National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

Again, I am not a very good blogger. I am the process of moving and I have not yet set up my kitchen and one of my computers died. Shame on me. In the meantime I have had to subside on Ben and Jerry's. Although I will share with you that the Fellows had one of the best frozen dessert experiences in a long time at a restaurant in Atlanta called Aja. The dessert consisted of coconut sorbet, lemongrass sorbet and strawberry gelee was served to us in a young coconut. Absolutely outstanding. I want to track down the creator of this masterpiece and have him or her guest blog for us.

The first Saturday in February is Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. This year, it will be on Feb. 7th. Mark your calendars and plan for it. I am going to have a bowl of banana ice cream in my cereal to honor the late Mr. Robbins (of Baskin-Robins). It was his breakfast of choice.

Life gets in the way again

There seems to be no good time for me post. I was really hoping to catch up over the holidays while school was out. Instead, I bought a house and simultaneously got pneumonia. New recipes are forthcoming.

The National Ice Cream Retailers had their annual convention and gave out the following accolades:

Vanilla Ice Cream: Blue Ribbons
Ashby’s Sterling Ice Cream, Shelby Township, MI (Vanilla, Vanilla Bean & French Vanilla)
Capannari Ice Cream, Mt. Prospect, IL
Diamond Star Ventures, Inc. dba Classics Frozen Custard (Frozen Custard), Ruidoso, NM
Gifford’s Dairy Inc., Skowhegan, ME
Karen’s Kreamery, Surprise, AZ
MaggieMoo’s International, Norcross, GA
Smith Dairy, Orrville, OH
Sno Top Ltd., Manlius, NY

Vanilla Ice Cream: Red Ribbons
Anderson’s Frozen Custard, Williamsville, NY
Corn Hill Creamery, Rochester, NY
Chocolate Shopppe Ice Cream (Old Fashioned Vanilla), Madison, WI

Vanilla Ice Cream: White Ribbons
Avondale Dairy Bar, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Smith Dairy Products Co., Orrville, OH (Organic Vanilla Bean), Orrville, OH

Strawberry Ice Cream: Blue Ribbons
Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream, Madison, WI
Gifford’s Dairy Inc., Skowhegan, ME
Karen’s Kreamery, Surprise, AZ
Smith Dairy Products Co., Orrville, OH

Strawberry Ice Cream: Red Ribbons
Anderson’s Frozen Custard, Williamsville, NY
Ashby’s Sterling Ice Cream, Shelby Township, MI
Avondale Dairy Bar, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Double Dip, Lebanon, OH
MaggieMoo’s International, Norcross, GA

Strawberry Ice Cream: White Ribbon
Corn Hill Creamery, Rochester, NY

If you happen to live near any of these shops please check them out. If you get a chance drop me line and let me know if they really are as good as the judges said they were.