Had the BEST Ice Cream Cone This Weekend...
at a little local place, The Big Dipper on Central Ave in Dunkirk NY where they make their own ice creams, some authentic Italian flavors (though not gelato-style), some premium original recipes--I had a cone with triple chocolate on the bottom and butter almond on top, both from their premium lists--Seems the salty-sweet thing has finally hit small-town America, too, as that butter almond was insane! And draggin' my tongue up across the chocolate and through the butter almond make this the best cone ever. (In fact, think I'll go by again today for a second round...) Where, when and what was yours?
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22 Comments:
South Haven, MI. Sherman Dairy Ice Cream. Blueberry ice cream in a waffle cone. (Blueberries being the local star of their produce.) July, 2007.
therealchiffonade at 2:46PM on 04/06/09
Not technically ice cream, but Kopp's chocolate frozen custard in Milwaukee. Also, not technically best ice cream cone becuase I always get a dish due to an unfortunate ice cream falling off the cone accident as a kid. I get ice cream wherever I go, but truly nothing beats this.
Embackus at 4:08PM on 04/06/09
A little place near me in RI made green tea ice cream one season that was amazing. I haven't found anything in the carton that can compare. And they haven't made it since!
swampyankee at 4:36PM on 04/06/09
Believe it or not, from the dairy counter. When I was a kid in the 50's there was a brand of ice cream in Canada called, "Borden's" - Elsie the contented cow was their trademark. My Mom who had five small kids and very little money would sneak this one flavour, Buttered Pecan, into the house as her special treat - once I tasted it, I was in love. Even way back then, the pecans were salty and the ice cream buttery and delicious. I have never been able to replicate the taste to this day. For fifty years I have been looking for a Buttered Pecan that lives up to that flavour. It never has.
bareneed at 5:05PM on 04/06/09
@Bareneed, I don't know if it's the same as what you remember from Canada, but Borden's (with the brown cow logo) is a common dairy brand in Wisconsin. I'm pretty sure they still make ice cream too.
Embackus at 5:52PM on 04/06/09
Try Jeni's Ice Cream in Columbus, OH and you'll never be able to eat out of a cardboard carton again! http://jenisicecreams.com/
My favorites are Gravel Road--Satly Caramel Ice Cream with almonds, Queen City Cayenne--milk chocolate ice cream with cinnamon and cayenne, and Thai Chili--peanut butter, coconut, cayenne, and coconut milk.
And many other great flavors that I believe make life worth living!
bobcatsteph3 at 6:01PM on 04/06/09
Mallard Ice Cream in Bellingham, WA makes a wide variety of flavors, including Black Peppered Vanilla, Rose, various kinds of teas, fresh local berries in season and my favorite Lemon Liberation!
beersnob at 7:06PM on 04/06/09
Where's Dunkirk? Think I need to take a road trip.
meem21 at 7:37PM on 04/06/09
@Embackus - that is interesting! That brand has been gone in Ontario, at least, for many years. Gee, maybe I can talk the OH to taking the ferry from MI over to Green Bay, just to find, Buttered Pecan. However, my guess is that the real flavours of 50 years ago have been replaced with phoney & imitation flavorings - but - hey, reading @bobcatsteph3 - I can guess that Columbus, OH, is not totally out of the realm of the possibility of a visit - WOW, those flavors sound amazing!
bareneed at 7:41PM on 04/06/09
@Embackus - thinking about what you said, and my memory is off - of course, it is Elsie, the brown cow - the contented cows make Carnation milk - the neurons are starting to die off rapidly.
bareneed at 8:00PM on 04/06/09
@therealchiffonade, my family spent our summer vacations at south haven during the early 1960's. i was a toddler then and i still remember how good the ice cream was at sherman's. we went there most nights after dinner.
my favorite ice cream of all time was at custard beach, which unfortunately {or fortunately for my waistline} went out of business after 9/11.
cybercita at 8:13PM on 04/06/09
The latest ice cream serving that struck me was Vietnamese style toasted coconut ice cream from a Vietnamese run deli in Eden Center, Falls Church, VA., on the Beltway...Wow!
This is not a joke: at Justine's Ice Cream Shop in St. Michaels, Chesapeake, Maryland, we enjoyed the conjured up flavors of Cheney Cherry and Rumsfeld Raison...they are local residents.
gutreactions at 10:01PM on 04/06/09
Penn State Creamery. It might be partially nostalgic value because my parents used to get me Creamery ice cream whenever we were at State College, but I have never had better ice cream.
And the rumors about it not being FDA approved because of its high fat content are false, by the way!
cycorider at 11:23PM on 04/06/09
@meem21--Dunkirk is on the Lake Erie shore, mid-way between Buffalo and Erie PA. This place, the Big Dipper, has undergone many reinventions across the twenty-plus years I've lived here. Started as just a commercial style soft-serve place, then added burgers and dogs, then shifted back to ice cream only, but added hard-serve flavors from the local manufacturer, now it's the premium and international flavors made in store, and I think business has never been better. It's a summers-only privately owned operation, and I think the woman is a genius for recognizing that change is good. I know one thing for sure: her ice cream is absolutely grand. My husband had a flavor we'd never seen before here: chewy caramel, and he was also blown away.
BobbieAnne at 5:46AM on 04/07/09
@BobbieAnne- sounds incredible! Next time I venture out and up, I'll have to check it out
meem21 at 9:10AM on 04/07/09
I'm not sure if this is my best ever, but I had a delicious cone of gelato a couple days ago, from a place in London (Holland Park) called Gelato Mio. I got black cherry and pistachio, and they were both very, very creamy and delicious!! Just what I needed to cheer me up.
ChristineB at 9:31AM on 04/07/09
Of course, the caramel au beurre salé at Berthillon in Paris wasn't too bad either. However, I made David Lebovitz's recipe at home over Christmas, and it was equally stunning! It's nice to know that mere mortals can achieve that kind of success at home with only a few quality ingredients.
ChristineB at 9:33AM on 04/07/09
There are quite a few favorite frozen custard places here in WI with awesome flavors and tastes, but probably my very favorite has to be rainbow icecream in a cookie cone from a long-since closed drug store in East Troy about 50 years ago! Just thinking about it now makes my mouth water.
bubbamom at 2:32PM on 04/07/09
@bobbieann - I haven't had one yet...but I think I know where we're going next weekend! I love caramel...can't wait to try that one!
btw..yes...you're very close...only about 20 minutes away. My daughter went to school @ LoGuidice in Fredonia....I spent alot of time in your area!
mepolo at 3:04PM on 04/07/09
As far as "regular" ice cream (not premium stuff) goes, Perry's Ice Cream is the best. They have some great flavors and all their ice cream is great, even the less sugar, less fat kinds. We used to have a brand called My Favorite Ice Cream that made a cake ice cream... you could split the whole box open and slice like a cake. It was chocolate and vanilla striped... anyone know what I am talking about?
xwafflesx at 5:04PM on 04/07/09
Soft serve on a cold, cold pouring rainy day at a dairy farm near Nagano, Japan. Freezing cold, but frikkin' awesome. Haven't been there in ten years.
mikaque at 7:30PM on 04/07/09
Because of the mess, I think the last time I had ice cream in a cone (not a cup) was Carvel soft serve with chocolate or rainbow sprinkles as a kid! I probably wouldn't be as enchanted with it now, but I loved it them. I still remember my mother getting about nine zillon napkins though, and spackling with me with the paper, which took away my fun--of course I still managed to make a mess.
HeartofGlass at 8:15PM on 04/07/09