Desserts
Grapenut Raisin Ice Cream
If you’ve never visited an ice cream stand in a faraway state, you may not realize that your favorite flavor has regional roots. Unlike chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and all of their chip, cookie, and candy bar studded siblings, there are some American ice cream flavors that are unique to their respective region. In the Midwest […]
By Aimee Tucker|May 20 2014|
Coffee By Design | Portland, Maine
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This is a great article! I LOVE GRAPENUT CUSTARD! Every time I order it’s 1/2 Grapenut, and 1/2 whatever flavor strikes me that day.
Btw, your grapenut icecream photo is amazing!
Thanks, Betty! I bet a lot of flavors go great with Grapenut. Can’t wait to order a cone this summer!
I miss this MADLY on the West Coast. Not only is there no fresh ice cream (!), flavors such as this and Maple Walnut are unheard of. When I’m back home, I eat this for breakfast!
I’ve always loved any type of flavor with nuts. I guess that makes me an old soul. I’m looking forward to getting a scoop of grapenut icecream.
Loved the article! My favorite ice cream flavor is coffee – which, in its pure unadulterated form, is defimitely a regional specialty. Sure, you can find espresso or cappuccino or coffee chip elsewhere, but mild, milky coffee ice cream seems to be just a New England thing. I don’t even drink coffee, but on a sugar cone it is my all-time #1 choice. I don’t like things in my ice cream, with the exception of fruit. Peach is probably my second favorite flavor, as long as no one has tried to get cute by putting something like raspberry swirl or pieces of pie crust or shortcake in it. Does anyone remember ice milk – or any of the now-gone brands like Sealtest (another old New England brand)?
What? No mention of the venerated Coffee Ice Cream?
Coffee IS the New England flavor. Served on the most Yankee of Yankee tables after dinner.
IMHO overlooking Coffee is just wrong! 😉 And, BTW I miss Brigham’s and Steve’s most of all. (Yeah, I’m old, and proud of it!)
Thanks for pulling coffee ice cream into the discussion, Jonathan and kar0319! Unlike coffee milk, I thought coffee ice cream was something you could find all over the US! I refer to coffee (after chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry) as one of the “core” ice cream flavors. Guess that goes to show how deep our coffee love runs! Stay tuned for my “Recipe with a History” column in the upcoming July/August 2014 issue – I think you’ll be delighted with the featured recipe. 🙂
We have no problem with ice cream for breakfast, Donna! 🙂
Clever article. Just to add, life is not complete until tasting the mocha chip ice cream at Shady Glen in Manchester, Connecticut.
There is a candy store on Main St. in Hyannis that serves a delicious “cranberry” ice cream. It is SO good! Any chance of getting a recipe for that?
I assume you worked at Kimball Farm in Westford, MA. Wonderful! I was first brought there by my Dad in the 1940s, and then many times, thereafter. The tradtion carried on with my own children and my grandchildren. Although I have not lived in MA for decades, I manage to stop at Kimball’s whenever I drive by on Rt. 495. I now live in a small village in Maine….and have for many years. I was told that a druggist, many, many years ago, in this village was the one who created grape nut ice cream. Since I am unable to confirm this, I cannot say it is definitely true……but it is legend around these parts…..