On 2016-07-01 11:13 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:10:49 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> I don't eat much ice cream - a couple times a year at the most, but I
>>> noticed a new gelato + French Macaron shop in the local enclosed mall.
>>> I stopped and got a single scoop of dark chocolate... it was
>>> expensive, and worth every penny.
>>>
>> This is my favourite ... at them moment anyway)
>>
>>
>> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ma...HURxCZYQsAQILQ
>>
>> Madness really because I have a big electric ice cream maker which I only
>> use when the grands are here)
>
> When you don't eat much ice cream, it's well worth it to get that
> scoop or bar when the mood hits instead of expending time and effort
> on something that will sit in the freezer for months. I have an
> excellent chocolate gelato recipe and I could have made a quart of it
> for what that scoop cost me - but it would have taken preplanning,
> time and effort to make and then it would have sat in the freezer
> forever waiting for me to eat the rest of it. However, it would have
> been singing a siren's song to hubby who *loves* ice cream and could
> polish it off quickly. Unfortunately he shouldn't be eating it, so I
> took the high road and chose not to tempt him.


I made my own ice cream for years but stopped after my coronary
incident. It's not like I ate a lot of it. I used to find one scoop to
be very satisfying.

>
> <adjusting halo>

In your case you should nail it down.