29 May 2013

(In response to an article, USA TODAY, "Best Ice Cream Parlors in the World")

1. Luxurious treat for the elite ups until 1800s when ice houses were invented.
2. Also called sorbet, gelato, frozen custard, ices.  Names vanilla then plain, cone sandwiches to floats, sundaes and spectrum is continuing to expand across the globe.
3. Blue Bell near Houston, Texas.  Best, I believe.  Close to home, cows are hormone free.  Must be the key!
4. Toppings.  Everything you can think of even catsup.
5. My most memorable time to eat ice cream 1963-65.  Pshauar Pakistan, CIA compound edge of city-night.  Dinner for our crew.  Chuck Empy.  Great mormon friend from Adona Turkey, Peshaoor Pakistan and Frankfurt Germany.  Well, after this meal we all went for a walk about in the back yard there. "Watch out for critters." But just as we get into the backyard, Chuck fires his dum dum cannon (it's in OLD books, a toy one and then water buffalo milk.  The butter milk content must be not big 10,000) But noise and anyway that home crank wooden USA metal.  Three paks were cranking these manual machines, we all maybe 20+ of us just stared in the dark, but bright starlit night sky!
It was about 90 degrees but there is no question that was one time that I was so....felt good all over.  In this place, just about if you drilled a hole thru the earth was almost 1/2 way around the world from San Antonio, Texas.  The stars were so close.  Quiet words in 2 different languages.  To me, no English for a time.  I truly enjoyed this ice cream.  So cold.  Home made.  I ate TWO servings.  What a neat adventure for me and now here I am sharing this memory with you.  I don't think I ever told you "My time with the CIA eating home made ice cream not too far from the Kyber Pass."

The LIST:
1. Fenocchio, Nice France
2. Bar Gelatetia, Erccole? Pizzo Italy
3. Vipiteno Galeria, Sao Paulo Brazil
4. Antico Caffe Spirnato, Palermo Italy Sicily
5. Big Gay Ice Cream, New York City
6. Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream, Seattle (Tom and NanC, have you taken the team to this place? It must be on the requirement list.)
7. Perche No!, Florence Italy
8. Murphy's, Dingle Ireland
9. Bi-Rite Creamery, San Francisco
10. Vaffelbageriet, Copenhagen Denmark
11. The Creamery, Capetown South Africa
12. Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream, Ohio and Nashiville, TN
13. Eddie's Sweet Shop, Forest Hills NY
14. A M Scannapieco, Buenos Aires Argentina
15. Simmo's Ice Creamery, Dunsborough Australia

Hmmmm... Blue Bell is not here is it? But it could be.....