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CONE HEADS – Yup It’s Ice Cream!!!

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, BY THE WAY, Everyday Food, Smooth or Crunchy, Tasty Tidbits Tuesday, tagged , , , , , , on July 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I just read the most scrumptious article on inventive, creative, outrageous flavors of ice cream being offered around town.  Town meaning New York City of course.  I read about these exotic places and yet I don’t go, what’s wrong with that picture?  A LOT!  Instead of being inside my air-conditioned apartment typing away at this blog, I should hustle myself over to one of these dairy delightful destinations.  Maybe this weekend I can get to one and really give you a first-hand opinion on just how delicious these ice cream flavors are.  I’ve copied the article (with photos I hope) and will attempt to paste below.  You know, just because you don’t live in NYC and you love ice cream, you could suggest to your own local ice cream shop (provided they make their ice cream like they all say they do), one of these flavors and give them the article too.  Now I call that paying it forward!  ** The photos didn’t copy so I’m going to try to put them in myself which means the wrong photo might be above or below the description.  Well you get the picture.

Chocolate. Vanilla. Strawberry. Always good choices. Chocolate chai? Cherry vanilla? Black-pepper strawberry? Even better ones. (And we haven’t even gotten to the Mexican Coke yet.) Check out five local creameries that are taking flavor combos to the next level.

Rum & Coke Raisin

Rum & Coke Raisin

Photo: Davey’s Ice Cream
RUM & COKE RAISIN
This is one of those “Where has this been all my life?” moments. Davey’s Ice Cream in the East Village whips drunken rum raisins into sweet cream that has been infused with–wait for it–Mexican Coke. It’s an occasional special, but even the shop’s simple strawberry variety gets a kick of black pepper. It’s just how they do.

Davey’s Ice Cream, 137 First Ave. (at St. Marks Pl.)

Makers Mark Manhattan

Makers Mark Manhattan

Photo: Coolhaus
MAKER’S MARK MANHATTAN
More of a whiskey girl? The traveling Coolhaus truck spikes its ice cream with Maker’s Mark and folds in sour cherries. Order it in a cup or in a sandwich of equally inventive cookies (hi, potato chip and butterscotch) and call it a day.

Follow @CoolhausNY on Twitter for truck locations and daily flavors

Avocado Ice Cream

Avocado Ice Cream

Photo: OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
AVOCADO
It only makes sense that the world’s creamiest fruit is spun into the city’s healthiest cone. (OK, we have no real evidence of that, but hey, it’s got omega-3s?) Hit up OddFellows in Williamsburg or the East Village to see if the scoop of avocado is available. But really, any of the shop’s rotating flavors are worthy of this list.

OddFellows Ice Cream Co., 75 E. Fourth St. (at Second Ave.); 175 Kent Ave. (at N. Third St.), Brooklyn

Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream

Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream

Photo: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
EARL GREY TEA
The beloved day starter is now a day maker at Van Leeuwen. This is our go-to shop (and truck) for sophisticated flavors like Ceylon cinnamon, currants and cream, and gianduja.

Van Leeuwen locations throughout NYC

The article and photos are from PURE WOW.

 

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TOP TEN Ice Cream Flavors (There’s No Such Thing)

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, Smooth or Crunchy, Thursday's Top Ten, tagged , , , , , , on July 20, 2014| 2 Comments »

How can I name the Top Ten ice cream flavors, I mean really?!  This is just so subjective and for me the list revolves around moods, places and anything else lol.  Of course I have my old standbys, who doesn’t ?  What are yours? Want to share? Please do, wouldn’t it be great if the comment section of this blog  were filled with ice cream flavors and then whenever we wanted to drool, we could just pull up the page and lick the screen.  

This is clearly not the first time ice cream and ice cream flavors have found their way into this blog, oh no!  See this previous post, https://pbenjay.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/so-many-flavors-so-little-time/ and your vicarious taste buds will be activated.

So here goes in a true stream of consciousness today’s list of the TOP TEN Ice Cream flavors that come to mind AND are not in any order of importance – they’re just there this Sunday morning when I haven’t had my coffee or breakfast yet – this should be an interesting list ha, ha, ha.

So Many Flavors So LIttle Time

So Many Flavors So LIttle Time

1.  JAVA JOLT:  A delightful mildly sweet coffee ice cream with chunks of dark chocolate and dark chocolate syrup swirled through it.

