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RIP 2nd Street man.. that pint was glorious

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tyga tyga said:
Their sea salt one is next on my list. Talentis is my favorite by far, second was second streets sea salt (moment of silence for them)
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go with
Cookies & Cream
CheeseCrown
Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip
Cookie Dough Chocolate Chip

For your Graeters.
 
The Solution said:
RIP 2nd Street man.. that pint was glorious

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go with
Cookies & Cream
CheeseCrown
Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip
Cookie Dough Chocolate Chip

For your Graeters.
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How many throwback pics of ice cream do you have?!

I can just picture a huge server in your house for old food pics. LOL
 
GNO said:
How many throwback pics of ice cream do you have?!

I can just picture a huge server in your house for old food pics. LOL
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They are all on the ice cream informant's website under readers review.
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+ I can easily search my reviews on the forums by typing in whatever brand/flavor I am looking for.
Those pics were from Winston's pint, he bought me each flavor when he still lived in Pittsburgh.
My review of 2nd street is on the webpage as well. Pics are not as good because my iphone 5 sucked camera wise.
 
Made my first batch with Select SD and CM vanilla milk -- very good stuff. Gonna play around with some twists next time
 
booneman77 said:
Anyone try the seasonal strawberry choc chip?
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Sure have buddy.
The strawberry base is good, but its nothing great. I find it very hard for companies to nail strawberry in ice cream form.
But as you know. The signature chocolate chips are just that damn good. Compliment the strawberry base perfectly.
Good seasonal scoop but not one of their top tier flavors like Buckeye, cnc, black raspberry etc..
If you can get it local its worth the 5-6$
 
GNO said:
in b4 9 pints of milk.
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AH has never had a problem delivering to me.
Fed Ex is here earlier than expected the 4 times I have ordered. Its UPS and going through New Stanton.
I had NIK the customer service rep from S&S contact New Stanton before we sent this order out yesterday to confirm it will go through.
New Stanton will call me when it arrived to let me know it is going to be processed properly instead of being held.
We called in the bigs for this one haha.

I had to call his ass the other day and say.. HEY how about that replacement?
brb it was busy mothers day i forgot.
we broke record sales.
nah bro. send me my damn ice cream a month later
lol
 
The Solution said:
Sure have buddy.
The strawberry base is good, but its nothing great. I find it very hard for companies to nail strawberry in ice cream form.
But as you know. The signature chocolate chips are just that damn good. Compliment the strawberry base perfectly.
Good seasonal scoop but not one of their top tier flavors like Buckeye, cnc, black raspberry etc..
If you can get it local its worth the 5-6$
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Can't compare it to buckeye....apples & orange bro!
 
GNO said:
Can't compare it to buckeye....apples & orange bro!
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Just saying its not a top tier flavor. Every brand has their stick out flavors.
For instance Handels: Spouse, GCC, Buckeye, CCCD etc...
AH --> PB 4 Pres, Salted Crack Caramel, Munchies etc... Hopefully Gowanus and Commodore rise to the top when i crack them.
 
The Solution said:
Sure have buddy.
The strawberry base is good, but its nothing great. I find it very hard for companies to nail strawberry in ice cream form.
But as you know. The signature chocolate chips are just that damn good. Compliment the strawberry base perfectly.
Good seasonal scoop but not one of their top tier flavors like Buckeye, cnc, black raspberry etc..
If you can get it local its worth the 5-6$
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Had halo tops strawberry and loved it.... Sorry not sorry
 
The Solution said:
so you dont love peanut butter, chocolate, and cookie dough?
Damn Canadians.....
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is that what I wrote???

I do like peanut butter, chocolate, and cookie dough but I think there are so many other similar and non- similar pints that are better. For example, Id rather have BnJ PB World, BnJ PB Cookie, Handels Spouse, Handels Oreo Dough etc
 
GNO said:
is that what I wrote???

I do like peanut butter, chocolate, and cookie dough but I think there are so many other similar and non- similar pints that are better. For example, Id rather have BnJ PB World, BnJ PB Cookie, Handels Spouse, Handels Oreo Dough etc
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I am a sucker for those massive signature chocolate chips. Goes very well with the cookie dough pieces and Chocolate base. But hey. Good thing we got so many companies around us to load up on ice cream and was ourselves away in an insulin coma :)

Speaking of that.. Salt & Straw shipped through Pittsburgh instead of New Stanton.. Out for delivery today.. BOOM!
 
Well
Ample Hills dropped the bomb...
A lot of people i am talking dozens have been getting melted shipments with the taste of NY
Not good for ample hills..

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Just picked up my first couple Turkey Hill's

What are your guys faves from them?
 
