Comments on: ASK ERNIE: WHAT WAS THE FIRST FLAVOR EVER?

By: debbie f

debbie f — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:46:19 +0000

How time flies…has it really been 3 years….Chocolate is still my favorite flavor

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:11:04 +0000

It is very interesting, that the orgin of IC is sooooo old, we actually can’t pinpoint the date of conception. I however, can pinpoint the demise of IC as we know it. NEVER! The love of IC will last forever!

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:54:42 +0000

I love asparagus but not as ice cream.Give me chocolate any day!

By: Stefanie Schmidt

Stefanie Schmidt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:43:30 +0000

Happy 3rd birthday! I love every flavor of Turkey Hill.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:49:35 +0000

I read the article about asparagus ice cream – what strange tastes our ancestors had! I love rye bread but not in my ice cream!

By: Christine McKnight

Christine McKnight — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:46:40 +0000

I enjoyed that article just as I enjoy them all.

By: Robbin Netz

Robbin Netz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:59:16 +0000

What was the very first flavor that Turkey Hill made? How many flavors were marketed by Turkey Hill when the business first started? Happy, happy, happy birthday to the ice cream journal, and many thanks to whoever started it. GREAT idea!!!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:12:20 +0000

Happy 3rd Birthday!!!!!!!!

By: Marion

Marion — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:05:21 +0000

Thank you for a very interesting article!

By: NancyN

NancyN — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:35:14 +0000

Happy Birthday ICJ!

By: Andilu

Andilu — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:32 +0000

Happy Birthday Ice Cream Journal!
You always make may days more delicious

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:12:06 +0000

Happy Birthday to the Ice Cream Journal! I know you will provide many more years of fun!

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:50:10 +0000

That does seem logical, as fruits and nuts were among the basic foods from the first. TH does wonderful things with these ingredients…….

By: Kathy Murphy

Kathy Murphy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:13:54 +0000

Happy Birthday TH. The best ice cream on Earth. It is a great question and answer. I thought it would be vanilla. Thanks for the last 3 years.

By: Caroline at Manalapan

Caroline at Manalapan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:10:27 +0000

I was surprised milk ice cream came from the middle east. I thought the “Garden of Eden” had only apples. Next you should get into the origins of “portable Ice Cream”. I heard cones started in St. Louis at the 1903 worlds fair when the vendor ran out of cups. Who invented ice cream on stick which around here are called pops and in the Midwest bars. Next the Good Humor truck which was the base of a movie before I was born.

By: gianna

gianna — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:56:34 +0000

as long as ice cream was invented….it really doesn’t matter what the first flavor was, although it is very interesting…i would have never guessed!

By: Jennifer Barr

Jennifer Barr — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:26:40 +0000

I thought it would’ve been vanilla

By: sandy c

sandy c — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:02:34 +0000

I was all for vanilla but , as usual i was wrong. I’m just glad someone started someplace.

By: Marcy

Marcy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:01:06 +0000

Any flavor will do…..as long as its TH !

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:57:15 +0000

Ok, I learned something new – I would have sworn it was Vanilla.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:44:16 +0000

You learn something new and facinating with every issue of the Ice Cream Journal. Happy Birthday to the Journal.

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:36:03 +0000

Another interesting question and answer with Ernie. He certainly knows his ice cream, even when Turkey Hill isn’t in the answer!

By: Bob Kessler Jr

Bob Kessler Jr — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:34:30 +0000

That was a very thought provoking question from Janice. Thank Ernie for his research on getting the answer. We certainly have come a long way in the area of flavors – and Turkey Hill leads the way.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:28:16 +0000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Very interesting story.

By: Gerry Shuskey

Gerry Shuskey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:27:48 +0000

It’s hard to beat Duetto “Caramel swirl and caramel with chocolate cone bits”.

By: Emilia Napoleon

Emilia Napoleon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:36:49 +0000

Italian ice is still fantastic. I would love to try a honey nut flavor…which would be great in ice cream, too. Hey, Ernie, how ’bout it?

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:28:28 +0000

I love your ice cream!

By: Jim in SOMD

Jim in SOMD — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:23:23 +0000

Nice little story.

By: Evan Thomas

Evan Thomas — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:15 +0000

Interesting. I love most of the fruit flavors today. I wonder if they had black raspberries, haha

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:19:31 +0000

Interesting. Happy birthday!

By: Linda Leffler

Linda Leffler — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:51:47 +0000

I kinda thought it would be a fruit flavor, that was my choice. Linda

By: Carol Yemola

Carol Yemola — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:41:25 +0000

Very interesting! Thanks, Janice for the question.

By: Fran W

Fran W — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:35 +0000

As everyone else said – vanilla was my guess too. Fruit does make the most sense though considering the times. They all sound good to me – except of course for the asparagus & duck livers. No thanks…

By: Carol Triano

Carol Triano — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:26:37 +0000

I love ice cream with fruit in it so I thank Mrs. Eale for the discovery. I just love Turkey Hill Banana Split. Mmm, my favorite………

By: BETTY

BETTY — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:03:18 +0000

has to be chocolate, Happy Birthday I love reading the articles

By: Judi

Judi — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:55:42 +0000

I had read somewhere that Jefferson was the first to serve ice cream in the White House. I have even seen an adaptation of the recipe – I think it was vanilla. Speaking of vanilla, that is not my favorite ice cream, but when it comes to homemade the best I ever made was based on a Martha Stewart recipe. Tt was out of this world! Although that might have been because it took two days (first you had to cook the custard, strain and chill it) and I was fatigued with aniticipation. It is soooo much simpler to drive 15 miles to my nearest supermarket and pick uo my TH Butter Pecan!
Happy Birthday to you ICJ!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:51:27 +0000

I thought the response would be vanilla as you described. Interesting stuff thanks for sharing.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:48:10 +0000

Very interesting. I would have guessed vanilla too, but after thinking about it, Mrs. Eale’s recipe makes more sense for the time period. That sounds yummy, but please don’t ever try to feed me asparagus or duck liver ice cream. Yick!

By: Norma

Norma — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:47:50 +0000

Did you ever meet anyone who doesn’t love ice cream, no matter what the flavor. Yum, Yum,Yum!

By: Jean Evans

Jean Evans — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:37:49 +0000

I don’t know the history of flavors, but for me my first and last will always be chocolate vanilla swirl, the best of the best of two worlds.

By: brenda

brenda — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:23:47 +0000

Hi everyone I love the way mrs. Eale make her ice cream. I sometime make homemade ice cream too, I make vanilla and rum ice cream and blureberrie ice cream. I put alot of fresh blureberries in my ice cream.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:17:57 +0000

Yay! Happy Birthday to the Ice Cream Journal!

By: lee carr

lee carr — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:09:17 +0000

I am so happy to read that Mrs. Eale made ice cream with “Cherries, Rasberries, Currants, or Strawberries”. But for me the classic vanilla base still wins my taste buds.