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dean miller
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Magnum Ice cream bars
Mexican Ice Cream--Magnum Bars
A few weeks back traveling south I stopped at the large new modern Pemex gas station at Camalu. Setting behind the counter and definitely in charge
was a lovely young lady by the name of Christina who had a smile as big as all Baja and as bright as the Mexican sun at mid day. In chatting in
first Spanglish and later in English I discovered she had spent a number of years in Oxnard/ Ventura area and often vacationed in Pismo Beach.
She indicated they had just received a shipment of the new Holanda "Magnum ice cream bars" and suggested that I might enjoy one of them since the
weather was a little on the warm side. Mrs. Miller and I also thought a great suggestion. I chose a "Classic bar" which was covered in a rich thick
chocolate coating, my wife chose a "Devotion bar" which was also covered with a rich thick chocolate and nuts.
Later on in our travels we sampled the "Almendras bar" and a "Yoghurt Supremo." Once again both bars were lavishly covered with a very rich thick
creamy chocolate and were equally delicious.
We made it a point to have a Magnum bar at every opportunity and with the passage of time have lost track of the actual number we consumed but our
increased tightness of the waist band on our Levis indicate we had sampled almost too many.
The prices for the bars were from about $1.50 to $2.75 at Palomar in Santo Tomas, --as expected the ghost and prices of Senior Enrique Villareal aka
"El bandito" lives on in his children and grand children..
I hold fast to the opinion that the Holanda Magnum bars are equal to or even better that the US produced "Dove Bar" but certainly inferior to the
"Costco bar," however, Mrs Miller was not as impressed. She was under the opinion that I and she to a lessor degree were suffering from the "Dinty
More syndrome; " made so famous many years ago by the pioneer Southern California diver Ron Prange which states ' The longer you are away from home,
the farther you are away from home, the colder (-or hotter) you are, the wetter (-or dryer) you are, the hungrier you are the better Dinty More stew
tastes.
Never-the-less I eagerly look forward to my next trip to the wilds of Baja in a few months and even more Magnum bars....After having a Dove bar
yesterday I still consider the Magnum the better bar, but can't convince my wife. In order to settle the family dispute and create a degree of
domestic tranquility please complete the survey .
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bajaguy
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Dean.....might these Magnum Bars be found anywhere in Ensenada?????.....my Levis have developed some room around the waist area, and since I am not in
the mood to buy new pants in a smaller waist size, I thought consuming some Magnum Bars in a taste test might be a "natural" way to regain the custom
fit of my pants. Also please provide more info on the "COSTCO bar"
Any photos of the taste comparisons?????
[Edited on 6-6-2008 by bajaguy]
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Paulina
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Dean Miller,
This was an intertaining post. We don't eat ice cream very much at our casa, but when the urge hits hard our one weakness is for "Skinny Cow" ice
cream. I'm going to keep an eye out for the Magnum bar, as I think Cody might like to try something other than a Penguino every now and then.
Regarding Dinty Moore stew, funny you should mention that. My children considered Dinty Moore a special treat, as it was only offered as Baja fare.
Saludos,
P<*)))><
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P<*)))><..........
When you are here and the urge hits, Nestles Pints, various flavors, Dollar Store next to the Pelican Store...11 pesos.
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How does one get a problem like yours? Room around the waist area, indeed! I love it!
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Dean.....might these Magnum Bars be found anywhere in Ensenada?????.....my Levis have developed some room around the waist area, and since I am not in
the mood to buy new pants in a smaller waist size, I thought consuming some Magnum Bars in a taste test might be a "natural" way to regain the custom
fit of my pants. Also please provide more info on the "COSTCO bar"
Any photos of the taste comparisons?????
[Edited on 6-6-2008 by bajaguy] |
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I have never noticed these puppies. Dark chocolate is suppose to reverse the aging process! Bring 'em on...This is what I deem a significant
contribution to adapting to life in Baja!
Do you have it before or after the bacon wrapped hot dogs?
Life is short, eat dessert first?
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Costco Bars rule! I no longer measure my waist size in inches, it is measured in number of Costco Bars I have consumed.
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Where are these COSTCO bars to be found????? I am on a COSTCO mission!!!!!!!!!!
