I've had the olive oil gelato at Mario Batali's Otto and found it quite good. And I've sampled the lox ice cream at Max & Mina's in my stamping grounds of Flushing, Queens, and found it to be interesting at best. Until the other day, though, I'd never heard of a frozen dessert quite as strange as nicotine and peppermint gelato.The bizarre flavor created by East Hollywood gelato guru Tai Kim of Scoops isn't a smoking cessation device, although it is made with crushed Nicorette gum. Nicotine and peppermint gelato is part of a lineup of flavors created for a rock-and-roll tour of the Sunset Strip and "other places of subcultural importance, " hosted by Esotouric Tours.
Other flavors include Hemp Oil and Honey, Vanilla and Jack Daniels, Pomegranate and Poppy Seeds, Mint and Jim Beam, Nicotine and Avocado and Beer Sorbet. I've always thought that Ben & Jerry's should make a slightly more countercultural version of Wavy Gravy called Owsley's Orange Sunshine. But enough of my acidic wit. Here's what I'd like to know dear reader, what's the strangest flavor of frozen confection you've ever encountered?
[via Chicken Corner]
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10-20-2007 @ 2:34AM
anita said...
We made the Pecorino and Pear ice cream from The Perfect Scoop. Although it sounds odd on paper, it's actually fairly un-weird... I kinda wanted it to be weirder, actually.
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10-22-2007 @ 5:22AM
nman said...
Corn-shaped corn ice cream. Purchased at a Japanese convenience store in Kyoto.
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10-22-2007 @ 5:23AM
nman said...
Corn-shaped corn ice cream. Purchased at a Japanese convenience store in Kyoto.
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11-06-2007 @ 7:24PM
Mord said...
There's an ice-cream shop that we visited in Merida, Venezuela, that features just about anything you can imagine... Things from "peas and carrots" to "rose" and from "salmon" to "wedding night" (wedding night had flavors like strawberry and champagne, i believe) the walls of the shop are totally covered with all the different favours :)
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