2. CHOCOLATE MINT CHIP:  A minty green ice cream with tiny square dark chocolate chips throughout. This one is a real oldie and has become a classic

3.  MALTED MILK BALL: OMG when I found this flavor at an ice cream shop in Neptune, I couldn’t wait to taste it – such a throwback to a childhood favorite.

4. ALMOND TURTLES: If you’ve ever traveled to the South and picked up some of those famous chocolate “Turtles”, you know what I’m talking about.

5. PEANUT BUTTER MOOSE TRACKS: Definitely one of my “go-to” flavors for a peanut butter fix.  Thinks vanilla ice cream with chocolate swirls and chunks of peanut butter chips – Yeah you got the picture!

6. CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER: This speaks for itself doesn’t it?  Rich chocolate ice cream with chunks of peanut butter in it. God is good.

7. ALMOND JOY:  The only thing better than chocolate and peanut butter is chocolate and coconut with some almonds thrown in!!

8. CREAMSICLE: Oh my shades of the Good Humor man! Orange sherbet and vanilla ice creme blended.

9. PISTACHIO: Such an old time favorite and so good, never say no to pistachio!

10. PUMPKIN: Definitely seasonal so when it’s out, I eat as much as I can in those two months of the year it appears.

Just TEN for today, but then again it’s till before noon so after our brunch, who knows……

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Where In The World Is Pbenjay????

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour on July 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I’m here, I’m back and I have a story to tell you about what happened as to why Ice Cream week melted off the web. BUT that will have to be later tonight.  We are off the to beach for the day, then a concert to hear Neil Sedaka BUT I will be posting to catch up.

HERE I AM!!!

HERE I AM!!!

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OH NO!!! My Ice Cream Is Melting……

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, BY THE WAY, Everyday Food, tagged , , , , , on July 14, 2014| 3 Comments »

Summer is great, summer is wonderful.  I eat ice cream all year long BUT I eat a lot more during the summer!  Nothing beats the heat like eating an ice cream cone during a hot July or August day.  Some people count the days of summer as beach days, some of us think of those days as ice cream days.  NOT that I really need a hot day to indulge but we already know that.

Actually those blistering hot summer days when you can’t wait to get an ice cream cone are ice cream’s worst nightmare.  It’s hot out and now that you’ve got that delicious treat in hand, what happens?  IT MELTS!

 

 

Thanks to my secret sorcerer Gail for sending me this sad, sad video with a Happy Ending!

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Fourth Of July -WHAT IF?????

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, tagged , , , , , , , on July 4, 2014| 3 Comments »

WHAT IF America had NOT won the Revolutionary War?  What would life be like today in the United States?  Would we have a President or a Queen?  Would Starbucks be everywhere or Teavana?

Would there be fireworks?  Would we be eating bangers or hot dogs and would we call our franks, tube sausages?  Well for the fun of it, a British actor, Stephen Merchant delivers a hilarious, sarcastic SLAM on our holiday traditions and informs us how life would be so much better if they had won the war!

Enjoy and Happy 4th of July to all!!!

http://www.purpleclover.com/video/2776-famous-brit-slams-america-most-hilarious-way-possible-sarcastically/

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Say Goodbye To Mental Health For Now

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, Mental Health Monday, Six Word Memoirs, tagged on June 17, 2014| 1 Comment »

I‘m sorry I have to announce that Mental Health Monday has been suspended (temporarily I hope).  Dr. Barry Lubetkin has told me he has to take a break from his weekly Mental Health tip.  He has a very busy practice and is also in the process of writing a new book.  I hope he will return to us in the Fall.

In the meantime, while I figure out what I’m going to do with Mondays, for today I thought a Six Word Memoir would be appropriate in light of the fact that we will no longer benefit from Dr. Lubetkin’s wise advice.

Six words, no more, no less

It was great while it lasted!

Reread the text to heal thyself

Mental Health Monday Goes On Vacation

Mental Health Monday Goes On Vacation

 

 

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Wordless Wednesday – LOOK CLOSELY

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, tagged , , , , , on May 7, 2014| 3 Comments »

If a picture is worth a thousand words, look at this one!  It looks like a bird, but it doesn’t fly.  It looks like a parrot and it can talk.  A word to the wise…Things Are Not Always What They Appear To Be.  

Let me know in a comment what you think this is really a picture of????

A shout-out and thanks to Gail for sending me this photo – pretty amazing!

What Am I?

What Am I?

