funkpill said:

i want me some

even though i just had the cherry chocolate kind like five hours ago.

Tasty...but I'm lactose intolerant.....
[Edited 3/24/08 7:57am]

I like this brand of French vanilla better.... but for the lactose intolerant in this thread..... try the peppermint stick flavor




*but my favorite icecream is still Dublin mudslide, (made by Ben&Jerry) *

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[Edited 3/24/08 7:20am]

Vanilla ice cream

But what's French Vanilla?

Serious said:

French vanilla tends to have the little vanilla beans (they look like speckles)... I think

I make my own. Five egg yolks...fresh cream...whole vanilla bean. It takes two days to make and is absolutely to die for.

paintedlady said:

Ah, thanks for explaining .

Genesia said:

How much of the bean do you use?

Serious said:

no, vanilla bean icecream has flakes of vanilla bean through out it and has a much more intense flavor than french vanilla.

paintedlady said:

A whole bean. It gets steeped in the milk for 24 hours...left in there while the custard is made (so heated one more time)...and then the seeds are scraped out of it and left in the ice cream.

I use the rinsed and dried pods to make vanilla sugar.

Genesia said:

That sounds divine

paintedlady said:

It's pretty tasty.

Sometime I'll tell you about the chocolate ice cream that takes three days to make. I can't do it now, though...I can't be writing food porn when I'm at work.

Serious said:

French vanilla isn't a type of vanilla; vanilla is just vanilla. French vanilla gets its name because it has a custard base.

horatio said:

Aha

I like it French, New York And Original-

U scream I scream we, all scream 4 Ice scream!


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Efan said:

Okay, that's the 3rd definition. So that means like Vanilla cream? Thanks everyone for explaining, all I know for sure is that I love almost everything that has a taste of Vanilla .

Serious said:

I should have been clearer when I said "vanilla is just vanilla." Technically, there are about 150 different types of vanilla, but primarily the world just uses two: Tahitian vanilla and Bourbon-Madagascar vanilla. Madagascar is responsible for three-fourths of the world's vanilla. When the ice cream is made with a custard base, it gets labeled French vanilla. The name is exotic, so things get called French vanilla even though it's not a different flavor or type of vanilla.

StillGotIt said:

icecream gives you gas

Efan said:

Okay, thanks. We just use the term "Vanille" and that covers everything .

horatio said:

It makes me feel bloated and fat. I stay away from it.

I would rather have a nice piece of dark chocolate.