The "What's on your mind?" thread

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by BluRayTim

Try Van Leeuwen ice cream. It’s five star quality.

I live in SE PA...never heard of this brand either...guess I need to get out more.

[BluRayTim]

Originally Posted by Fors*

I live in SE PA...never heard of this brand either...guess I need to get out more.

I’ll send you and other that are interested a private message for further information.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Fors*

I live in SE PA...never heard of this brand either...guess I need to get out more.

Never heard of the brand either.

[civiclx]

Damn it. I head back to work tonight and I should be asleep right now. I only got about 4 hours of sleep last night and this afternoon/evening, I slept for about 2 hours. I can't easily fall back asleep so I get up and I'm just going to stay up. Only concern is that I make it through tonight's shift alright and I'm not draggin' too much. Now, I'm not sure if I'll be able to stay up for another hour or so. My concern is that if I do fall back asleep, will I be able to wake up in an hour or so. I have two alarms still set, my iPad and my phone. If I do fall back asleep, I'll set my phone far enough away to where I have to at least sit up in bed to turn it off.
But maybe I just stay up. I dunno.

[BluRayTim]

civiclx, Fors* and sfmarine, please check your private messages? Your inquiries about that ice cream shop have been answered.

[civiclx]

Originally Posted by BluRayTim

civiclx, Fors* and sfmarine, please check your private messages? Your inquiries about that ice cream shop have been answered.

Sorry BRT, I meant to message you back. I had briefly Googled the ice cream but didn't really get any details. I basically saw what the packaging looked like and it reminded me of other brands I've seen in the store. It sounds pretty exclusive to those three places you mentioned. I'd definitely be down to try some if I'm ever at a place where they sell it.
I'm a Walmart Great Value ice cream guy these days and that's only because it's cheap. If I were to get the kind I wanted, I'd probably try various brands actually or go with a flavor that interested me, regardless of brand. But if I was going for the brand I'd prefer to have in the freezer, I'd go with Dreyer's.

[BluRayTim]

Originally Posted by civiclx

Sorry BRT, I meant to message you back. I had briefly Googled the ice cream but didn't really get any details. I basically saw what the packaging looked like and it reminded me of other brands I've seen in the store. It sounds pretty exclusive to those three places you mentioned. I'd definitely be down to try some if I'm ever at a place where they sell it.
I'm a Walmart Great Value ice cream guy these days and that's only because it's cheap. If I were to get the kind I wanted, I'd probably try various brands actually or go with a flavor that interested me, regardless of brand. But if I was going for the brand I'd prefer to have in the freezer, I'd go with Dreyer's.

What’s Dreyer’s? Do you mean Breyer’s?

I love the natural varieties of Breyer’s myself.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by BluRayTim

What’s Dreyer’s? Do you mean Breyer’s?

I love the natural varieties of Breyer’s myself.

Dreyer's (sold west of the Rockies and in Texas) is the same as Edy's (sold east of the Rockies). The founders of this brand of ice cream were William Dreyer and Joesph Edy.

https://www.dreyersgrandicecream.com...s-and-dreyers/

https://www.icecream.com/us/en/brands/edys

[civiclx]

I didn't know all of that that Vilya just posted but there you go lol We do have Breyers as well and I like it too. Is there such a thing as bad ice cream?

[fighthefutureofhd]

Yes. The ice cream at most restaurants is GOD AWFUL. It's like eating yellow snow cones.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

Yes. The ice cream at most restaurants is GOD AWFUL. It's like eating yellow snow cones.

That's because what is served at many restaurants is not actually ice cream. It is some other form of "frozen dairy dessert", which is what many, but not all, Breyer's products actually are. If it is not explicitly labeled "ice cream", then it is not real ice cream; it is some other concoction masquerading as such. Some of these concoctions are more convincing than others as substitutes for real ice cream, i.e.: Breyer's vs. McDonald's soft serve, for example.



To be called "ice cream" there are USDA standards that have to be met:

"Ice cream shall contain at least 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, weigh not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon, and contain not less than 20 percent total milk solids, constituted of not less than 10 percent milkfat. In no case shall the content of milk solids not fat be less than 6 percent. Whey shall not, by weight, be more than 25 percent of the milk solids not fat."

https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/ice-cream

[BizCat]

I'm totally fine with Wendy's Frosty.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by BluRayTim

civiclx, Fors* and sfmarine, please check your private messages? Your inquiries about that ice cream shop have been answered.

Thanks. I did get it. My inbox is at 100% again tho lol.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by Vilya

That's because what is served at many restaurants is not actually ice cream. It is some other form of "frozen dairy dessert", which is what many, but not all, Breyer's products actually are. If it is not explicitly labeled "ice cream", then it is not real ice cream; it is some other concoction masquerading as such. Some of these concoctions are more convincing than others as substitutes for real ice cream, i.e.: Breyer's vs. McDonald's soft serve, for example.



To be called "ice cream" there are USDA standards that have to be met:

"Ice cream shall contain at least 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, weigh not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon, and contain not less than 20 percent total milk solids, constituted of not less than 10 percent milkfat. In no case shall the content of milk solids not fat be less than 6 percent. Whey shall not, by weight, be more than 25 percent of the milk solids not fat."

https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/ice-cream

Dude, what Hershey is to chocolate, you are to ice cream!

[sfmarine]

About time!

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

About time!

Very cool set! This was officially the very 1st blu I ever bought!

Anybody else know what was their very first blu?

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

About time!

Not familiar with the movie, but that looks great. Blind buy fo sho

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Not familiar with the movie, but that looks great. Blind buy fo sho

I'm not either (it's not my type of movie), but folks for sure having been going nuts over the announcement, that's for sure.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by RageATL

I'm not either (it's not my type of movie), but folks for sure having been going nuts over the announcement, that's for sure.

It's a big deal because it's a Disney/Fox title and Disney sucks when it comes to releasing Fox titles now that they own the library/catalog. Tombstone is another example.

Maybe we will finally get Patton. I believe Master and Commander is coming as well. There's hope after all.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Fors*

Very cool set! This was officially the very 1st blu I ever bought!

Anybody else know what was their very first blu?

Oh man...they do say everyone remembers their first.

I've mentioned it a few times on here over the years, but I was fortunate to acquire a PS3 from Walmart just before black friday way back in '07. That is when I finally jumped on the Blu-ray train. It was advertised for $500 but it came with 10 movies in-store plus 5 more by mail. So you were essentially getting a new console and format with 15 films. It was a solid deal. Only a few people were waiting for them to bring the players out.

I know I got all of the Pirates of the Caribbean films along with Die Hard, Ratatouille, The Guardian, and Kingdom of Heaven. The KOH release was bare bones which was unfortunate. Crazy to think that release is 19 years old now. I sold that edition and picked up the Ultimate Edition release in '14 which finally gave us the special features.