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Breaking the addiction
June 13, 2007
I have a real problem. For fear of embarrassment, I will not get into how bad it’s gotten, but take my word, it’s gotten bad. The amount of Ben and Jerry’s I’ve purchased and consumed recently is alarming, and I’ve finally (and reluctantly) decided to do something about it.
I will not quit buying it. Although the prices and calories are somewhat damaging, I’ve developed a plan to moderately decrease my ingestion of ice cream over the next few months (years?).
I’ve decided that once I purchase a flavor of Ben and Jerry’s, I will not be allowed to purchase that flavor again. I will compile a list to avoid anticipated attempts of cheating. I am aware that Ben and Jerry release new flavors almost regularly. This doesn’t pose a problem for me, since I am convinced I can devour ice cream quicker than the new flavors are released, and therefore, when a new flavor comes out, I will be excited about trying it, rather than be secure in the fact that I can buy 3 pints if it’s good.
My rating of the flavors will consist of “thumbs down” and “almost as good as Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies,” because they’ll never top that flavor. I will hold off on purchasing my favorite during this circuit. It needs to be saved for either a really good or really bad day. But I did begin with these three flavors, two new:
Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler. I like peach, and there’s of lot of peach here. Not just peach ice cream, but swirls of peaches. Extremely refreshing. Almost as good as Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies.
Chunky Monkey. I like bananas, but banana flavoring never really pulls it off. Reminds me of either rotten bananas or dried bananas, neither of which I want in ice cream. Thumbs down.
Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream. I’m still at the point where I’m unsure whether to hug Colbert or kick him in the teeth. The ice cream sort of leaves the same dilemma. The caramel and waffle cone pieces in vanilla ice cream idea is good, but it’s been done. Colbert must have purposely gone conservative. Again. Sorry, thumbs down.
Categories: Daily
June 13th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Haha, that’s insane, I didn’t know they had flavors based off bands and celebrities. I dislike ice cream, I’m more of a frozen yogurt person. Good luck on your addiction, another reminder that I myself need to go on a diet.
June 13th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
How can you not like the Chunky Monkey? I hear you on the artificial banana, but in this case it simply acts as a light, creamy counterbalance to the fudgey goodness of the chunks.
June 14th, 2007 at 10:05 am
i hope i get to see your ice cream ratings as i always feel overwhelmed with choice when picking out ben and jerry’s. also, that colbert comment was hilarious.
June 14th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Someday I want my own Ben & Jerry’s flavor… that’s when I’ll know I’m kinda cool. My favorite flavor was also DMB inspired, but it has gone the way of the flavor graveyard (One Sweet Whirled).
June 24th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Americone Dream is one of my faves. I like Everything But The… too.