Christmas yum, yums, for the tum, tum.

Splitty · December 04, 2012, 09:10:47 PM

Quote from: Hepcat on December 04, 2012, 08:56:38 PM
Looks yummy! Whereabouts do you live?

Oregon! Home of the .....rain. And wet sasquatch fur apparently.

I guess this must be a local-y brand.

Interestingly, the slow churned with less fat takes longer to melt! Science.

Count_Zirock · December 07, 2012, 07:03:19 PM

Edy's is hardly local. If your stores don't carry it, ASK FOR IT. Sometimes they don't stock limited edition, holiday stuff, because they have to make extra room in the freezer case. Like my local grocery store won't carry Breyer's chocolate ice cream. Chocolate fudge brown, chocolate peanut butter, Reese's Pieces Swirl, chocolate plutonium sewage cherries jubilee, but not plain old chocolate.
"No one buys it," I was told.
"I buy it," I said. "Guess I'll start shopping where I can get what I want," I continued.
"We have it in our store brand," the frozen foods guy said.
"Your store brand uses cheap cocoa that gives the ice cream a gritty texture," I explained. "I'll shop elsewhere. It's not a problem. I'm sure your competitors would love to take my money. You keep selling chocolate marshmallow pecan chucklehead, OK?"

CreepysFan · December 07, 2012, 07:19:21 PM

Splitty, I absolutely LOVE Eddy's peppermint ice cream. That and eggnog are the two things I look forward to at Christmas, as that is only when I can get them.

Count Zirock, Chocolate Plutonium Sewage Cherries Jubilee ? You make that up, or is this for real ? Breyer's is the only brand I consume for chocolate or vanilla as well.

Hepcat · December 07, 2012, 08:06:20 PM

Quote from: Count_Zirock on December 07, 2012, 07:03:19 PM
Like my local grocery store won't carry Breyer's chocolate ice cream. Chocolate fudge brown, chocolate peanut butter, Reese's Pieces Swirl, chocolate plutonium sewage cherries jubilee, but not plain old chocolate.

You keep selling chocolate marshmallow pecan chucklehead, OK?"

All those gimmicky variants of chocolate annoy me too. Just plain chocolate, and chocolate with nuts and/or marshmallows are plenty enough for me.

Count_Zirock · December 07, 2012, 08:49:52 PM

Quote from: CreepysFan on December 07, 2012, 07:19:21 PMCount Zirock, Chocolate Plutonium Sewage Cherries Jubilee? You make that up, or is this for real?

Made it up, but now you're making me think I should trademark it before it ends up on the shelves.
Over at BanthaSkull.com, we have an imaginary brewery, Spratch Brewing. We make up fake limited edition beers all the time, like Nauseous Mountain Gorilla Lager and Creamy Bikini Wench Pilsner. So, I've become rather good at creating fake brands, flavors, etc.

marsattacks666 · December 08, 2012, 12:01:11 AM

All the aforementioned treats, making me hungry.

Fester · December 08, 2012, 02:13:18 AM

Edy's is a brand originally marketed by Dreyers Ice Cream, which was founded in Oakland, California in the late 1920s. It is now owned by Nestle.

The Northwest has some fine ice cream brands. Tillamook Ice cream is owned and operated by the Tillamook County Creamery Association in Oregon. They also make a dozen or so varieties of great cheese as well.

Another great local ice cream is Umpqua Ice Cream produced in Roseberg Oregon.

Count_Zirock · December 08, 2012, 03:47:08 AM

We've got a local ice creamy in my town, Tony's Ice Cream. They're carried by all the local markets, even Walmart.
Growing up in Newark, NJ, we had a huge Breyer's factory downtown. You could see the huge Breyer's sign from the turnpike. I believe it closed in the early '70s. There was a Sealtest Ice Cream factory in Union, NJ, too. It closed sometime in the '90s, I think.

Dr. Madd · December 08, 2012, 04:15:10 AM

As someone fond of food, Dr. Madd's top Christmas picks for food.

1. Candy Cane Milk. Saw it one year, loved it. Never saw it again, I look for it every year.
2. Egg Nog- Love it. Can't have too much sweets.
3. Cocktail sausages
4. Turkey
5. Ham
6. Sugar Cookies, Candy Canes- Anything with mint in it.
7.Summer Sausage- I eat this year around.