Posted on 07/14/2011 5:05:45 PM PDT by randita
Vanilla, Chocolate Top List of Favorite Ice Cream Flavors
Thursday, July 14, 2011
When it comes to frozen treats, Americans prefer to keep it simple.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Adults who eat ice cream at least occasionally finds that 23% say vanilla is best, while the same number (23%) prefers chocolate. Nine percent (9%) like butter pecan the most, while strawberry and cookies and cream each earn eight percent (8%) of the vote.
Six percent (6%) prefer mint chocolate chip, and another four percent (4%) choose coffee flavored ice cream. Seventeen percent (17%) prefer some other flavor not mentioned in the survey. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
While men put vanilla at the top of the list, women do the same with chocolate.
While white adults prefer chocolate to vanilla 24% to 19%, black adults prefer vanilla by a 43% to 14% margin.
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The national survey of 800 Adults Who Eat Ice Cream was conducted on July 7-8, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Among adults who eat ice cream more than once a week, 28% pick vanilla while 22% like chocolate more. Those who eat ice cream only occasionally are torn between the two popular flavors.
Most ice cream eaters (78%) usually buy it at the store and eat it at home rather than go to an ice cream parlor. Seventeen percent (17%) would prefer going to an ice cream parlor for their treat.
American pizza-eaters rate Pizza Hut number one among pizza chains, closely followed by Papa John’s. But nearly one-out-of-five adults say they rarely or never eat pizza no matter who makes it.
In a showdown among the top three fast-food hamburger chains, Americans prefer Wendy’s over McDonald’s and Burger King.
When it comes to coffee, 23% of coffee drinkers say they are more likely to buy it from Starbucks, while 22% each opt for either a convenience store or a local coffee shop. Fourteen percent (14%) get their coffee from Dunkin' Donuts, and 15% say they purchase it somewhere else.
Don't eat sweets and work at Hershey. Honest.
Blue Bell ice cream is one reason I never want to move away from Texas. Mint Chocolate Chip is my favorite but there are others I like too.
I'll be honest, I just use 4 cups half and half more times than not and it works fine. I just split it up like its cream and milk. This is from memory, but it works:
2 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 1/2 cups whole milk
8 large egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons teaberry oil
Warm milk, sugar, salt in a saucepan.
Chill cream in a metal bowl on ice.
Whisk together egg yolks. Slowly pour in warm milk. Whisk, whisk, WHISK!!!
Stir that mixture over medium heat and make a custard. Give it the wooden spoon test.
Pour custard into cream and whisk, whisk, WHISK!! Get it cold enough to feel ok putting it in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.
Once its ready, put it in the machine and add the oil and food coloring. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS OIL!! Man is it strong. Do it ½ teaspoon at a time and taste it. One drop over 2 teaspoons ruins it. Add the pink food coloring. It takes a LOT. Like 20 drops.
Eat
Mayor Nagin is deeply offended.
That's why there's chocolate and vanilla.
We prefer vanilla ice cream and Papa Murphy’s pizza at my house. Cookies and Cream is a close second.
Don't eat chocolate and vanilla at the same time. You could have a race war in your stomach.
“Are there chains of little stores sending out rush deliveries of old dusty blue bread? “
You mean they could???? Oh, man, I LOVE old dusty blue bread!
“Vanilla, Chocolate Top List of Favorite Ice Cream Flavors”
Shocking.
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