Flavors...

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Folks? Why are different and experimental flavors a bad thing? Why are they a sign of a moral failing?

I like them. I encourage them.

I think that our recent move towards shrinking the batch size is a good thing, but I think that creativity in frozen dessert making is good.

Comments

[marmota.livejournal.com]

Quantity vs quality? Well, "bad" is a kind of quality, which appears to be a major point of the controversy. However, that assessment is highly relative, so I'm all for tons of smaller batches.

More batches mean more opportunities for people to contribute and participate, and more chances that anyone can discover something they like.

My take on it (your mileage may vary, external use only, offer null where void) is that the goal isn't to stuff oneself with ice cream, it's to try out flavors you never would have taken the effort to experi ment with at home. If you find some you like, you can make bigger batches of it for yourself at home later; the recipes aren't kept secret. People grabbing large bowlsful instead of little tastes, now *that* is a problem. I remember a few years ago when the enameled camping spoons on lanyards were handed out expressing surprise that it wasn't used as an exercise in portion control by using tasting spoons or teaspoons instead and being met with at best bemusement, so this is probably a minority opinion. At least now it's a documented minority opinion.

By the way, speaking of portion control, at one point (I have no idea which year, it all blurs after a while), I saw someone using one of those camping gear egg protector plastic things as an ice cream 'palette'. It looked like a great idea and of course I'd forget to bring one in the following years, but maybe by mentioning it I'll both remember next time and inspire others to try the same.
An ice cube tray could also work.