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Well
Brian the owner (who I email often) already replied back to me with my shipment going out next week. He said he is throwing extra pints in there for the mishap, since he knows my favorite flavors it may total 8-9 pints LOL

Their customer service is honestly top notch, does not hurt to know the owner well either :)
 
Driven2lift said:
Just picked up my first couple Turkey Hill's

What are your guys faves from them?
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Not these:

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Rating: 4 out of 10

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Pumpkin Pie is really good
Double Dunker
Philly Graham Slam
The pittsburgh crunch or whatever its called
Pb and Banana with the PB & Co peanut butter used.
 
S&S Pulled through, but messed up one flavor (Should have Breakfast compliment crunch instead of the may flavor honey and ricotta cookie). Probably ran out because it was from the April Flavors:

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The Solution said:
Well
Ample Hills dropped the bomb...
A lot of people i am talking dozens have been getting melted shipments with the taste of NY
Not good for ample hills..

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Hahahahahahahaha time to retire from online ordering
 
booneman77 said:
Hahahahahahahaha time to retire from online ordering
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No it was a nation wide problem

"Unfortunately some of our recent shipments of "A Taste of NY" were not packed with the proper amount of dry ice, leaving some boxes a soupy mess! In the event that your ice cream arrives melted or anything less than perfect, please let us know and we will gladly replace the shipment for you.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience!

All the best,
The Shipping Team"
 
The Solution said:
No it was a nation wide problem

"Unfortunately some of our recent shipments of "A Taste of NY" were not packed with the proper amount of dry ice, leaving some boxes a soupy mess! In the event that your ice cream arrives melted or anything less than perfect, please let us know and we will gladly replace the shipment for you.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience!

All the best,
The Shipping Team"
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Do you have an excuse for everything? Jesus. You have shiit luck with online orders. That's a fact.
 
The Solution said:
No it was a nation wide problem

"Unfortunately some of our recent shipments of "A Taste of NY" were not packed with the proper amount of dry ice, leaving some boxes a soupy mess! In the event that your ice cream arrives melted or anything less than perfect, please let us know and we will gladly replace the shipment for you.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience!

All the best,
The Shipping Team"
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Frustrating, but great customer service! Dry ice is sometimes a pain in the ass to deal with when shipping. I used to ship items from a lab with it and sometimes everything went fine and sometimes not so much.
 
Ample Hills The Light Side:
Grade : B+

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Job well done to the light side, and this flavor gets the nod of approval between the two specialty pints. These ice cream flavors were unique from Ample hills as you would expect, but it could of been a better experience with the dark side. The light side offered exactly what you would expect. Bright could be replaced with a "Sweet" marshmallow ice cream to give it a more fitting name. The crispies were the highlight as they were loaded in every spoonful from top to bottom. Great job Ample Hills on taking a regular flavor and upgrading it with a small twist.

Grade: B+

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^^^Now I want an AH pint tonight ha

Luckily I have over half a dozen of them...:smoker:
Doin burgers most likely for the 'real food' part and then which AH?
- Munchies
- PB for Prez
- Night at the movies
- Light or Dark Side
- Sweet as honey
- Ooey gooey
- peppermint pattie
 
GNO said:
^^^Now I want an AH pint tonight ha

Luckily I have over half a dozen of them...:smoker:
Doin burgers most likely for the 'real food' part and then which AH?
- Munchies
- PB for Prez
- Night at the movies
- Light or Dark Side
- Sweet as honey
- Ooey gooey
- peppermint pattie
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Munchies
 
GNO said:
^^^Now I want an AH pint tonight ha

Luckily I have over half a dozen of them...:smoker:
Doin burgers most likely for the 'real food' part and then which AH?
- Munchies
- PB for Prez
- Night at the movies
- Light or Dark Side
- Sweet as honey
- Ooey gooey
- peppermint pattie
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PB For Pres , Sweet, or Munchies.
 
Salt & Straw Summer Menu..
I am not impressed with some of these flavors.

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Portland June Menu

Sourdough w/ Chocolate & Strawberries
The incarnation of what we imagine every Italian actually eats for breakfast. The ice cream is made of Sourdough, with all it’s fermented tartness and malty-ness, with a gentle smear of liquified chocolate and strawberry jam. The ice cream itself is as pleasantly sour as walking into a bakery at five in the morning thanks to a house fermented sourdough mom we’ve created specifically for this ice cream and candied sourdough “croutons”. Ribbons of jam and chocolate slowly drool from each scoop with the same tenacity that you’ll drool over each bite.

Bretta Fermented Cherries
A heady house-fermenting process that could only be achieved with lots of help from our friends at Breakside Brewery. Bretta is one of the most unique strains of beer brewing yeasts you’ll find; it creates an acidity in beers that, if gone unchecked, is terrifyingly tart leaving most beers unservable let alone drinkable. Why would we ever dream of using bretta in an ice cream? Because, if done correctly, fermentation via bretta yeast can produce one of the most beautiful flavors we’ve ever dreamed of…. think rich smoky leather combined with fruity bubble gum and ripe pears. To make this ice cream Breakside Brewery first fermented a bretta-yeast based beer for us to use as a starter that we then pour over fresh cherries, let everything sit for a week or two and cross our fingers. The beauty of this ice cream is its affirmation of simplicity.

