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shenmue

(38,503 posts)
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:17 PM Jun 2014

Appreciation thread

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by greytdemocrat (a host of the General Discussion forum).

for chocolate ice cream. Because I like it.

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Appreciation thread (Original Post) shenmue Jun 2014 OP
Does this OP fit GD SOP? uppityperson Jun 2014 #1
No jokes shenmue Jun 2014 #2
I think ice cream falls under 'current events'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #38
Same here. But to tell the truth, I like most kinds of ice cream. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #3
Mint-chocolate chip is my favorite. kentauros Jun 2014 #4
I was gonna alert on the next effing appreciation thread I saw tularetom Jun 2014 #5
mint chocolate chip , pistachio, and cookie dough are all better than Chocolate JI7 Jun 2014 #6
Chocolate ice cream? Chocolate ice cream?! KamaAina Jun 2014 #7
Very good...but I would have done one for... joeybee12 Jun 2014 #8
Ice cream kitten! kentauros Jun 2014 #11
That's adorable...I bet the Japanese did it! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #30
And you would be correct! kentauros Jun 2014 #32
wait - that chocolate has peanut butter in it - making it my favorite! NRaleighLiberal Jun 2014 #9
OMG YES!!!! Tetris_Iguana Jun 2014 #10
Hey, hi. uppityperson Jun 2014 #13
Sorry Tetris_Iguana Jun 2014 #16
Is there such a thing as chocolate covered kale chips? uppityperson Jun 2014 #20
I don't know about commercially Tetris_Iguana Jun 2014 #22
discussionist got boring? uppityperson Jun 2014 #24
I have some chocolate syrup to finish it off. Nice touch..n/t monmouth3 Jun 2014 #12
Yahoo! Mugu Jun 2014 #14
Dammit, spoiler alert gratuitous Jun 2014 #15
Then have some healthy ice cream! kentauros Jun 2014 #19
It's been way too long In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #17
This thread is making me hungry. smokey nj Jun 2014 #18
Just a kick for you, shenmue... I couldn't Cha Jun 2014 #21
Grazie mille. :) shenmue Jun 2014 #23
And I would like to say, I love President Obama. LLD Jun 2014 #25
re: Appreciation thread allan01 Jun 2014 #26
"Ultimate Carrot Layer Cake" I made last weekend: kentauros Jun 2014 #27
Oh, and here's the recipe thread: kentauros Jun 2014 #33
THAT looks delicious! ReRe Jun 2014 #36
The bake-offs sound familiar kentauros Jun 2014 #37
It looks scrumptious! ReRe Jun 2014 #39
K&R Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #28
Mayfields chocolate almond ice cream is my favorite. asjr Jun 2014 #29
And This Is What It's Come Too... WillyT Jun 2014 #31
ROFLMBO!!!!! Peacetrain Jun 2014 #34
And, enjoyed this way, it's not fattening! calimary Jun 2014 #35

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
1. Does this OP fit GD SOP?
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:19 PM
Jun 2014
Statement of Purpose

Discuss politics, issues, and current events. No posts about Israel/Palestine, religion, guns, showbiz, or sports unless there is really big news. No conspiracy theories. No whining about DU.


Or will Host lock it? Hosts duties are to determine if an OP meets the forum's SOP. That is all. NOT to look at subsequent replies but just the OP.

shenmue

(38,503 posts)
2. No jokes
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:20 PM
Jun 2014

Unless you're one of the top popular people on the board.

I forgot that rule.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
38. I think ice cream falls under 'current events'.
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 10:16 PM
Jun 2014

It's not yet a thing of the past, even as more brands are altering their formulas to become 'frozen dairy desserts', as they no longer fit the definition of 'ice cream'. I'm not a chocolate ice cream fan myself, though, so maybe I shouldn't have posted, I might get banned for my heretical non-appreciation...

FSogol

(45,360 posts)
3. Same here. But to tell the truth, I like most kinds of ice cream. n/t
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:20 PM
Jun 2014

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
4. Mint-chocolate chip is my favorite.
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:25 PM
Jun 2014

Either the almond-milk kind or the ones made from coconut milk


So, there ya go. Including the non-dairy option makes it vegan. Which makes it a highly contested and polarized topic in GD

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
5. I was gonna alert on the next effing appreciation thread I saw
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:29 PM
Jun 2014

but when I saw this one and how good it looked, I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

Besides it makes my point better than a hide would.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
6. mint chocolate chip , pistachio, and cookie dough are all better than Chocolate
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:32 PM
Jun 2014
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
7. Chocolate ice cream? Chocolate ice cream?!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:34 PM
Jun 2014

Of all the filthy, nasty dairy products in the world, you go and post about CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM??!!

