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MissAdventure Wed 11-Aug-21 19:36:43

Do you like it, and does the icecream man come to your neck of the woods?

Lastly, what is your favourite flavour, please?

Callistemon Wed 11-Aug-21 21:23:26

A Magnum will do if I'm desperate.

Callistemon Wed 11-Aug-21 21:22:58

I hear him a few streets away but he never comes up our road.

Don't like Mr Whippy icecream.

I like Mackie's, varian and Kelly's Cornish clotted cream icecream.

Welsh Gold (no good for the teeth ? but very good).

MissAdventure Wed 11-Aug-21 21:22:49

Probably about 10 or 12 I reckon.
The bubblegum flavour is a bit strange.

Chewbacca Wed 11-Aug-21 21:21:28

That's every icecream he has, in layers

Whaaaat??? How many layers is that? Round here that could be 18 layers high!

TillyTrotter Wed 11-Aug-21 21:19:18

You are an expert on ice cream Chewbacca. ?
My favourite is strawberry. Yes we have an ice cream van that comes around especially at weekends.

grannydarkhair Wed 11-Aug-21 21:18:42

No van comes round where I live. I like lots of flavours. Close to where I once worked, there’s an old fashioned ice cream parlour/sweetie shop that sells the nicest Vanilla I’ve ever tasted. The shop changed owners a couple of years ago, and thankfully, the ice cream still tastes as good as ever.
Of tubs, I especially like Mackies, either Honeycomb or Vanilla. But my all time favourite is Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food, I’m convinced it has some kind of narcotic in it.

Marydoll Wed 11-Aug-21 21:17:49

No ice cream van here. We are too posh ?

In Scotland, tablet ice cream or mint chocolate chip.
In Italy, dulce de leche

Shinamae Wed 11-Aug-21 21:17:31

At the moment I have a thing for Kelly‘s Cornish ice cream and fresh raspberries ?

MissAdventure Wed 11-Aug-21 21:12:10

A bot?
I don't want one of those on top. blush
I've reduced the font size on my phone.
Obviously time to make it huge again.

MissAdventure Wed 11-Aug-21 21:10:39

Our ice cream man does a scoop special.
That's every icecream he has, in layers, with a bot of everything on top!

Hellogirl1 Wed 11-Aug-21 21:08:55

Our ice cream van only comes twice a week, I`m his only customer down this bit of the bank. It`s made just a few hundred yards down the road from us, but they only do vanilla. From elsewhere I like mint choc chip and chocolate, definitely not strawberry. And I just have a plain cone, no flake.

Chewbacca Wed 11-Aug-21 21:03:36

Farm Shop Ice Cream Menu:

Vanilla
Raspberry
Strawberry
Coconut
Ginger
Cappuccino
Mandarin
Toffee Malt Ball (toffee vanilla with Maltesers)
Smart Vanilla (vanilla with Smarties)
Caramel Toffee Chunk
Double Dutch Chocolate
Chocolate Orange
Mint Choc Chip
Pistachio & Almond
Rum & Raisin
Turkish Delight with White Chocolate Chip
White Chocolate Mountain
Festive Flavours include Christmas Pudding and Irish Cream.

Chewbacca Wed 11-Aug-21 20:57:30

The Italian Ice Cream Emporium Menu:

TRADITIONAL

Original Vanilla
Dairy Vanilla
Raspberry Ripple
Chocolate Ripple
Chocolate
Strawberry
Coffee
Mint Choc Chip
Rum & Raisin
Pistachio
Toffee

SORBET
Lemon
Orange

ITALIAN STYLE
Amaretto
Biscotto
Black Cherry
Banana
Blue Aniseed
Caffe Bianco
Coconut
Stracciatella
Ginger
Munch Mallow
Tutti Frutti
Toffee Crunch
Turkish Delight
Tiramisu
Rum & Raisin
Zabaglione
Treacle Town Ices
Treacle Toffee
Salted Caramel

nadateturbe Wed 11-Aug-21 20:44:52

Tescos triple chocolate!

nadateturbe Wed 11-Aug-21 20:44:20

Yes I like it but too much sugar unfortunately.

Blossoming Wed 11-Aug-21 20:37:30

Yes
No
Pistachio

MissAdventure Wed 11-Aug-21 20:31:37

Liquorice sounds intriguing.

SueDonim Wed 11-Aug-21 20:30:48

I tried Turkish Delight flavour ice cream last summer. Don’t do it! grin

MissAdventure Wed 11-Aug-21 20:28:31

I would like to try lavender flavour.

MiniMoon Wed 11-Aug-21 20:27:37

grannyactivist, I know where to get salted licorice ice cream. Kendal.

MiniMoon Wed 11-Aug-21 20:17:15

Our ice cream lady retired. No-one has taken over her route, so now we have to go to a shop for an ice cream. I did like a Mr. Whippy.
My favourite must be mint choc chip.

Beechnut Wed 11-Aug-21 20:15:39

Vanilla is my favourite. I would love to try the Parma Violet one and we do have an ice cream van.

grannyactivist Wed 11-Aug-21 20:14:21

My husband (aka The Wonderful Man) loves ice cream, but sticks to Kelly’s Vanilla or a Lidl’s own brand of Magnum.

I can take it or leave it, but we do have an ice cream shop in town where they make their own and the flavours are wonderful. I like their ginger ice cream, but only ever buy a child’s cone as as I find it difficult to eat more. My favourite flavour of ice cream is liquorice, but sadly I’ve never found it in this country.

Grannynannywanny Wed 11-Aug-21 20:11:18

I had a whippy 99 last week at the seaside with my grandchildren and it was delicious.

In recent months I’ve discovered Tesco own brand salted caramel “cornetto” A box of 4 for £1 and they are our favourite family treat ( Unfortunately, when the family aren’t here they are my guilty secret!)

NfkDumpling Wed 11-Aug-21 20:08:27

Yes, the bloomin' ice cream van does come around our way and I'm sick to the back teeth with Popeye the Sailorman! Puts me off ice cream completely - although I do love a lemon lolly on a hot day.