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Putting the "In" in "Gin"

I like to taste the gin rather than disguise it with sweet mixers so I'm a classic Gin Martini with olives girl but I can be swayed by a Gin & Tonic (Plymouth's). I had a brief flirtation with a Negroni made with dry Vermouth last December and I love sloe gin fruit poured over ice cream.

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London: Indian food is awesome here. One of the best restaurants is Diwana Bhel Poori House, Drummond Street in Euston, a wooden-table vegetarian place specialising in Dosas. It's been an institution for over 30 years, frequented by University of London tutors, office workers and foodies alike and it's really cheap.
At the other end of the price scale is the beautifully decorated Rasa Samudra on Charlotte Street where the cuisine is southern Indian: seafood, fish and vegetarian dishes.
For really good Modern British food try Bankside, Southwark Bridge Road, in Blackfriars for traditional dishes like sausage and mash and apple crumble with custard.

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Putting the "In" in "Gin"

I like to taste the gin rather than disguise it with sweet mixers so I'm a classic Gin Martini with olives girl but I can be swayed by a Gin & Tonic (Plymouth's). I had a brief flirtation with a Negroni made with dry Vermouth last December and I love sloe gin fruit poured over ice cream.

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London/Paris

London: Indian food is awesome here. One of the best restaurants is Diwana Bhel Poori House, Drummond Street in Euston, a wooden-table vegetarian place specialising in Dosas. It's been an institution for over 30 years, frequented by University of London tutors, office workers and foodies alike and it's really cheap.
At the other end of the price scale is the beautifully decorated Rasa Samudra on Charlotte Street where the cuisine is southern Indian: seafood, fish and vegetarian dishes.
For really good Modern British food try Bankside, Southwark Bridge Road, in Blackfriars for traditional dishes like sausage and mash and apple crumble with custard.

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Two rashers of back bacon, not too thick. The bacon should be chewy and the fat slightly crispy.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

im also a very huge fan of pink ice cream, too, as well.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

i'm a very huge strawberry ice cream fan. but i dont like the strawberry chunks that's in there. i think that it can't have any strawberry chunks init, because the strawberry chunks are so very gross and also too hard as a rock. i also love strawberry milkshakes at mcdonald's, burger king, and any other restaurants including denny's.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

i love strawberry ice cream, BlueBell calls theirs "strawberries and homemade vanilla". they are based in texas but now available in about 17 states through the south and some of the southwest. their seasonal peaches and homemade vanilla is very tasty as well. and yes, difficult to mass produce. before they started making it, i had only had actual home made. i think there are so many bad strawberry ice cream experiences out there because strawberries are difficult and artificial flavors were widely used in the past, especially "strawberry" which has no relation whatsoever to the actual strawberry. BTW, BlueBell also has "ultimate neopolitan" which is their straberries and homemade vanilla, dutch chocolate and homemade vanilla. it will change your mind about neopolitan...thanks

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I am a lover of chocolate or mint chip almost always when it comes to ice cream. However, yesterday in the extreme humidity of NYC we went out for some gelato, went over to the little stand outside Eli's on Third Avenue, ridiculously expensive, I know, and lo and behold I ordered the strawberry. It just looked so strawberry-y and good and refreshing. And it was. I am a convert. But I'll still order chocolate or mint chip 9 times out of 10.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I would argue that the best ice cream of whatever flavor is first cream, then whatever else is added in. This is why haagen dazs strawberry (ie cream, strawberries, sugar...) was able to sustain me for an entire pregnancy.... The pink stuff that tastes like strawberry jelly doesn't count in the debate. As for what's the best formulation, you can't beat homemade in june with freshly picked berries, unless it's homemade peach in august.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

My new favorite Strawberry Ice Cream (as of last year when I threw some lavender in for the first time from my backyard garden), when strawberries are in season, is Strawberry Lavender. Lavender, in moderation, adds a complementary depth to strawberry that cannot be fucking beatin'. Mine is made with half of one whole vanilla bean. I have a recipe if you are interested. Mine is the best I've tasted so far and yes, I can put my money where my mouth is.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I submit that the finest ice cream experience to be had in the United States is the fresh-strawberry milkshake at the Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.

Alabama strawberries!

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

For you who mentioned Graeter's, you might be in Columbus. If you are, you should check out Jeni's Ice Creams in the North Market, on High Street or in Grandview. If you aren't from there, just GOOGLE Jeni's Ice Cream and try (as quickly as you can possibly get it) her Strawberry Rose seasonal flavor. If is the very last word on strawberry ice cream. It lacks the graininess of Graeters (which I still like) from the over developed ice crystals. In addition, it has just a whisper of rose flavor. Can you think of anything prettier than a strawberry rose?

