Posts Tagged ‘vanilla’

HAPPY NATIONAL ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY!

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Today is National Root Beer Float Day, which is the perfect excuse to stop by the grocery store tonight to buy some ice cream and root beer and whip up a bubbly treat tonight. (Don’t forget the straws!)

Of course, since it’s root beer float day, you might feel compelled to put root beer in your float, but no one will blame you if you decide to break tradition by opting for an orange soda float or a cola float or any other flavor of soda. But while the soda varies, for some reason vanilla ice cream is the go-to float topper. Not chocolate, not strawberry, not even cookie dough. It probably has to do with the versatility of vanilla ice cream and the fact that it’s a timeless classic.

Which leads us to two questions. Do you use root beer in your floats or do you sometimes use other flavors of soda? And if you decided to get wild and crazy and choose another ice cream flavor besides vanilla, which flavor would you choose?

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THE GREAT CHOCOLATE VS. VANILLA DEBATE

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Our first reader-written entry of National Ice Cream Month comes to us from Jacqueline S. from Fort Lee, NJ. In Jacqueline’s entry, she tackles the debate over which is better, chocolate or vanilla? Feel free to comment and weigh in your opinion!

A man and woman were having a heated discussion in front of the frozen foods section of our local supermarket. I listened with interest, as it concerned ice cream, and ice cream just happens to be my favorite dessert.

SHE: Turkey Hill is on sale today. Let’s buy some chocolate ice cream for dessert this evening.

HE: You know I prefer vanilla.

SHE: But honey, chocolate has such a sweet taste, smooth as silk texture, warm brown color, and an aromatically enticing smell. What could be better?

HE: I’ll tell you what could be better, vanilla. Talk about smooth taste! Vanilla has it all over chocolate. And what could be sweeter?

SHE: Dark and divine, chocolate makes me feel creative. I love the stimulation that chocolate provides. It’s even more vitalizing than the caffeine rush of coffee. Chocolate gives me energy. The caffeine in chocolate like that in coffee sharpens the brain, illuminating the thinking process. It is quite literally the food for thought.

HE: While you’re rhapsodizing over chocolate, let me point out that vanilla is the number one favorite ice cream flavor. A majority of people in the world realize that vanilla is best, why don’t you?

SHE: Chocolate is healthier than vanilla. Flavanols, a key ingredient of dark chocolate, boosts blood flow to key areas of the brain for two to three hours. And what delivers that amazing high you ask?

HE: Actually, I didn’t ask.

SHE: Well, you should ask. Chocolate is complex, containing tiny amounts of more than 300 chemicals besides caffeine.

Chocolate, long considered the food of love, has inspired many authors. For example, Joanne Harris in Chocolat and Laura Esquivel in Like Water for Chocolate both explored chocolate recipes for romance in their novels. Not to be outdone, mystery writers have also found inspiration in chocolate: for instance, Diane Mott Davidson’s Dying for Chocolate and Death by Chocolate: A Savannah Reid Mystery by G. A. McKevett.

HE: Show off!

SHE: (shrugging) I can’t help it if I read more than you do.

HE: Vanilla is still the best choice.

SHE: It’s too bland for me. Chocolate ice cream is divine food.

HE: It’s also devil’s food.

SHE: Chocolate not only stimulates the heart but protects it as well.

HE: Look, why don’t we compromise, since we can’t seem to agree.

SHE: What do you have in mind?

HE: We’ll buy chocolate ice cream for you and vanilla for me. That way, we’re both happy.

SHE: Great idea!

HE: Problem solved?

SHE: Definitely.

After the couple added their Turkey Hill ice cream packages to their shopping cart, they smiled at each other and walked away together.

I decided to follow their example. I picked up one container of Turkey Hill chocolate and another of vanilla before I drifted off to the checkout line.

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MOOSE TRACKS UPSETS VANILLA TO WIN ULTIMATE FLAVOR TOURNAMENT!

