I am also having back and rib pain thanks to our little girl and it's hard to be seated for long. Standing or lying down are ok, though, so since I couldn't do as much designing or art as I'd have liked, but I wanted to feel productive, I actually made a lot more ice cream than I planned on (since I can stand while making it!). I think we had 46 flavors this year, six of which were brought by guests, six of which were made with help from Rachel (who also took the photos that grace this post), one which I made with the help of Kevin and Claudia (because no one can candy bacon like Kevin does! -- well, maybe David Lebovitz can...) and the remaining 33 which I made myself...
Below is the feedback from the flavors this year. (There is always voting, but this is the first time I actually put it in a table because guests ALWAYS ask about it...) Over time, I will try to get a list made up of the recipes -- either where I got them (if I remember), how I made them (if I remember)...but this will take time so if there are special requests to get things up faster, do let me know...
| Name | Kind | Love | Like | Never Again |
| Ice Creams | ||||
| A Chip off the Old Blueberry | Blueberry Chip | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Arianna and Bethany's Little League | Bubblegum Nerd | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Bangin' Basil (made with Rachel) | Basil | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Bog-olicious | Cranberry | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Brew Ha Ha | Coffee | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Cotton Candy Squared | Cotton Candy Cotton Candy | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Dad's Delight (Any Way You Slice It) | Fruit Slice Ice Cream | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Dentist's Dream (made by Jenn) | Dark Chocolate Cashew Brittle | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Don't Step on the Moose Munch | Moose Munch | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Dr. Seuss's Green Apple and Mint (made with Rachel, assisted by Spice Dish's recipe) | Green Apple and Fresh Mint | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Ernie's Birthday Cake Oreo | Oreo Cake Batter | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| Fairy Floss | Cotton Candy | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Float | Cream Soda | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| Fluffer's Fantasy | Fluffernutter | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| From Modena, with Love (made with Rachel) | Balsamic and Black Pepper | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| If At First You Don't Like It, Chai, Chai Again (made with Rachel) | Chai | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Joan's Joy | Licorice | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Kevin and Claudia's Carnivore's Dilemma (made with Kevin and Claudia) | Maple Bacon | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Lemony Snickett | Lemon | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Liam's Lavender | Lavender | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Liz Lemon Dances the Merengue | Lemon Meringue | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Malt Assault (made by our very own Tina!) | Chocolate Chunk Malt Ice Cream | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Men Overboard | Molasses Broken Ginger Men | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Monster Mash | Chocolate M&M Pretzel Marshmallow | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Need a Moment? | Twix | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Nuts for Nutella | Nutella | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| PB & B | Peanut Butter Brownie | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Rocket Berry Cheesequake (made by Jenn) | Berry Cheesecake | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Strawberry Fields (and White Chocolate) Forever | Strawberry White Chocolate | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Tea Party | Green Tea | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| The Affair (made with Rachel) | Chocolate Salted Almond Caramel | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| The Key to My Stomach (made by our very own Tina!) | Key Lime Pie | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| There's Always Room for Vanilla Jell-o | Vanilla Jell-O Pudding | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| This Is What Made Fats Domino Fat | Blueberry | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Vixen Va-Va-Voom | Red Hot Cinnamon | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Vying for First | Chocolate | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Whopper: Have It Your Way | Malted Milk Ball | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Sorbets | ||||
| Mets Madness | Blueberry Caneteloupe | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| PDA | Blackberry | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| Taquo's Mojito | Virgin Mojito | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| Tea with the Queen (made with Rachel) | Earl Gray | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| The Beard's Racy Rhubarb | Rhubarb | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Tropical Paradise | Tropical Fruit | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Sherbets | ||||
| Orange You Glad I'm Sherbet | Orange | 9 | 4 | 1 |
Sister Arianna thinks that the voting categories are a bit vague -- maybe I'll have to change it next year. I see what she means. I mean, "like" and "love" are kind of one extreme and "never again" is totally the opposite, with no in between. Maybe neat time we could rate it from 1-10? I don't know. I'll have to think about it. Maybe I could use the ice cream rating guidelines I saw somewhere -- it looked kind of like how one might rate wine. But that, too, seems a little extreme for a party. Maybe I just have to rename the categories for voting...
I enjoyed charting the results this year. I LOVE charts. I am such a geek. (I think there are some spelling errors/typos...you'll have to ignore those...)
The charts are below. However, you'll have to click on them for a better view, as the set up of a blog is not conducive to that many flavors of ice cream.
Well, I am off to have some Ernie's Birthday Cake Oreo...
3 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Also, I LOVE this chart. I made a webisode the other day about making Strawberry-Mint Ice-Cream and thought of you. Happy summer mommy-to-be! (ps - it is really fun to have a baby girl first, the clothes are so much fun!)
I am in awe. That is some serious dedication to ice cream. :)
Thanks Kelsey and Marsha! Kelsey, I'd love to see the webisode, as I am sure our readers would as well, but when I click on your name, it says you have no profile. :(
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