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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?

cupcake1 Fri 13-Aug-21 14:44:49

Occasionally but never have one as honeycomb is my favourite and he doesn’t sell that flavour unfortunately - or fortunately for the waistline!

CBBL Fri 13-Aug-21 15:21:54

We moved to a small village near to John O Groats in Feb. This year. Not seen or heard an Ice Cream Van yet! There is no Ice Cream parlour that I know of in Wick (our nearest town) - but I have seen one close to the Beach in Thurso! I didn't try it though!

Aveline Fri 13-Aug-21 16:14:00

Just had my favourite ever ice cream - walnut! Most unexpected but absolutely delicious.

annodomini Fri 13-Aug-21 16:14:14

I shouldn't have read this thread because it has made me want to nip out to Waitrose to pick up a carton of my favourite which is chocolate ice cream with blood orange sorbet. Just typing the words makes my mouth water!

TwoWolves Fri 13-Aug-21 16:17:52

No ice cream van here - no point as we have a 'famous' ice cream shop. My favourite flavour, though, is salted caramel which the ice cream shop doesn't do.

Rosycheeks Fri 13-Aug-21 17:00:50

Ive had Hazelnut ice cream that was very nice. ( Licking Lips).

Polly4t42 Fri 13-Aug-21 17:26:00

I would like an occasional 99 with nuts but sadly we have double yellow lines on our stretch of the road and it is busy so the ice cream van doesn’t come within easy walking distance so we couldn’t get to him in time. I like the occasional magnum and rum and raisin or a rich vanilla from a tub out of the freezer.

GeorgyGirl Fri 13-Aug-21 18:28:24

On the odd occasion there has been an ice cream van around but not very often, it's very nostalgic hearing the tunes. My favourite ice cream would be a caramel/toffee flavour.

hicaz46 Fri 13-Aug-21 20:41:46

Yes I make my own
Yes
Turkish Delight

Deedaa Fri 13-Aug-21 20:49:00

We get an ice cream van round when the weather is good. Our local garden centre has a good Italian Gelateria. Unfortunately they don't do my absolute favourite which is Zuppa Inghlese (English soup which actually means trifle!)

Elvis58 Fri 13-Aug-21 21:29:35

No icecream van. We have a farm icecream parlour which we frequent.Orange marmalade, rum and raisen, strawberries and clotted cream.White choc icecream.There are 30 flavours ,new ones added every week.Coconut is very nice too!

Treetops05 Fri 13-Aug-21 21:35:31

No, we are on a 'private' rd, and we have never seen or heard an ice cream van sad

grannyrebel7 Fri 13-Aug-21 22:06:49

A good old 99 for me at the seaside. I also love coffee ice cream. Sadly I haven't seen the ice cream van around here for ages.

May7 Fri 13-Aug-21 22:45:41

grannyrebel7 Carte Dor Coffee Intense icecream is on offer at half price at the moment from Sainsburys. Yummy I'm just eating some

MissAdventure Fri 13-Aug-21 23:09:28

I've never tried coffee icecream, but I'm tempted to now, perhaps with some chopped walnuts for good measure.

HurdyGurdy Sat 14-Aug-21 09:04:39

Yes, he comes round twice a day. Unfortunately it's that whippy stuff that tastes so synthetic, so he only gets business from us if my granddaughter is here, as she's not very discerning yet.

My favourite flavours are rum and raisin or mint choc chip.

Although I do make a rather tasty strawberry ice cream at home in my rather fancy ice cream maker ?

Wetnosewheatie Sat 14-Aug-21 11:47:50

Yes but I suspect the van is driven by Lewis Hamilton. I've never managed to catch him

Maryam33 Sat 19-Feb-22 01:02:49

Well everyone around me I am always in for a good dairy ice cream. But honestly nothing really caters to my taste buds as I am bit of an enthusiast who wants the perfect mix. So I started making my own with a small cusinart ice cream maker. It was kinda slow & really not that easy to work with. So I bought a commercial one & have been loving it ever since. If you're really into ice cream then here it is.
icedetective.com/best-commercial-ice-cream-machine/