Have ice cream vans always served muck?
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I remember getting 99's frequently as a child, though i've rarely had anything from an ice cream van since leaving school. In fact I can't remember the last time I did. It's easily been 10+ years. Except I had one last weekend. And I found it left me wanting. For £5 I expected more, but I believe it was the lowest quality substance that could be passed off as 'ice cream' as possible. I don't even think it had any dairy in it. Has it always been like this or am I reminiscing about a past that never was?
You talking about the Mr Whippy type stuff that looks like a pile of albino dog s
t? Try waiting for it to melt (takes an age, cos its NOT ice cream) then taste it - its absolutely foul. I think this stuff has always been grim.
I do recall the bloke in the ice-cream van coming around when I was young. A proper scoop of ice cream from a tub, in a cornet, with a flake and strawberry juice - that was lovely, but I can't remember seeing something like that from a van in the UK for ages.
t? Try waiting for it to melt (takes an age, cos its NOT ice cream) then taste it - its absolutely foul. I think this stuff has always been grim. I do recall the bloke in the ice-cream van coming around when I was young. A proper scoop of ice cream from a tub, in a cornet, with a flake and strawberry juice - that was lovely, but I can't remember seeing something like that from a van in the UK for ages.
Ezra said:
You talking about the Mr Whippy type stuff that looks like a pile of albino dog st? Try waiting for it to melt (takes an age, cos its NOT ice cream) then taste it - its absolutely foul. I think this stuff has always been grim.
I do recall the bloke in the ice-cream van coming around when I was young. A proper scoop of ice cream from a tub, in a cornet, with a flake and strawberry juice - that was lovely, but I can't remember seeing something like that from a van in the UK for ages.
Mr Whippy is exactly what i'm talking about. I remember them melting when I was a kid. This one didn't melt at all. It definitely wasn't ice cream.t? Try waiting for it to melt (takes an age, cos its NOT ice cream) then taste it - its absolutely foul. I think this stuff has always been grim. I do recall the bloke in the ice-cream van coming around when I was young. A proper scoop of ice cream from a tub, in a cornet, with a flake and strawberry juice - that was lovely, but I can't remember seeing something like that from a van in the UK for ages.
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Ingredients
Reconstituted skimmed MILK, sugar, coconut fat, skimmed MILK powder, glucose syrup, emulsifier (mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan), flavourings.
Ingredients
Reconstituted skimmed MILK, sugar, coconut fat, skimmed MILK powder, glucose syrup, emulsifier (mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan), flavourings.
Not all whippy is equal. A friend of mine took over an ice cream kiosk on the beach and swapped the whippy machine/supplier from the generic cheap ste to proper farm sourced whippy. The difference is night and day.
The ice cream van in the OP will be using the cheap stuff that is full of chemicals and barely any dairy. As with all things, in a race to the bottom nobody wins.
te to proper farm sourced whippy. The difference is night and day. The ice cream van in the OP will be using the cheap stuff that is full of chemicals and barely any dairy. As with all things, in a race to the bottom nobody wins.
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