Icecream Journal

Not long ago, Turkey Hill’s “Einstein of Ice Cream,” Ernie Pinckney, was a guest on the Saucy Sisters radio show. The Saucy Sisters – Barbara and Beverly – mainly focus on wine topics, but stray a bit sometimes to include topics like ice cream. Below is a transcript of their conversation with Ernie. Enjoy!

BEVERLY: Many of you have written to ask us, “How in the world did you get so lucky to be a Saucy Sister?” Well, you drink all day and you taste foods from around the world. We  think we’re pretty luck girls. But there’s someone else who has the edge on the “Best Job in the World.” He’s Ernie Pinckney, and he’s the official ice cream taster for Turkey Hill ice cream.

Ernie grew up on a dairy farm and he’s been tasting ice cream, well, for a lot of years. And he’s joining us today from Turkey Hill’s headquarters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Hello Ernie!

ERNIE: Hello! How are you?

BEVERLY: We’re just doing great! How are things up there in that beautiful part of Pennsylvania?

ERNIE: It’s actually beautiful today. The sun is shining, the rain has stopped and we’re waiting to get outdoors.

BEVERLY: Well, we won’t hold you up. Earlier in our program, Barbara was talking about tasting ice cream. And she can’t just take a spoonful, she has to eat a whole half gallon.

BARBARA: And there’s something wrong with that?

ERNIE: Sounds good to me!

BEVERLY: How in the world do you taste all that ice cream?

ERNIE: Well, we do very small amounts at a time, using a very small spoon, and we place it on our tongue and swirl it around in our mouth and get that official taste from it.

BARBARA: You know, that sounds very much like wine tasting. Beverly and I conduct wine classes and we have people in our class swirling (the wine) around in their mouths as well. Is it the same kind of thing?
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