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SPRING Has Sprung In Central Park

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, Fab Fotos, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, Only in New York, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mother Nature is two-faced, there’s no question about it. I’m still wearing winter coats and scarves on my way to work, I’m putting the heat on in the den at night. On Sunday, my friend Susan sent me a photo of the falling snow in her backyard and my friend Kim posted the all too familiar picture of the stabbed snowman because in upstate New York where she lives, they got almost a foot of snow.

Even though the temperature keeps fluctuating, there are other greater rituals in place. Regardless of snow or wind or ice, the daffodils send up their bright shoots, the crocuses blossom and many of the birds who wintered elsewhere come home. These photos were taken in Central Park this past weekend.

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

Behold the magnificent Blue Heron captured in flight!

Blue Heron

Blue Heron

There’s no more snow in the park BUT we do have Snow Drops!  Aren’t they pretty?

Spring Snow Drops

Spring Snow Drops

Even though Cardinals hang around all year, they are so beautiful and regal, how could I not include him in this array of seasonal color?

Regal Red Cardinal

Regal Red Cardinal

A splash of sunshine in your garden. 

A Bit of Sunshine

A Bit of Sunshine

I love it when I hear the first Red Wing Blackbird arrive at our feeder.  They have a very distinct and melodic trill.

Love His Epaulets

Love His Epaulets

The first purple crocus each year reminds me that Spring is truly on my doorstep.

Hello Spring!

Hello Spring!

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Whaddaya Know! Today Is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day!

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, BY THE WAY, Smooth or Crunchy, tagged , , , , , , , on April 2, 2014| 1 Comment »

April 2, 2014 is

National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

It’s National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! Did you know that the average American consumes 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the age of 18? The combination of sweet jelly and salty peanut butter has been a staple in school lunchboxes for over fifty years.

According to one story, American soldiers invented the peanut butter and jelly sandwich during World War II. They decided to combine their bread, jelly, and peanut butter rations into a fabulous new treat. When the soldiers returned home after the war, peanut butter and jelly sales soared.

To celebrate National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, make this iconic American sandwich for lunch!

April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month & National Grilled Cheese Month.

 

My Favorite Sandwich

My Favorite Sandwich

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April Fool’s Day – Religious Origins of Silliest Holiday

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, BY THE WAY, Smooth or Crunchy on April 1, 2014| 3 Comments »

 

April Fools Barnstar

April Fools Barnstar (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A shout-out and thanks to my friend, Ginny, who sent me the link to this story.  It was posted in HUFF POST today.  What follows is a portion of that article:

Let’s be clear: April Fools’ Day is not a religious holiday.

It does, however, trace its origins to a pope.

The day began, most believe, in 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII decreed the adoption of the “Gregorian calendar” — named after himself — which moved New Year’s Day from the end of March to Jan. 1.

The change was published widely, explains Ginger Smoak, an expert in medieval history at the University of Utah, but those who didn’t get the message and continued to celebrate on April 1 “were ridiculed and, because they were seen as foolish, called April Fools.”

Even though the annual panoply of pranks meant to mock the gullible or to send a friend on a “fool’s errand” may not be grounded in any ancient religious merrymaking, the notion of “holy fools” does have a long and respected place in Judeo-Christian history.

Hebrew prophets were often scorned as mad or eccentric for pronouncing unwelcome or uncomfortable truths. The Apostle Paul talked to the Corinthians about becoming “fools for Christ.” And Eastern Orthodoxy still sees the “holy fool” as a type of Christian martyr.

Such views are wrapped up in paradox.

“If the wisdom of the world is folly to God, and God’s own foolishness is the only true wisdom,” argues British clergyman John Saward in “Perfect Fools: Folly for Christ’s Sake in Catholic and Orthodox Spirituality,” “it follows that the worldly wise, to become truly wise, must become foolish and renounce their worldly wisdom.”

Personally my April Fool’s Day was uneventful!  But oh how I remember the April Fool’s Days of my youth.  Putting salt in the sugar bowl or sugar in the salt shaker.  Telling a friend that her mother was looking for her, switching our seats in school, sending my mother running into the living room because I told her the dog pooped on the rug.  I also had a plastic ice cube that had a fly imbedded in it and one of the those buzzer gadgets you put in your palm when you shook someone’s hand.  What crazy funny things did you do today or get done to (interesting English grammar there)? 

april fools 2010

april fools 2010 (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee)

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