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Food Review: Ice Cream
We all scream for it, don’t we?
As batshit crazy as this might sound, I didn’t always love ice cream. It’s not that I disliked it, it’s just that I didn’t give much of a shit about it. I was always more of a cookie/brownie guy. Then one day, I realized cookies and brownies are way better if you throw some ice cream on top, and my whole life changed forever.
Now, I eat cookie/brownie sundaes 4–5 times a week, which is probably a little too much fat and sugar for a 46-year-old man to be eating. But you only live once, right?
Truth be told, I’m a bit of an ice cream snob. I steer clear of the processed shit like Turkey Hill, Hood, and the generic store brands, though I could be persuaded to eat Breyer’s. Baskin-Robbins sucks ass. Ben & Jerry’s is ok, but I prefer local ice cream shops to any of the national chains. In Massachusetts, we have a place called J. P. Licks, which is pretty good. Really, though, 95% of the ice cream I consume is homemade.
For those of you considering making your own ice cream, you should know that it is a pretty expensive hobby. The prices of milk and sugar aren’t that bad, but heavy cream is ridiculous. Depending on where you live, it can easily cost up to $4 for a pint, which is the amount required for just one batch.
