Comments on: Milan Screams for Ice Cream http://italychronicles.com/milan-screams-for-ice-cream/ Life in the Living Museum Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:30:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeffhttp://italychronicles.com/milan-screams-for-ice-cream/#comment-2003 Jeff Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:08:45 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=1457#comment-2003 Gelato definitely made my experience in Italy unforgettable. It made the hot days more bearable, and it was just a great way to sit down and relax with friends in a quaint cafe in the city. I also happen to be quite conservative and simple in my selection of gelato flavors -- I stick with strawberry, lemon, or vanilla.It wasn't only the gelato, though, that impressed me, but food in general in Italy was soooo much better. I loved the pizza, the pasta, the wine, everything. I can't wait to go back to Italy! Gelato definitely made my experience in Italy unforgettable. It made the hot days more bearable, and it was just a great way to sit down and relax with friends in a quaint cafe in the city. I also happen to be quite conservative and simple in my selection of gelato flavors — I stick with strawberry, lemon, or vanilla.

It wasn’t only the gelato, though, that impressed me, but food in general in Italy was soooo much better. I loved the pizza, the pasta, the wine, everything. I can’t wait to go back to Italy!

]]> By: Jessica, Italy Loguehttp://italychronicles.com/milan-screams-for-ice-cream/#comment-2002 Jessica, Italy Logue Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:21:10 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=1457#comment-2002 Oh, how I wanted to like Irn Bru when I was in Scotland... But I couldn't do it. I think it's horrid. To me, it was like bubble-gum flavor, only the worst possible kind. *shudders*And I'll second that David Lebowitz book. I have it, & it's great.Anyway, thanks for the link, Alex. :) And that's interesting that different regions would have different favorite flavors - it makes sense, I just hadn't thought about it. I wonder if the "favorites" of more touristy areas are influenced by the tourists? Hmm... Oh, how I wanted to like Irn Bru when I was in Scotland… But I couldn’t do it. I think it’s horrid. To me, it was like bubble-gum flavor, only the worst possible kind. *shudders*

And I’ll second that David Lebowitz book. I have it, & it’s great.

Anyway, thanks for the link, Alex. :) And that’s interesting that different regions would have different favorite flavors – it makes sense, I just hadn’t thought about it. I wonder if the “favorites” of more touristy areas are influenced by the tourists? Hmm…

]]> By: AlexRhttp://italychronicles.com/milan-screams-for-ice-cream/#comment-2001 AlexR Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:16:33 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=1457#comment-2001 Hi Fiona,Thanks for dropping in.Not a surprise to hear that enterprising Scottish-Italians have made Irn Bru ice cream! After all, if they can turn pecorino cheese and cocktails into ice cream, then they can turn just about anything into it!Irn Bru, for the uninitiated, is a soft drink, that is well known in the UK, and well liked in Scotland! I can't describe the flavour, so you'll just have to try it. What I do know is that it's not at all bad, and a good alternative to good old Coke.Thanks for reminding me of good old Irn Bru Fiona!Cheers,Alex Hi Fiona,

Thanks for dropping in.

Not a surprise to hear that enterprising Scottish-Italians have made Irn Bru ice cream! After all, if they can turn pecorino cheese and cocktails into ice cream, then they can turn just about anything into it!

Irn Bru, for the uninitiated, is a soft drink, that is well known in the UK, and well liked in Scotland! I can’t describe the flavour, so you’ll just have to try it. What I do know is that it’s not at all bad, and a good alternative to good old Coke.

Thanks for reminding me of good old Irn Bru Fiona!

Cheers,

Alex

]]> By: Fionahttp://italychronicles.com/milan-screams-for-ice-cream/#comment-1999 Fiona Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:31:51 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=1457#comment-1999 Having just returned to Scotland from Umbria, I took my children to an ice-cream shop owned by Scottish-Italians, of whom there are many, in Troon. All the children fancied an Italian ice-cream, and my daughter had missed drinking Scotland's caffeine-fuelled, orange-coloured, fizzy, "other national drink" the whole time we were in Italy, so to be confronted with this confection at Michele Mancini's ice-cream shop filled her world with happiness: Irn Bru ice-cream.This comment will be lost on those who do not have a working knowlege of Scottish popular culture, but to her it was the meeting of the essences of two ways of life! Having just returned to Scotland from Umbria, I took my children to an ice-cream shop owned by Scottish-Italians, of whom there are many, in Troon. All the children fancied an Italian ice-cream, and my daughter had missed drinking Scotland’s caffeine-fuelled, orange-coloured, fizzy, “other national drink” the whole time we were in Italy, so to be confronted with this confection at Michele Mancini’s ice-cream shop filled her world with happiness: Irn Bru ice-cream.

This comment will be lost on those who do not have a working knowlege of Scottish popular culture, but to her it was the meeting of the essences of two ways of life!

]]> By: Judith in Umbriahttp://italychronicles.com/milan-screams-for-ice-cream/#comment-2000 Judith in Umbria Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:17:22 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=1457#comment-2000 I think I shall start selling gelato making machines on my blog. Then I shall invite David Lebowitz to challenge the Italians and stand back while those little icey macchinette fly out the window! I think I shall start selling gelato making machines on my blog. Then I shall invite David Lebowitz to challenge the Italians and stand back while those little icey macchinette fly out the window!

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