Monday, April 13th, 2009

In the history of sports, there have been only a few upsets of truly unimaginable proportion. Team USA over the Soviet Union in the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.” Joe Namath leading the Jets to a stunning win over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. Buster Douglas outpunching Mike Tyson to shock the boxing world in 1990.

And today, Light Recipe Moose Tracks joins that list of legendary underdogs with an amazing win over defending champion Vanilla Bean in the second annual Turkey Hill Ultimate Flavor Tournament.

It’s no doubt that the win is among the greatest ever, but some might argue that what Moose Tracks accomplished over the last seven days qualifies as perhaps the greatest upset in history. That distinction is granted not just because Light Recipe Moose Tracks – a 40-to-1 underdog entering the tournament – beat the number one flavor in the nation, but because of the incredible margin by which that victory was achieved. After more than 1,600 votes were cast by ice cream lovers across the nation, Light Recipe Moose Tracks handed Vanilla Bean a meltdown of epic proportions by grabbing a whopping 63 percent of the votes. Just minutes after the polls opened, Moose Tracks jumped out to a 12 to 1 lead and, by the end of the first day, everyone knew they were witnessing history in the making.

The win is truly legendary for other reasons, too. Vanilla Bean – the top-selling flavor in the nation, “the flavor that goes with everything” – wasn’t just beaten by any old ice cream, it was beaten by a light ice cream. Yes, the victory is an historic moment in ice cream history and signals a new era for light ice cream flavors worldwide. The defeat of the world’s greatest ice cream flavor by Light Recipe Moose Tracks has put light flavors on an equal freezer shelf with their regular peers. Equal in taste. Equal in quality. And now, finally, equal in the eyes of ice cream lovers worldwide.

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THE ULTIMATE FLAVOR TOURNAMENT (ROUND 5): THE FINAL TWO!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

The Ultimate Flavor Tournament is designed to determine the best Turkey Hill ice cream flavor as determined by your votes. Each week we’ll narrow down the field until just one flavor is left standing. We’ll also choose 10 comments at random from all the comments left during the six week showdown and each commenter will receive a one month supply of Turkey Hill ice cream and we’ll choose one lucky comment to receive a ONE YEAR supply of ice cream.

And then there were two. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup put up a good fight early last week, before fading to finish eight percentage points behind Vanilla Bean. Meanwhile, Light Recipe Moose Tracks continued its amazing run to the final round with a decisive win over Tastykake Peanut Butter Kandy Kake.

Instead of asking Ernie for his opinion of who will win the Vanilla Bean vs. Light Recipe Moose Tracks battle, we decided to let each flavor plead its case for why it should be named Turkey Hill’s “Ultimate Flavor.”

VANILLA BEAN

“First, I’d like to congratulate my opponent for getting this far. It’s been a long road for both of us and we both deserve to be here. Why should I, Vanilla Bean, win the Ultimate Flavor Tournament? Well, I won it last year, which should count for something, and I go great with just about everything. You can dress me up with tons of different toppings. Go ahead, imagine me drizzled with chocolate and caramel syrup, topped with whipped cream and chopped peanuts. I look good, don’t I? And, I didn’t want to have to mention this, but Vanilla is America’s number one selling ice cream flavor…by a mile. Considering all that, I think the choice is pretty clear.”

LIGHT RECIPE MOOSE TRACKS

“Wow. I, uhh, really don’t know what to say. This whole experience has been pretty overwhelming and I’m so honored to be here representing not only the Light Recipe line-up, but every other Turkey Hill flavor who’s not afraid to mix things up with a little something extra. Why should you vote for me? Because a vote for Light Recipe Moose Tracks is a vote for all the fun that goes along with enjoying ice cream. I’m vanilla with fudge swirls and loaded with peanut butter cups…that’s a pretty exciting combination! I’m a Light Recipe ice cream, but I’ve got all of the flavor (and sometimes more) of just about any other ice cream in the Turkey Hill line-up. Oh, and I was featured on an episode of Unwrapped when the Food Network visited Turkey Hill. You gotta admit, that’s pretty cool! ”

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