| Pages:
1
2
3 |
EnsenadaDr
Banned
Posts: 5027
Registered: 9-12-2011
Location: Baja California
Member Is Offline
Mood: Move on. It is just a chapter in the past, but don't close the book- just turn the page
|
|
Magnum, Thrifty or Dairy Queen...you choose!!
Does anyone else think that Mexico Dairy Queen is better than the states....how about Thrifty Butter Pecan or Pralines and Cream?? Well, since any
ice cream I buy in the states starts to melt by the time I get to Ensenada...I just go for my fix at these local quality shops...where do you get your
ice cream or frozen yogurt fix??
|
|
|
AmoPescar
Senior Nomad
Posts: 835
Registered: 7-15-2006
Location: North San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Need a Fish Taco and a Pacifico!
|
|
Hi Doc,
Have only had the Thrifty ice cream in Baja. I thought it was very delicious!
But then...I've pretty much never met an ice cream I didn't like!!
Here in the US of A I really like DQ when I can have it. Have always loved the plain ol vanilla soft serve....but a 'Heath Bar Blizzard' is maybe my
favorite ice cream treat!!!
Miguelamo   
Nomad Amigos...Here\'s hoping you all have safe Baja travels, amazing sunrises, sunny days, comforting breezes, beautiful sunsets, tasty tacos,
cold cervezas and frosty margaritas!!
|
|
|
EmeraldDawn
Junior Nomad
Posts: 75
Registered: 6-9-2009
Member Is Offline
Mood: Boingy.
|
|
The local Queso y Fresa ice cream is pretty good too!
Still puzzled by the grown-ups. Still happy in the sunshine.
|
|
|
Bajachillin
Junior Nomad
Posts: 28
Registered: 7-17-2011
Location: San Felipe
Member Is Offline
|
|
Per the owner of the Thrifty ice cream shop here, the ice cream is imported from the States.
|
|
|
bajabass
Super Nomad
Posts: 2016
Registered: 10-4-2006
Location: La Paz,BCS
Member Is Offline
Mood: Want to fish!!!
|
|
I've tried the Thrifty on the Malecon here in La Paz. OK. Magnum bars have helped. Does anyone know where to get Ben & Jerry's down here??? I
could really use a Chocolate Fudge Brownie fix!!!
Keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel!
|
|
|
rhintransit
Super Nomad
Posts: 1588
Registered: 9-4-2006
Location: Loreto
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thrifty comes from the US, it's marginal in my opinion. we don't have a Dairy Queen here to check. Magnum bars are good, but too big in my opinion.
Holandia (spelling) is made in Mexico and is yummy, especially the vanilla. and I can get it in pints. in Loreto, imported ice cream in the grocery
stores can run 70-100 pesos/half gallon.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
|
|
|
ncampion
Super Nomad
Posts: 1238
Registered: 4-15-2006
Location: Loreto
Member Is Offline
Mood: Retired and Loving it
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by rhintransit
in Loreto, imported ice cream in the grocery stores can run 70-100 pesos/half gallon. |
Yeah, but it's worth it, especially in summer!!!!!
|
|
|
bajaguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9247
Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
Member Is Offline
Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
.....since any ice cream I buy in the states starts to melt by the time I get to Ensenada... |
Next time you go to the states, bring an ice chest. While you are grocery shopping, buy some dry ice, place ice cream in ice chest with dry ice on top
of the ice cream packages......when you reach Ensenada, frozen ice cream!!!!
|
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
We have the Thrifty's in San Felipe. It does indeed taste better.......I suppose because it is all in my head :-)
Now remembers the Thrifty's ice cream for 5 cents a scoop?!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
AmoPescar
Senior Nomad
Posts: 835
Registered: 7-15-2006
Location: North San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Need a Fish Taco and a Pacifico!
|
|
I DO!!!
5 or 10 cents bought you a lot of yummy goodness!!
And remember the frosty mug of A&W for a nickel?
Or 16 cent cheesburgers at McDonalds...Cheeseburger, fries and a soda with change from a dollar!!