Alerting!

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
8. Very good...but I would have done one for...
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:34 PM
Jun 2014

Kittehs!

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
11. Ice cream kitten!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:40 PM
Jun 2014


 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
30. That's adorable...I bet the Japanese did it!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:18 PM
Jun 2014

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
32. And you would be correct!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:31 PM
Jun 2014

According to the site that had the image, it seems to have been borrowed from japanlove.tumblr.com

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
9. wait - that chocolate has peanut butter in it - making it my favorite!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:38 PM
Jun 2014

Tetris_Iguana

(501 posts)
10. OMG YES!!!!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:39 PM
Jun 2014

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
13. Hey, hi.
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:49 PM
Jun 2014

Tetris_Iguana

(501 posts)
16. Sorry
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:00 PM
Jun 2014

Long time chocoholic here.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
20. Is there such a thing as chocolate covered kale chips?
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:08 PM
Jun 2014

Tetris_Iguana

(501 posts)
22. I don't know about commercially
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:12 PM
Jun 2014

but yes, it is a thing, and it is fantastic!

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
24. discussionist got boring?
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:13 PM
Jun 2014

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
12. I have some chocolate syrup to finish it off. Nice touch..n/t
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:47 PM
Jun 2014

Mugu

(2,887 posts)
14. Yahoo!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:50 PM
Jun 2014

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
15. Dammit, spoiler alert
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:52 PM
Jun 2014

Now I don't want to eat supper.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
19. Then have some healthy ice cream!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:06 PM
Jun 2014

Banana Macadamia Nut Caramel-Fudge Ice Cream





In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
17. It's been way too long
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:00 PM
Jun 2014

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
18. This thread is making me hungry.
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:05 PM
Jun 2014

Cha

(295,926 posts)
21. Just a kick for you, shenmue... I couldn't
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:08 PM
Jun 2014

care less about chocolate ice cream.

shenmue

(38,503 posts)
23. Grazie mille. :)
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:12 PM
Jun 2014
 

LLD

(136 posts)
25. And I would like to say, I love President Obama.
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:16 PM
Jun 2014

allan01

(1,950 posts)
26. re: Appreciation thread
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:20 PM
Jun 2014

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
27. "Ultimate Carrot Layer Cake" I made last weekend:
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:42 PM
Jun 2014









kentauros

(29,414 posts)
33. Oh, and here's the recipe thread:
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:32 PM
Jun 2014

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
36. THAT looks delicious!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:41 PM
Jun 2014

I used to bake those 4-layer carrot cakes. My step-mother showed me how with her special recipe. Does anyone remember the father-son bake-offs that the cub scouts used to have (or may still have?) My husband with two of our young sons baked a giant (table-size) carrot cake in the shape of a carrot. Of course they won first prize. A Hummingbird cake is allot like a carrot cake. Yum! But I also LOVE chocolate ice cream.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
37. The bake-offs sound familiar
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:58 PM
Jun 2014

but it's been decades since I was in Cub Scouts, and I don't have children (just hungry friends!)

What's interesting about this cake was it turned out bigger than I thought. The dimensions are 6 by 8-inches, and whether saying that or seeing it in print just isn't the same as having it finished on the counter in front of you

Plus, making it in one large sheet pan lets it bake and cool faster. It was completely cooled in less than half an hour! So, I'd say that might be the best way to make larger and shaped cakes. You don't have to frost each layer as much as on the outside, though you'd still have to do some figuring to determine how much frosting would be needed.

I've posted the recipe now if you want to see. It's not especially difficult, just time-consuming.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
39. It looks scrumptious!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 10:34 PM
Jun 2014

I would have trouble not breaking the layers as I transferred them to the serving platter. You should see what I do with these fumbley hands sometimes.

 

Alex P Notkeaton

(309 posts)
28. K&R
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:46 PM
Jun 2014

To infinity!

asjr

(10,479 posts)
29. Mayfields chocolate almond ice cream is my favorite.
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:00 PM
Jun 2014
 

WillyT

(72,631 posts)
31. And This Is What It's Come Too...
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:22 PM
Jun 2014


Peacetrain

(22,836 posts)
34. ROFLMBO!!!!!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:35 PM
Jun 2014

tears running down my face.. you got me

calimary

(80,699 posts)
35. And, enjoyed this way, it's not fattening!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:36 PM
Jun 2014
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