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

Okay, good strawberry ice cream is a thing of beauty. One of the reasons Häagen Daz has been so good is they have a thing for Oregon berries which have been mentioned at least twice already. A Ranier strawberry is one of the finest things I've ever tasted. I ate two pints [of berries, not ice cream] the first time I encountered them. I'll do it again someday. Now, I won't be happy until I've had a scoop.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

@Wally East: Strawberry mint?!?!?!??!?!

I will devoted this weekend to find this in Manhattan.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

Ben & Jerry's strawberry cheesecake = swoon.
As Ed indicated in his most previous comment, the simpler the ingredients the better. Cream, Strawberries, Skim Milk, Sugar and Egg Yolks is as close to home made as you can get in a carton bought from a store.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

One of my favorite things is combining fruit ice cream like strawberry or cherry with chocolate. When I worked at a Haagen Dazs back in the 80's, I'd make myself strawberry shakes with chocolate syrup. B&J has since created Cherry Garcia, but the chunks get caught in the straw.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I'd love taking the D train into the city, picking up a pint of Haagen-Daz ice cream from the little newsstand at the station. I always finished it before the train crossed the East River.

I'm not sure if anything with artificial flavors or colors is not worth mentioning as "Strawberry Ice Cream" in this discussion.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I used to despise strawberry ice cream because of the artificial flavor and the odd bits of alleged fruit which usually seemed gummy to me. Blech. But that was usually part of the tricolor "that way everyone will get what they like" cheap ice cream that tasted more like the carton than like a flavor you'd want to eat.

Then I made my own strawberry ice cream, carefully straining out the seed and odd bits. And it was like eating fresh strawberries with whipped cream. Oh, yum.

Is there a premium brand that is that good? I don't know. Don't need to know. More fun to make my own.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

strawberry is unquestionably worthy of respect and praise. I agree with Ed that Haagen-Dazs strawberry is excellent. Most other brands have an artificial aftertaste.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I bought some Breyer's strawberry recently and it's good, but doesn't have an intense strawberry flavor as I hoped. I have access to Graeter's at a local grocery store, so that brand is next. They do make wonderful ice cream, but if you are near Columbus, Ohio try "Jeni's Ice Cream". She specializes in unique combinations and one of her current seasonal flavors is 'Strawberry Rose Petal'. Her 'Lemon Blueberry' is one of the best lemon flavored ice creams I've ever had, but is not on her current menu. 'Riesling Poached Pear Sorbet' is really good too.

She also does mail order, but it is $70 for six quarts. Too bad it too far a drive for me!

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

i adore good strawberry ice, mainly Breyers or Haagen-Dazs. Made with real chunks of strawberry in them. I can't stand the fakey neopalitan stuff.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

Quick! Track down some Tillamook brand Oregon Strawberry ice cream and treat yourself to a bowl. You'll be a strawberry ice cream believer.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

braums. braums ice cream is the best, period.

that or blue bell..

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I love strawberry ice cream. I hate pink ice cream. The two are so very different.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I can do fruit-based frozen yogurt, but I detest all fruit-flavored ice creams. Strawberry ice cream ruins Napolean, which is the type of ice cream my family likes to buy for summer celebrations. Yuck.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I don't know why most people don't know about the brand, LaSalle. It's the best commercially made ice cream I've ever eaten. Check it out. Although the vanilla and cherry vanilla are my favorites, the strawberry is also great.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

What would anyone have against strawberry ice cream?

I'm glad Breyer's is mentioned more than once, because that is the commercial brand that immediately came to my mind. Breyer's strawberry was my all time favorite in high school bc back then I could get a big container for the same price as a pint of HD.

In college, I discovered Cline's Dairy Bar in Harrisonburg, VA, open only during the warm weather, offering only 3 flavors (vanilla, chocolate, and a flavor of the moment usually peach, blueberry, or STRAWBERRY!!!!)

Nowadays, I'll buy a pint of HD over a half gall of a cheaper brand any day.
I think I'll run to the store for some HD strawberry.

I might have to make strawberrry ice cream this weekend. The strawberries in Indy are finally looking and smelling and tasting great.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I brought a big container of Häagen-Dazs Strawberry Ice Cream to SE HQ today. I managed to limit myself to one small scoop, no small feat given how fine that stuff is. It's a lovely light pink color and tastes mostly of cream and strawberries. Here's the ingredient list: Cream, Strawberries, Skim Milk, Sugar, Egg Yolks. If this doesn't make converts of all the strawberry ice cream doubters here I don't know what will.

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