lenquixote66 Posted November 4, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I prefer hard ice cream but being an ice cream addict either is okay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted November 4, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 4, 2022 44 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said: I prefer hard ice cream but being an ice cream addict either is okay. Hard ice cream for me. I grew up on Dairy Queen. And, it was good. But, on very special occasions, Mother would buy a carton of Lady Bordon. That was even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted November 4, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted November 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, rkacruiser said: Hard ice cream for me. I grew up on Dairy Queen. And, it was good. But, on very special occasions, Mother would buy a carton of Lady Bordon. That was even better. Do you ever eat soft ice cream ?To me there is no such thing as bad ice cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted November 4, 2022 #4 Share Posted November 4, 2022 29 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said: Do you ever eat soft ice cream ?To me there is no such thing as bad ice cream. Yes, I do. Sometimes, I get a craving for a Dairy Queen sundae and will buy one. We have an ice cream company called Graeter's in my area that have ice cream stores that sell retail packaged products, but have a real soda fountain set-up with made to order sundaes, sodas, malts, milk shakes, and phosphates. Delicious! A Vanilla Phosphate and a Chocolate Soda made with real Vanilla or Chocolate Ice Cream were my favorites. Many days after school, as I passed by the drug store had that old fashioned soda fountain, I would drop a bit of my allowance into their cash registers by ordering one of these delights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BklynBoy8 Posted November 5, 2022 #5 Share Posted November 5, 2022 QM2 will give hard ice cream in the dining room but Soft is in the Kings Court.. The Hard Ice Cream is made on board. The on disappointment was the on Soft Serve was Vanilla. No Chocolate out of the machine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted November 7, 2022 #6 Share Posted November 7, 2022 One of the disappointing changes that I have seen, at least on HAL ships, is the decreasing quality of the ice cream served. Once upon a time, Haagen-Dazs was the ice cream brand served. Various flavors (Pineapple Coconut, became very fond of that flavor) available. Then, that brand was dropped. A different brand was served (don't remember its name), it was OK, but, not Haagen-Dazs. Then, it changed again to what I think it is a generic brand. Edible, but, the variety of ice cream is not as great and certainly another cutback that has taken place over the past several years. Thankfully, one thing that has not changed at the ice cream counter is the quality and variety of cookies offered, HAL's Christmas Cookies and their selection is really very good. Love the Gingerbread men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted November 8, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted November 8, 2022 My favorite on board ship cookies are oatmeal raisin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted November 8, 2022 #8 Share Posted November 8, 2022 21 hours ago, lenquixote66 said: My favorite on board ship cookies are oatmeal raisin. Off or on a ship, Oatmeal Raisin are a favorite of mine, too. I like Shortbread cookies as well and am a good purchaser for a variety of Girl Scout Cookies. I have a friend who is an excellent cookie maker. I don't know what she calls all of them; some are quite interesting mixtures of ingredients. Large, rich, and delicious! Her sons' dorm rooms are a popular stop for their friends when they come back to their universities after being at home for a week-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted November 9, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, rkacruiser said: Off or on a ship, Oatmeal Raisin are a favorite of mine, too. I like Shortbread cookies as well and am a good purchaser for a variety of Girl Scout Cookies. I have a friend who is an excellent cookie maker. I don't know what she calls all of them; some are quite interesting mixtures of ingredients. Large, rich, and delicious! Her sons' dorm rooms are a popular stop for their friends when they come back to their universities after being at home for a week-end. My youngest granddaughter was a Girl Scout .We bought many boxes of cookies every year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted November 10, 2022 #10 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I like both.....hard and soft ice cream. As a kid, I loved Carvel soft but we don't have any Carvel stores here anymore. There are a ton of choices of hard ice cream these days.........Breyer's is good. And I found this brand at the "SPROUTS" near me.........anyone else know of them? It is called https://vanleeuwenicecream.com/ and they have some fun and funky flavors. But I do LOVE Ben and Jerry's.........Cherry Garcia is my favorite😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted November 10, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted November 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Lois R said: I like both.....hard and soft ice cream. As a kid, I loved Carvel soft but we don't have any Carvel stores here anymore. There are a ton of choices of hard ice cream these days.........Breyer's is good. And I found this brand at the "SPROUTS" near me.........anyone else know of them? It is called https://vanleeuwenicecream.com/ and they have some fun and funky flavors. But I do LOVE Ben and Jerry's.........Cherry Garcia is my favorite😀 Cherry Garcia is also my favorite ,Lois R Carvel was my favorite as a kid too and still is among my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted November 10, 2022 #12 Share Posted November 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Lois R said: Cherry Garcia is my favorite Maybe my memory is incorrect, but, isn't this the ice cream that HAL now uses to make their Baked Alaska in the Pinnacle Grill? It's good, but, not a favorite of mine. Our local premium ice cream company, at this time of the year, make two seasonal ice creams that I enjoy: Eggnog and Cinnamon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted November 10, 2022 #13 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, rkacruiser said: Maybe my memory is incorrect, but, isn't this the ice cream that HAL now uses to make their Baked Alaska in the Pinnacle Grill? It's good, but, not a favorite of mine. Our local premium ice cream company, at this time of the year, make two seasonal ice creams that I enjoy: Eggnog and Cinnamon. I have no clue about what type of ice cream HAL serves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aml3679 Posted November 14, 2022 #14 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Soft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted November 17, 2022 #15 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aml3679 Posted December 13, 2022 #16 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Soft vanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceMuzz Posted December 25, 2022 #17 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Hard Ice Cream, i.e. Real Ice Cream is essentially a frozen egg custard or frozen Crème Anglaise, with flavorings added. Soft Ice Cream, better known as soft serve (because legally it is not ice cream) is made from powdered or concentrated milk, milk solids, sugar, corn syrup, chemical stabilizers, and artificial flavors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTNORMANDIE Posted December 27, 2022 #18 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 5:24 PM, rkacruiser said: .Our local premium ice cream company, at this time of the year, make two seasonal ice creams that I enjoy: Eggnog and Cinnamon. Speaking of seasonal favorites…we have a local brand here in metro Boston called Brigham’s Ice Cream. They make a great Frozen Pudding around the holidays similar to a rum laced tutti fruitti. They also make really good Pistachio, Rum Raisin and Peppermint Stick! Ben and Jerry’s is made right up the road in Vermont. We are blessed with many great regional ice cream makers as well as many boutique ice cream shops. Another local favorite is Friendly’s Banana Split Ice Cream. One of my all time favorites was Steve’s Chocolate Cinnamon Raisin which is no longer available…sighhhh. I have never had ice cream onboard ship that would equal any of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted December 28, 2022 Author #19 Share Posted December 28, 2022 19 hours ago, CGTNORMANDIE said: Speaking of seasonal favorites…we have a local brand here in metro Boston called Brigham’s Ice Cream. They make a great Frozen Pudding around the holidays similar to a rum laced tutti fruitti. They also make really good Pistachio, Rum Raisin and Peppermint Stick! Ben and Jerry’s is made right up the road in Vermont. We are blessed with many great regional ice cream makers as well as many boutique ice cream shops. Another local favorite is Friendly’s Banana Split Ice Cream. One of my all time favorites was Steve’s Chocolate Cinnamon Raisin which is no longer available…sighhhh. I have never had ice cream onboard ship that would equal any of the above. Ice cream on a ship cannot compare to an ice cream parlor in any town where people reside,IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BklynBoy8 Posted December 28, 2022 #20 Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said: Ice cream on a ship cannot compare to an ice cream parlor in any town where people reside,IMHO. I enjoy homemade ice cream with fruit from the garden and cream from the diary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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