On Sun 14 Dec 2008 12:40:52p, sf told us...

> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:08:24 -0700, Gloria P >
> wrote:
>
>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Looks good. I like all manner of chocolate ice creams, in fact, many
>>> types of ice creams. I'm particularly fond of those that have nuts or
>>> other crunchy things in them, as well.
>>>
>>
>>Yum! Pistachio with real pistachio nuts, like Ben&Jerry's
>>Pistachio Pistachio, not the almonds that cheaper brands use.
>>
> How do they get away with calling it "pistachio" if they use almonds?
>
>
>

They can name it anything they want to. The packaging does say it contains
almonds.

The first pistachio ice cream I remember was served at Howard Johnson's.
It had real pistachios in it, but it was also flavored with almond extract
and tinted pale green.

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Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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