Miguelamo 
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Who remembers the Thrifty's ice cream for 5 cents a scoop?! |
Nomad Amigos...Here\'s hoping you all have safe Baja travels, amazing sunrises, sunny days, comforting breezes, beautiful sunsets, tasty tacos,
cold cervezas and frosty margaritas!!
|
|
|
MitchMan
Super Nomad
Posts: 1856
Registered: 3-9-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thrifty is not bad ice cream. Haven't tried Magnum, but because of recent thread, looking forward to trying some. Tried the Strawberry Holanda from
La Paz WalMart -- terrible. Will try the Vanilla, though. Now, Dairy Queen?
In Orange County, Ca there is shopping center off the 405 Fwy in Laguna Niguel with a Borders and a Dairy Queen. One hot summer day, got a milk shake
at Dairy Queen on the way to Borders book store. It tasted pretty good, a bit too sweet though. Sucked down about 2/3 of the shake and left it cold
in the cup holder in the car, with the straw sticking straight up in the middle of the cup as the shake was thick and firm. Went into borders for two
hours, came out, got in the car and noticed that the straw was still sticking straight up in the shake. I moved the straw around in the milk shake
the shake was just as thick as when I bought it cold, yet this was two hours later in a hot car and the shake was very warm to the touch.
Now, I know a little about chemistry and a little about food chemistry as my first real job out of college was for Hunt Wesson in their Fullerton Ca
food laboratory. My claim to fame is that I worked with the group of five that developed the chocolate flavored Hunt's Snack Pack pudding. So I have
an insight into modified food starches in the pudding bases made from powdered sodium casseinate, sugar, vegetable oil, food coloring, concentrated
chemical ester scent flavorings, preservatives, emulsifiers, high pressure steam heating in giant vats and homogenization through pressurized
votators to produce a totally artificial flavor and texture that will stand up in two hours of heat in car.
I am not saying the Dairy Queen puts out bad stuff, let's just say I am suspect and suspicious about what was in that "milk shake".
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajachillin
Per the owner of the Thrifty ice cream shop here, the ice cream is imported from the States. |
That's what they say.
Years back, I knew a guy with a tire shop in Ensenada. His brother had a Thrifty store in San Felipe and the tire guy would take a refrigerated truck
load over there about once each month. On the way, without fail, a fed highway cop would pull him over and mordida him for a half gallon of ice
cream. Every time.
For those in Punta Banda who can't remember past last week, Paty's restaurant by La Joya used to be a Thrifty Ice Cream store.
|
|
|
jakecard
Nomad
Posts: 141
Registered: 7-13-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Thrifty is not bad ice cream. Haven't tried Magnum, but because of recent thread, looking forward to trying some. Tried the Strawberry Holanda from
La Paz WalMart -- terrible. Will try the Vanilla, though. Now, Dairy Queen?
In Orange County, Ca there is shopping center off the 405 Fwy in Laguna Niguel with a Borders and a Dairy Queen. One hot summer day, got a milk shake
at Dairy Queen on the way to Borders book store. It tasted pretty good, a bit too sweet though. Sucked down about 2/3 of the shake and left it cold
in the cup holder in the car, with the straw sticking straight up in the middle of the cup as the shake was thick and firm. Went into borders for two
hours, came out, got in the car and noticed that the straw was still sticking straight up in the shake. I moved the straw around in the milk shake
the shake was just as thick as when I bought it cold, yet this was two hours later in a hot car and the shake was very warm to the touch.
Now, I know a little about chemistry and a little about food chemistry as my first real job out of college was for Hunt Wesson in their Fullerton Ca
food laboratory. My claim to fame is that I worked with the group of five that developed the chocolate flavored Hunt's Snack Pack pudding. So I have
an insight into modified food starches in the pudding bases made from powdered sodium casseinate, sugar, vegetable oil, food coloring, concentrated
chemical ester scent flavorings, preservatives, emulsifiers, high pressure steam heating in giant vats and homogenization through pressurized
votators to produce a totally artificial flavor and texture that will stand up in two hours of heat in car.
I am not saying the Dairy Queen puts out bad stuff, let's just say I am suspect and suspicious about what was in that "milk shake".
|
Who knew a thread about a hackneyed topic such as personal preferences for ice cream could be so educational.
There are things to be learned in the unlikeliest of places!
Thanks!