Fish Sauce Caramel w/ Palm Sugar
Fermented anchovy sauce meets its lusciously sweet, candied destiny. FINALLY. The secret to why this ice cream is so delicious is the meticulous approach we took to pairing the salty fermented delicacy with ingredients that would be grown nearby. SE asian palm sugar and molasses help to make for a combination that, somehow, just makes sense as the perfect ice cream flavor.

Honey Vinegar Milk Sorbet
Local honey fermented in Portland by our dear friends at PokPok. We love this milk sorbet because of it’s sheer simplicity. PokPok creates a cane sugar and honey fermented vinegar that fills your soul with yummy-ness. Not messing with perfection, we merely mix this vinegar with a dash of milk and a pinch of zested grapefruit and pop it in our ice cream machines.

Dill Pickle Sorbet
Before we go any further, let’s clear things up… is pickle juice drinking a guilty pleasure for anyone else??? We keep our pickles nice and easy by highlighting the lighter and sweeter side of the pickle’s acids, focusing on spices that are much more pastry-forward like dill and fennel, and stopping the fermentation while the cucumbers still have that bright freshness to them. All of our work goes into making these pickles and not covering up how delicious these fresh cucumbers are; we simply juice the pickled cucumbers and spin into a sorbet. We’re gambling a bit that there are lots of others out there who also drink pickle juice by the glassful.

LA June Menu

California Avocado & Cardamom w/ Fermented Carrot Custard
Celebrating California avocado month with a blast of flavor. We teamed up with Jessica Kaslow at Sqirl in Silverlake to create this flavor. Her recipe for avocado cardamom ice cream is, quite literally, mind blowingly delicious and we did everything we could to not mess with perfection. With that said, we wanted to dirty the recipe up a bit by swirling in our own housemade fermented carrot custard. The carrot pudding is slightly musky and completely intoxicating; it pulls on all of your senses and makes you want more; it’s odd, terrifying, delicious, and completely enthralling.


Sourdough w/ Chocolate & Strawberries
The incarnation of what we imagine every Italian actually eats for breakfast. The ice cream is made of sourdough, with all it’s fermented tartness and malty-ness, with a gentle smear of liquified chocolate and strawberry jam. The ice cream itself is as pleasantly sour as walking into a bakery at five in the morning thanks to a house fermented sourdough mom we’ve created specifically for this ice cream and candied sourdough “croutons”. Ribbons of jam and chocolate slowly drool from each scoop with the same tenacity that you’ll drool over each bite.


Fish Sauce Caramel w/ Palm Sugar
Fermented anchovy sauce meets its lusciously sweet, candied destiny. FINALLY. The secret to why this ice cream is so delicious is the meticulous approach we took to pairing the salty fermented delicacy with ingredients that would be grown nearby. SE asian palm sugar and molasses help to make for a combination that, somehow, just makes sense as the perfect ice cream flavor.


Dill Pickle Sorbet
Before we go any further, let’s clear things up… is pickle juice drinking a guilty pleasure for anyone else??? We keep our pickles nice and easy by highlighting the lighter and sweeter side of the pickle’s acids, focusing on spices that are much more pastry-forward like dill and fennel, and stopping the fermentation while the cucumbers still have that bright freshness to them. All of our work goes into making these pickles and not covering up how delicious these fresh cucumbers are; we simply juice the pickled cucumbers and spin into a sorbet. We’re gambling a bit that there are lots of others out there who also drink pickle juice by the glassful.

JULY BERRIES, BERRIES, BERRIES! SERIES

July demands berries, and, in turn, berries demand to be made into delicious treats without compromising any of their wonderful, essential berry integrity. The whole trick is to not mess that up. Oregon and Los Angeles are home to some of the best berries in the world and Salt & Straw is delighted to showcase them in these pro-berry flavors.
 
Portland July Menu

Portland Creamery’s Goat Cheese Marionberry Habanero
Back by popular polite discourse, this refreshing and summery flavor has been perfected in its fourth year (but it’s still h-o-t spells hot!). It starts with Portland Creamery’s “Sweet Fire” goat cheese, which literally comes to us three days after being milked. This smooth, creamy chevre is churned into a tart, creamy goat cheese ice cream and ribboned with a thick, blazing, so sweet marionberry jam that has been infused with fiery habaneros. You may, on occasion, get potently thwacked by a lick of habanero, but it makes the next lick so much sweeter for drama of it all. Not to brag, but we got our hands on some of the best goat cheese ever to come out of the WIllamette Valley. Portland Creamery handcrafts its “Sweet Fire” flavored chevre under the benignly interested gaze of a much loved, multiply-awarded, and freely roaming herd of goats in Molalla, Oregon.


