The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

mickEblu

mickEblu

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TP2000 said:
In the 1960's and 70's, and into the 1980's, when you went into a supermarket's frozen food aisles, you found a long line of rectangular boxes that were "ice milk". It was cheaper than ice cream. It was easier to process and store. It was the 1970's, and it's just how things were back then. Things were cheap back then, and food was kind of crappy. And ice milk came in boxes.

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Which is why Haagen-Dazs was such a chic and innovative product when it burst onto the scene in the Late Disco Age. It was a throwback to real, rich, ice cream from pre-war days. It was silky and flavorful and smooth. It cost more, but it was worth it. And it was in a round container again, just like old times! It was actually ice cream.
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Very interesting! Thank you for sharing. Had never heard of ice milk before.
 
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Touchdown

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It’s hard to find but I love me a good chocolate chocolate chip, especially if the ice cream is a light milk chocolate with a nice semi sweet or even dark chocolate chip. Additionally, but even more rare, I love strawberry chocolate chip, which brings me to my typical order when those two are not available, a double scoop of chocolate chip and strawberry. Disney, unfortunately, never even has this option though as they choose to only stock cookies and cream and mint chip instead of chocolate chip. As such, outside of a Gheredeli sundae, I rarely choose ice cream at DL.
 
NobodyElse

NobodyElse

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TP2000 said:
While sitting here on the patio in La Jolla, enjoying a whiskey instead of ice cream, I'm reminded that one of the first Haagen-Dazs ice cream parlors in the country opened near here in Pacific Beach around 1980. My Aunt Ingrid, riding the cusp of pop culture relevancy as she always did, clued in on that immediately. In the early Reagan years, she always served Haagen-Dazs ice cream at dinner parties and beach sociables. They would even deliver to her, as I remember! It was a very chic brand in those days, when grocery store ice cream was really just ice milk and came in clunky rectangle boxes instead of pints.

40+ years ago the Haagen-Dazs ice cream parlor would deliver pints of ice cream to La Jolla housewives for a nominal fee. Can you imagine?! And via the telephone and a voice promise to pay!

My sister and her husband arrives this weekend, with nephews and young wives to follow, so now I am going to stock up and invest moderately in Haagen-Dazs for the week! I hope you all do the same. Happy ice cream summer to all of us!
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And then Frusen Glädjé jumped on the "Scandinavian-sounding name" bandwagon.
 
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Parteecia

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TP2000 said:
In the 1960's and 70's, and into the 1980's, when you went into a supermarket's frozen food aisles, you found a long line of rectangular boxes that were "ice milk". It was cheaper than ice cream. It was easier to process and store. It was the 1970's, and it's just how things were back then. Things were cheap back then, and food was kind of crappy. And ice milk came in boxes.

s-l400.jpg


Which is why Haagen-Dazs was such a chic and innovative product when it burst onto the scene in the Late Disco Age. It was a throwback to real, rich, ice cream from pre-war days. It was silky and flavorful and smooth. It cost more, but it was worth it. And it was in a round container again, just like old times! It was actually ice cream.
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Where would you rank Thriftys?
 
disneyC97

disneyC97

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TP2000 said:
In the 1960's and 70's, and into the 1980's, when you went into a supermarket's frozen food aisles, you found a long line of rectangular boxes that were "ice milk". It was cheaper than ice cream. It was easier to process and store. It was the 1970's, and it's just how things were back then. Things were cheap back then, and food was kind of crappy. And ice milk came in boxes.

s-l400.jpg


Which is why Haagen-Dazs was such a chic and innovative product when it burst onto the scene in the Late Disco Age. It was a throwback to real, rich, ice cream from pre-war days. It was silky and flavorful and smooth. It cost more, but it was worth it. And it was in a round container again, just like old times! It was actually ice cream.
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And they were a full pint!
 
mickEblu

mickEblu

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disneyC97 said:
I love Woody Woodpecker - my only Universal souvenirs are a Woody and Chilly Willy mini vinyl figures from 2015 or so (they seemed to be a version of the popular Disney Vinylmation at the time, but lesser quality). That's a cool popcorn bucket!
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Thanks! It was a steal too. Marked down from $50 to $12 with annual pass holder discount. Basically free considering it came with a bag of fresh popcorn. It talks, lights up and when you move the tram the steering wheel and his arm move.


Haha no @Disney Irish but he does do the above.
 
SuddenStorm

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At some point the safety spiel at the end of the Matterhorn was changed to "remain seated with your seatbelt fastened".

I'm in line now and it's back to "remain seated please".

Sounds like someone realized the change was unnecessary, especially since the seatbelts don't unlock.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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Parteecia said:
Where would you rank Thriftys?
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I would consider it ice cream. It can be rather good, especially in a root beer float. It's lighter in fat than Haagen-Dazs, to be sure, but it certainly doesn't qualify as a frozen box of ice milk circa 1973.

Plus, it's called "ice cream" instead of "ice milk". I haven't seen a product advertised as ice milk in eons, and there's likely branding regulations about that from the USDA. First and foremost, to be "ice milk" it has to be kind of crappy. :rolleyes:
 
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