Jake
|
|
|
comitan
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4177
Registered: 3-27-2004
Location: La Paz
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
New DQ in La Paz on 5th Feb. 7-8 block going south on the right.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
|
|
|
Oso
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2637
Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: on da border
Member Is Offline
Mood: wait and see
|
|
While I can understand the longing for something you haven't had in a long time*, in Mexico I prefer paletas, especially from one of the La Michoacana
franchises. They must have a hundred different fruit flavors. My favorites are mamey, mango and well actually there aren't any I don't like.
* Back in the 60's in Mexico City I used to go crazy trying to find a COLD coke. Few of the little stores had refrigeration, so sodas were all served
a tiempo (room temperature). The only one I could stand like that was Orange Crush. My only salvation was a little stand in Chapultepec Park that
had sno-cones. I'd buy a plain sno-cone, no syrup, and an a tiempo coke to pour into it.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
|
|
|
Cypress
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7641
Registered: 3-12-2006
Location: on the bayou
Member Is Offline
Mood: undecided
|
|
How 'bout make your own ice cream? Toss in anything you want and enjoy it.
|
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by AmoPescar
I DO!!!
5 or 10 cents bought you a lot of yummy goodness!!
And remember the frosty mug of A&W for a nickel?
Or 16 cent cheesburgers at McDonalds...Cheeseburger, fries and a soda with change from a dollar!!
Miguelamo
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Who remembers the Thrifty's ice cream for 5 cents a scoop?! |
|
McD's .......a rootbeer Keg was on the countertops and the french fries were cut on location with some skin left on. Did I say cooked in yummy fats ?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
Gypsy Jan
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4275
Registered: 1-27-2004
Member Is Offline
Mood: Depends on which way the wind is blowing
|
|
The Magnum is All Good
When we bought the Magnum bars in the Comercial Mexicana (Pelican) with the rest of our groceries, by the time we reached home, maybe thirty minutes
in 70 degree heat, the chocolate was intact, but the ice cream was melting.
I put the box into the freezer and then, in the next days, cut off pieces to eat, since they are so large, as far as my appetite goes.
On a plate, after a few minutes, the ice cream melts down. It is the real deal for taste and goodness.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
|
|
|
MitchMan
Super Nomad
Posts: 1856
Registered: 3-9-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
mcfez, I remember $.05 single scoop Thrifty ice cream in Whittier's Whitwood center around 1960, and $.15 MacDonald hamburgers in the 60s, even
better, $.05 A&W Root beers, candy apple red lowered 49 Chevy's and metal flake blue Buicks with tuck n' roll and spinners, El Monte Legion
Stadium "Be there or be square", Art Laboe, Sam Riddle, KFWB Channel 98 AM, B Mitchell Reed, Prison of Socrates, The Newport Beach Rendezvous Ball
Room, and Wolfman Jack playing Little Richard's "Lucille".
|
|
|
Pompano
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8194
Registered: 11-14-2004
Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
Member Is Offline
Mood: Optimistic
|
|
I have started a very pleasant project. I'm comparing different ice cream bars as I find them. Finest kind of duty.
So far, I prefer the Magnum bars. They really seem to be crunchier and creamier. Although....second best in this case is not bad,either.
On the topic of nostalgia back in the day....High school days in particular....Our most popular AM radio station Up North was 'KOMA in
Oklahoma'. Did anybody else hear this station back then? This station really 'reached out and touched you.' All the latest rock 'n roll on a
high-power broadcast station coming to my old 36 Chevy rumble-seater almost a thousand miles away.
Like having Dick Clark's American Bandstand in your car. Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer...for sure. I still crave soda,
pretzels...and beer.
Along with the pictured gas pump below, I have my Dad's original upright revolving-dispenser Coke machine that he had at his Pontiac/Buick/Case
dealership. 'The Big Red.' Cokes were a nickel. Buicks were more $$ than Pontiacs...new ones went up from $1500 in 1950 to a whopping $2500 as
shown in this 1959 photo. Loved those Silver Streaks.
My Dad's on the left ...standing next to Uncle Ole, who died a month later in a very bizarre duck-hunting incident.
More old prices nostalgia: Stone's Cafe giant hamburger's 15 cents, pie 15 cents, ala mode 20 cents, movie tickets 50 cents for a double feature
next door, and 25 cents would buy you an afternoon of tunes on the huge Wurlitzer record player.
....Now the cost of a six-pack I wouldn't really know, but it would've been 'Hamm's' or 'Schlitz' to go with the 'church key' 
.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2
3 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