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Mangum Bars are found all over Europe, and they are very gooooodddd, especially con almendras. This is the only ice cream bar I get when traveling in
Baja.....it is quite popular.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dean miller
The prices for the bars were from about $1.50 to $2.75 at Palomar in Santo Tomas, --as expected the ghost and prices of Senior Enrique Villareal aka
"El bandito" lives on in his children and grand children. |
Ain't that the truth. The brother of the guy who runs El Palomar runs the store back north up the road on the other side of the checkpoint (something
like Las Almandares?) It's on the east side of the road and has old tractor parts and giant tequila bottles out front, and a "rest area/Baja 500 pit
stop" across the road. His prices in the store are fairly reasonable, and he just opened a bar/restaurant on the south side, built over what used to
be the chicken coop. Two weeks ago we stopped in and had a snack and a drink -- chips and salsa and a margie, all good, and sampled the beans, which
he flavors with chorizo. We would have eaten lunch, but I had promised the family Tacos Los Poblanos (as it turned out, they were closed, so we went
to El Poblano). He was only serving food on weekends but said he'll be serving 7 days soon. While we were there, Roger Norman pulled up in his
pre-runner and his crew gave my kids some stickers while they gawked at the truck.
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Bruce R Leech
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having been in the ice cream business in Mexico for a few years I found out that Dove and Magnum Bars. are the same. they come from the same factory
in Argentina and only the wrapper is deferent.
Bruce R Leech
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dean miller
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Re Costco bars...
I was introduced to the Costco bar in SD. My son and I were shopping at Costco and decided to have lunch. We ordered the normal Costco Polish dog
and possibly some thing else. At the end of ordering we --he or I - noticed a sign attached to the upper left hand corner of the ordering counter
cage with a picture of a Ice Cream bar.
"Lets have a bar also, $1.50 each." The lady said "I would suggest that pay for it now, eat you eat your meal and return and I will prepare your
bars"...So we did.
My dutiful son returned to the counter and picked up the bars....He returned to our seats with two large actually HUGE bars covered with thick creamy
chocolate and rolled in chopped almonds.
He explained that the Bars were removed from the freezer dipped in a molten chocolate then immediately rolled in the chopped almonds..They were almost
too much but we managed to force them down--I was over 6 feet in my youth he is 6-3+...
I have visited several Costcos since that time for a Costco Bar--not all of them offer the bar. If they do carry it they advertise it via a small
sign in the upper left hand corner almost to the top of the order in cage. I have never questioned why all Costcos don't carry the bar but suspect it
is because lack of facilities or space.
It is certainly worth the hunt...
If Costco Ensenada begins carrying them we will certainly fill our small RV freezer on the way south and on the way back to the states
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dean miller
Re Costco bars...
It is certainly worth the hunt...
If Costco Ensenada begins carrying them we will certainly fill our small RV freezer on the way south and on the way back to the states
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If the COSTCO in Ensenada does carry them, I will be the short, old, fat guy dressed in sweats (with an elastic waistband) sitting at one of the
outdoor picnic tables with a COSTCO Choco-Flan and a pile of COSTCO ice cream bars in front of me!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bruce R Leech
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Im going to try some of those costco bars if I can find them Dean
Bruce R Leech
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Let me know if they have Pacifico flavor.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dean miller
They were almost too much but we managed to force them down--I was over 6 feet in my youth he is 6-3+... |
Wimps! You're WIMPS! You haven't lived until you have consumed 2 Costco Bars at one sitting. I used to have a 34" waist, now I have a
.............nevermind.
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They aren't hard to find in Rosarito- in fact it's all we buy. The magnum bars (in all flavors) are available in the freezer section of any of the
large supermarkets in Rosarito- like the Commercial or Pelicano. Sometimes they even have them in the reach-in freezers at the check out lanes.
There's only three bars in the large box though.
Hollandia ice creams have a much higher milkfat content than american ice creams- which explains why it's just so darned good. It's the dense hard
type of ice cream that you almost have to chew.
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MAGNUM: We had one from the mini market at the Pemex in Camalu (I think)... Very good... Not sure if it beats out a Dove Bar or Hagen Daz (sp?), but
was a nice find on THE BAJA highway!
PS, the Skinny Cow fudge bars a really AWESOME! (see Paulina's reply above)... but hard to find... locally at Henry's or Vons (sometimes).
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I've been addicted to those Magnum bars for years whenever I visit Norway, and boy was I happy to find them in Mazatlan the last time I was there!
Thank GOD they don't sell them in the U.S. although the Hagen Daaz chocolate/dark chocolate bars are pretty darn good as well.
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dean miller
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Magnum bars
The correct spelling is Haagen Dazs --per the box
My wife stopped at the market and purchased a box of Haagen Dazs bars to night. We made a taste test and we were in agreement that Haagen Dazs bars
are way down on the list...In no way can compare to Magnum or Costco- Or even Dove --Not in any way in the the running..
David --sorry to disappoint you--Save your Pesos for Magnum Bars
dm
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by dean miller]
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