plain-vanilla however is nothing special unfortunately.

What I like to do is try whatever brands plain vanilla first by itself and see how it stacks up to HD vanilla in particular. IME usually if the vanilla is tasty alone it bodes well for the more complex flavors.

I've yet to find ANY other brand's vanilla that I prefer to HD surprisingly and a quart of it goes for $8.49 even with inflation @ Stop & Shop.


EDIT: Lately I've been making sundae's using this stuff diluted with a little Vermont maple-syrup:

I buy this brand of preserves as its one of a couple companies that doesn't use HFCS as the sweetener.
 

dlerious

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Homemade Teaberry ice cream. Used to find teaberries when we went looking for wild blueberries as a kid.
 

JujuFish

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What I like to do is try whatever brands plain vanilla first by itself and see how it stacks up to HD vanilla in particular. IME usually if the vanilla is tasty alone it bodes well for the more complex flavors.
I don't have plain vanilla often, but when I do, HD is my go-to.
 
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lxskllr

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Over the last year, I've been digging balsamic vinegar over vanilla. I think I got the idea somewhere here, but it's really good.
 
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