Ancient Heritage’s Fresh Cheese & Strawberries
A study of Portland’s unique urban cheese-eries. This flavor was designed to feature our SE Portland neighbors, Ancient Heritage Dairy. We love Ancient Heritage because they are completely re-imagining how to make cheese, building cheese-aging-caves in the heart of the city, and becoming an anchor in our growing dairy community. This ice cream uses their fresh cow’s cheese, Ava. It’s our take on a local “cheesecake-y” ice cream with a slight ribbon of housemade strawberry jam.


Roasted Black Raspberries & Toasted White Chocolate
A summer valentine. Sweet, mellow, white chocolate is toasted, caramelizing the chocolate and creating a sort of chocolate dulce de leche ice cream envelope for this full-hearted black raspberry love letter. Fresh Oregon black raspberries are sprinkled with sugar and a little salt, and roasted to bring a dark, rich, deep fruit satisfaction in jammy raspberry swirls. We get some beautiful Oregon black raspberries this time of year in big flats at the Portland Farmers Market. Walking out of there with thousands of amazing berries, you just feel rich.


Gin Spiced Blackberry Jam & Chocolate Chips
Since pouring gin over your blackberries is a relative no brainer… After getting the secret gin spice blend from our friends at House Spirits for their legendary Aviation Gin, we’ve been going crazy with different ways to integrate the flavors into our favorite foods. In this case, we’ve infused the gin into both an Oregon Blackberry jam and infused the spices into a simple vanilla ice cream; we paired everything with thinly shaved dark chocolate and churned everything together. The result, delicate and spicy ice cream chased with a berry sweetness that almost washes the gin away.

PNW Wild-Foraged Berry Sherbet
We kept things super simple; fold fresh berries into a bit of cream & sugar, pop it into our ice cream machines, and let the amazing berries just do their thing. And where do we get these amazing wild berries?… So there’s this guy, Tom, right? And he forages all over Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier for berries. Wild mountain blueberries and blackberries and whatever other berries he finds. Could be huckleberries. Or lingonberries. Mystery berries, maybe even. Anyway, we get as many of these berries as we can from Tom from NW Wild Foods, and that’s that.


LA July Menu

Birthday Cakes & Blackberries
The freedom to eat cake in your ice cream. We declare this ice cream your official holiday from adulthood. It tastes like freaking frosting, the better to feature the chunky hunks of three-vanilla cake and swirls of home-made straight-arrow Evergreen blackberry jam. Whirled with non-organic, bright-as-you-remember Technicolor sprinkles, we dedicate this flavor to the discerning palates of children who know that sometimes cake ice cream is exactly what’s called for.

Strawberry w/ Cilantro Lime Cheesecake
A godly trifecta when it comes to unusual pairings, this is the perfect use of the strong sweetness that fresh, sun-ripened California strawberries bring to the plate. That tartness from limes, spicy peppery-ness from cilantro, and unapologetic sweetness from strawberries combine seamlessly to help us taste the true nuances of the berries.


Honey Vinegar w/ Raspberry Fig Cobbler
A glorious food fight between cobbler and ice cream, with two winners. OK. You’ve heard us say this before, but sometimes the simple thing is just so good that you really just want to get out of the way of it. In this case, we are talking about fig cobbler and ice cream. We literally just bake big slabs of fig cobbler and hand-chunk them into a honey vinegar ice cream. Why combine honey, raspberry, and figs… you ask? Because that’s what nature wanted and why question the inevitable.


Meyer Lemon Buttermilk w/ Blueberries
A lemony ice-cream nap. There is just something truly soothing about this ice cream, something so comforting and comfortable and good. We start with a Meyer lemon ice cream that is round and warming, not tart and acidic. Buttermilk adds a little sweet-tart, and more roundness. For added relishing, blueberries are whirled in to deliver pops of juicy-sweet summer-ness. Kick back. Eat this. Kick more back.

PNW Wild-Foraged Berry Sherbet

Freshly imported from the Pacific Northwest, these berries are so perfect, so berry-y, so aromatic and rich in color… we just had to bring them down to LA with us. For the ice cream itself, we kept things super simple; fold fresh berries into a bit of cream & sugar, pop it into our ice cream machines, and let the amazing berries just do their thing. And where do we get these amazing wild berries?… So there’s this guy, Tom, right? And he forages all over Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier for berries. Wild mountain blueberries and blackberries and whatever other berries he finds. Could be huckleberries. Or lingonberries. Mystery berries, maybe even. Anyway, we get as many of these berries as we can from Tom from NW Wild Foods, and that’s that.
 
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