Yes, there is something Japanese don't do better

Tellner · Post by **Tellner** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:33 am

Ice cream. Links go to three articles about bizarre ice cream flavors including raw horsemeat, squid gut, fried eggplant, curdled fermented bean paste, saltwater, soy sauce and collagen lump with lemon.

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Toawa · Post by **Toawa** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:39 am

Actually, collagen is pretty tasty... It's what gives soup stocks their richness, and is the basis for gelatin, if memory serves.

Tellner · Post by **Tellner** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:43 am

Mmm, yeah. But gristly, vaguely meat-tasting lumps of tendon and cartilage aren't traditional accompaniments to lemon sorbet. There's a good reason for that.

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Wed May 31, 2006 11:12 am

Squid ink ice cream is actually pretty damn good.

Tellner · Post by **Tellner** » Wed May 31, 2006 11:17 am

A few of those flavors like squid ink, red wine and persimmon would probably be pretty good. It's like panning gravel to find nuggets.

Queenhank · Post by **Queenhank** » Wed May 31, 2006 2:33 pm

So, I'm going to assume that squid ink doesn't actually taste like ink...does it?

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:29 pm

queenhank wrote:So, I'm going to assume that squid ink doesn't actually taste like ink...does it?

Well.. it does taste like squid ink. Which is actually pretty sweet.

Awkwardschoolgirl · Post by **Awkwardschoolgirl** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:41 pm

Yee! A lot of those sounded really yummy to me! The soy sauce ice cream means they could make ice cream out of that delicious tempura dipping sauce! Mmmmm... tempura dipping sauce... One of the best substances on earth.

Honor · Post by **Honor** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:31 pm

No Fish Tumors? No Pureed Sparrow Eyes? *gasp!* No Eel Farts?

Tellner · Post by **Tellner** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:32 pm

I think you've hit 3 of the 5 *bleagh!* flavors that the Japanese don't turn into ice cream.

Tellner · Post by **Tellner** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:33 pm

squidflakes wrote:
queenhank wrote:So, I'm going to assume that squid ink doesn't actually taste like ink...does it?
Well.. it does taste like squid ink. Which is actually pretty sweet.

...and is the basis for a really good (expensive) pasta sauce.

Honor · Post by **Honor** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:37 pm

tellner wrote:
squidflakes wrote:
queenhank wrote:So, I'm going to assume that squid ink doesn't actually taste like ink...does it?
Well.. it does taste like squid ink. Which is actually pretty sweet.
...and is the basis for a really good (expensive) pasta sauce.

Also used in making pasta itself... it comes out a beautiful, silky black...

tellner wrote:I think you've hit 3 of the 5 *bleagh!* flavors that the Japanese don't turn into ice cream.

Are you sure they don't use those flavors...? I thought I saw those in Iron Chef once...

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:51 pm

do you know how hard it is to trap eel farts? There is a reason why they are over $100,000,000 a gallon.

Wilmo · Post by **Wilmo** » Wed May 31, 2006 5:49 pm

hey, green-tea ice cream and red bean ice cream are pretty damned good.

Swordsman3003 · Post by **Swordsman3003** » Wed May 31, 2006 5:59 pm

I will give anything to someone who can find semen flavor icecream from japan!!

Chocokake!!!

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:02 pm

swordsman3003 wrote:I will give anything to someone who can find semen flavor icecream from japan!!

Chocokake!!!

Anything?

Wilmo · Post by **Wilmo** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:13 pm

just make it yourself

Indigo Violent · Post by **Indigo Violent** » Wed May 31, 2006 7:27 pm

Does it affect the taste if it's collected in flavoured condom? (I like cherry.)

Honor · Post by **Honor** » Wed May 31, 2006 7:31 pm

Indigo Violent wrote:Does it affect the taste if it's collected in flavoured condom? (I like cherry.)

That's considered a secondary topping. (nuts are kind of a given)

Putaro · Post by **Putaro** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:05 pm

Someone may be making those but they're not at any of the shops I frequent here in Tokyo.

Mainly we have Hagen-das in little cups.

Uni ice cream or sorbet might be good. Yuzu is a Japanese citrus fruit (kind of like a sweet grapefruit, maybe) that pops up in sherbert and is pretty good.

But, I must say, it really takes good ol' America know-how to come up with a truly great ice cream flavor.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02133.html