Jan152010
Jeni’s Ice Cream
Filed under food by Kim at 10:29 am on Jan 15 2010
Thanks to this post from my friend of excellent tastes Fred and holiday generosity from his crafty accomplice Rob, I ended up with fancy ice cream shipped from Ohio in time for Christmas.
The image of eating ice cream out of the pint from a comfortable position on the couch is a classic one; we can all sense the desperation and sadness from here, right? The sour taste of a breakup or fight or loneliness washed away in sugary dairy onslaught?
In this case, cast that image out! Because this ice cream is for celebrating. This ice cream is special. This is Jeni’s ice cream and it comes from cows that practically have names. Or maybe they do have names, I don’t know. All I know is that this is good shit.
I put in on a co-order with Rob (which he turned into a Christmas present, because he is awesome like that) and decided to try three flavors. First, dark chocolate, because you need a baseline of something simple right? So that was good. Maybe not ship-from-Ohio good, but really good.
But then there’s the seasonal flavors, and this is where we get the rare and refined taste experience. The one that convinced me to order was Mackenzie Creamery Goat Cheese with Cognac Figs: “subtle cognac notes give way to sweet figs, a sweet start which is balanced by the tang of pure goat cheese flavor. The perfect cheese course!”. I have been eating this in the smallest of delicate servings to make it last approximately forever. I didn’t love it completely because I feel like maybe the fig flavor is overpowering the goat cheese, but still, I’ve never had another ice cream experience like it.
But it’s Scandinavian Winter Spices that is absolutely killing me. I love it so much. I want to marry it. I’ve eaten one spoonful in the morning just to refresh my memory. And I’ve added it to my coffee which honestly was the real coup, the point at which I knew bittersweet sadness because this flavor may not be available to me again. It’s so good. It is also, in fact, not listed on their web site any more. Oh god.
I am sure there are other equally decadent and delicate flavors but man, I am going to miss that when it’s gone.
1 Corion 15 Jan 2010 at 10:46 am
I took a look at the site and golly. Want.
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2 Jenon 15 Jan 2010 at 10:52 am
It it’s seasonal, will it come back next year? Maybe?
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3 Patrickon 15 Jan 2010 at 4:49 pm
got one of these for Christmas! Just need to figure out the recipe and you can make it when ever you want!!
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/sku6288096/?pkey=cmixers-attachments|eltmixatt
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4 girlvaughnon 16 Jan 2010 at 7:55 pm
I’m really simple in my ice creams likes – chocolate and basically any variation of chocolate. butter pecan when I’m feeling feisty and french vanilla when I have a warm brownie, but your descriptions are making my mouth water.
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