Why is premium ice cream so freaking expensive?

Now, I'm really craving Rocky Road, and does Farrells still exist?? Great memories there.

I miss Chubby Hubby. sigh. (my hips dont, though)

I so miss chubby hubby!!  That was my favorite!!

btw: I had Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheesecake one the other day.  We bought it in the convenience store around the corner and are going back for more tonight.  I generally prefer the fruity ice creams too.  The cheesecake one was to die for good.

I also enjoyed carte d'ore's strawberry yogurt delice (or whatever it was called).  I served it with some yummy scones I made with lemon zest in the dough (really adds a nice touch to it) and then covered the ice cream with a handful of fresh raspberries.  The scones were sandwiched like a strawberry shortcake.  It was nice!!

I'm off now to see if I can find more of the strawberry B&J's!

Their Oatmeal Raisin one was lovely, don't see it anymore.

I hadn't really noticed the fact that there is chocolate in almost every flavour in the UK - but then I am a total chocoholic, so I usually go for chocolate ice cream flavours anyway. I agree though that the B&J and Haagen Daaz flavours are rather limited in most UK supermarkets. My favourite HD flavour is Belgian Chocolate, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere recently!!

Talking of limited flavours - have you seen the awful Baskin Robbins selection they sell here? I thought thr whole point of the logo was the fact that they sell 31 flavours, yet the most you'll usually find at a UK Baskin Robbins stand is 12 or 16 flavours!!

Baskin Robbins has been the one place where I've been able to find those fruit flavors I have been missing.  I have tried the strawberry cheesecake B&J but I am really just dying for some plain old strawberry.  I've had it at the theatre a few times - they sell those small tubs of them, and I'm so thrilled to see it that I can't stop myself. 

LOL. I was just telling my husband....."See??? I'm not the only one bothered by this chocolate business!"  Even though he likes chocolate, he agrees with me!

I tell my husband this all the time so he will be so amused to hear you've noticed it too !

Half Price in Tesco at the moment too...bought a tub of Cherry Garcia yesterday, which a great treat as they had discontinued it!!!

Are they discontinuing Cherry Garcia?!

Now, I'm really craving Rocky Road, and does Farrells still exist?? Great memories there.

OMG...I remember having birthday parties at Farrells as a kid!  I miss places like that.

I reallly miss Phish Food ... Havent seen it here yet. My second favourite was Cherry Garcia..but the only kind I can find here is yogurt not icecream

I reallly miss Phish Food ... Havent seen it here yet. My second favourite was Cherry Garcia..but the only kind I can find here is yogurt not icecream

They're both in Sainsburys -- just saw some tonight!   

I reallly miss Phish Food ... Havent seen it here yet. My second favourite was Cherry Garcia..but the only kind I can find here is yogurt not icecream

Phish Food is all over the place here, you just have to know where to look for it.

I find it a little too sickly for me, but the supermarkets near me seem to stock more Phish Food than any other flavour (I went to Tesco earlier - they only had a few tubs of Bohemian Raspberry and almost an entire shelf of Phish Food - that was it, no fudge brownie, no half-baked, no strawberry cheesecake... just Phish Food!).

Baskin's for Rocky Road

Haagen's for BAILEY'S...if you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it. It is like eating Bailey's (the drink)

JuneHawk -  Mackies Traditional Ice Cream - I highly recommend it for plain old fashion ice cream. It is hard to beat . It is REAL ice cream from a small Aberdeenshire based company that do 'export' down south. Try that with your root beer for the best float you've ever tasted (well provided you have A&W or Barq's). Or just on it's on.

But a few interesting UK Ice cream facts:

There are over 1,000 in the UK producing tens of thousands of flavours. Despite this fact, vanilla remains the favourite being chosen nine times out of ten.    (not my fact June  )

Flavours you'd never thought of and yet they're commercially available: (and I think I'll give them a wide berth, very wide)
Sorbets: Smoked Salmon, Tomato, Cucumber
Ice Creams: Garlic, Avocado, Sweetcorn

For those with a more exotic taste can experience Durian ice cream (Don't think you can get  it here) I have tried this. It's doesn't taste like durian but it is perhaps the rankest ice cream I have ever tasted excepting maybe those above. I love salmon but in ice cream? Phish takes on a different image.

Flavours you'd never thought of and yet they're commercially available: (and I think I'll give them a wide berth, very wide)
Sorbets: Smoked Salmon, Tomato, Cucumber
Ice Creams: Garlic, Avocado, Sweetcorn

I loooove artisan ice creams! I've had brussel sprout flavoured ice cream from this place. It was interesting ... and not as disgusting as I thought it might be! I didn't, however, like their turkey and stuffing ice cream. Blech. But they do some really cool and creative stuff and will create any flavour you request as a special order!

As of this morning my local Tesco still had Ben & Jerry's at half price for only £1.89 and it looked like there was a good selection of flavors still left.

breyers light mint choco chip ice cream. It's perfect! Low calories/fat, and the best flavor!! one of the things i will always have in my freezer when I move back to the US someday