******************************************** Hot News from Soup Central at E.D. Foods June 20th, 2005 ******************************************** Over a MILLION site visitors Over 80,000 subscribers to this newsletter TABLE OF CONTENTS: For All you wanted to know (And some you didn't) About Ice Cream A. Monthly Specials B. What Flavor Are You? C. I Scream, You Scream... D. Weird and Wacky Ice Cream Flavors E. Make-Your-Own-Ice-Cream Recipes Saffron Ice Cream Buttery-Maple Pecan Ice Cream Blueberry Yogurt Ice Cream Orange Cream Dream Ice Cream No-Ice-Cream-Maker Recipe - 2 Coffee Cans No-Ice-Cream-Maker Recipe - Plastic Baggies F. Recipes with Ice Cream Ice Cream Pumpkin Pie Coconut Fried Ice Cream with Kahlua Fudge Sauce Quick & Healthy Yogurt Pops Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches G. Ice Cream Sites H. Dear Soup Lady I. People Pleasing Giant Free Samples J. Customer's Recipes Corner Caffeine-Free Iced Tea K. Short and Sweet L. Quote of the Month M. Children's Letters to God ******************* A. Monthly Specials ******************* Check out all our great deals and specials at: U.S. Customers: http://www.ed-foods.com/special.html Canadian Customers: http://www.ed-foods.com/special_C.html ************************ B. What Flavor Are You? ************************ I thought it would be cute to include an ice cream personality quiz in here, but quickly realized that there were a lot of them out there. So, throughout this newsletter, I'll be sprinkling in different links to the various flavors of ice cream quizzes out there. Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~Ice Cream Personality Quiz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,1-24674,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************** C. I Scream, You Scream... ************************** So just how long have we all been screaming for ice cream? No one can say for certain when this frosty treat first appeared, but there are records of ice cream being around at least as far back as 54 AD, when the Roman Emperor Nero used to send his slaves to the top of the mountains to gather snow. This snow was mixed with juice, honey or wine and these 'sweet ices' were only available to Nero and the ruling class. Time rolled on, and 'ices' continued to be only available to the wealthy. In 1271, explorer Marco Polo traveled to China where he discovered desserts made of ice and milk (think of an early version of sherbets). He took these recipes back to Italy, where they were served, once again, only to the elite. Ice cream made its way to the US in the 1700's - the first mention was when the Governor of Maryland served ice cream as dessert to a guest. In 1777, a New York confectionery shop advertised that it would begin serving ice cream. In 1843, New England housewife Nancy Johnson invented and patented the hand-cranked ice cream churn that uses the same methods that we still see today in our own ice cream makers (although it has gone through a few changes). For more information on ice cream's beginnings, please see the ice cream links section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~Ice Cream Quiz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.adjunctnation.com/archive/quiz/?key=59 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************************ D. Weird and Wacky Ice Cream Flavors ************************************ Anyone who has ever visited a Ben & Jerry's knows that they have some unusual ice cream flavors - both in name and ingredients. But if thought you were being daring when you ordered a scoop of Phish Foodª or The Gobfatherª, read through our list of some of the more 'creative' ice cream concoctions out there: Fish Ice Cream- Unlike the famous B&J's Phish Food flavor, the fish in this ice cream are not made of fudge. It's actually interesting how this flavor came about - A confectionery shop owner, Yoshiaki Sato, was outraged at the enormous waste of Saury, a local saltwater fish, and decided to do something about it. And so, saury soon became the main ingredient for his new fish ice cream. He didn't stop there though, Mr. Sato is also responsible for creating such fishy frozen treats as Eel, Clam and Salmon Egg ice cream flavors. Agutuk (Alaskan Ice Cream) - Made from reindeer or caribou fat, seal oil and a variety of berries, this ice cream would certainly be an acquired taste! It's suggested to serve this Alaskan treat with smoked salmon strips - and if you'd like to give it a try, you can find a recipe at: http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/ice-cream/02/rec0286.html Beer Sorbet - I'm not sure what inspired this unique flavor combination, but it was a custom-created flavor made by homemade ice cream maker Dandy Don's. This company is also responsible for many others, such as Lime Sorbet with Pink Peppercorns and Mint Leaves. You can check out the others at: http://www.dandydonsicecream.com/icecream Lobster Ice Cream - A homemade specialty of Ben and Bill's Chocolate Emporium located in Maine. This unusual flavor made it's debut in the early 90's and was created to refute rumors that their ice cream was not homemade (I guess you showed all of them,Ben and Bill! :-). Poached Egg & Bacon ice cream - A unique specialty of Winterland restaurant in California. Reviews have actually been very positive and it seems that they've managed to make this into a delicious, if not slightly odd, taste combination. http://www.winterlandrestaurant.com/Winterland.html Honorable Mentions - These ice cream flavors certainly deserve a spot in this section, but I wasn't able to find much information on them, except that they exist - so have a look and you can form your own opinions! Octopus Ox Tongue Chocolate Garlic Praline and Chili Corn Cactus Sauerkraut Tomato and Vegetable Wasabi Chicken Wing Minestrone Anchovies Fried Pork Rind Chili con Carne Some weird and wacky ice cream flavor links: http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/photospecials/0207/ice-cream/2.html A list of some interesting ice cream flavors from Japan. http://www.radaronline.com/web-only/style-slave/2005/05/they-all-scream.php In my search for the oddest ice cream flavors out there, I came across this page. They had some top chefs and some children review unusual flavors that are served in some of the fanciest restaurants. The children's comments are more than enough to make this site worth visiting. A sneak peak -> Alexander, age 10 (of the Haddock ice cream): "ThatÕs either fish or two- year-old hair." ~~~~~~~~~~~~Ice Cream Personality Quiz ~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.go-quiz.com/icecream/icecream-test.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ********************************** E. Make-Your-Own-Ice-Cream Recipes ********************************** If you don't have your own ice cream maker (and many people don't), there are a few ways that you can make your own fresh and creamy homemade ice cream without an ice cream maker (although I'll be the first to admit, it is easier if you have one). Below are several recipes for making your own ice cream at home. If it has a star before the name (*), you can make this recipe either with your ice cream maker or without! So grab your favorite sweet ingredients and start cooking (or freezing...) ******************* *Saffron Ice Cream ******************* Serves 2-4 600ml full-cream milk 200ml double cream 20 Syren Saffron Filaments 5 egg yolks, free-range and as fresh as possible 140g sugar 1. Bring the milk and cream to a boil. Add the Syren Saffron filaments, remove from heat and leave to infuse overnight. 2. The following morning, beat the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until smooth and white. Pour in a little of the saffron infusion and beat again. 3. Place the egg mixture and the rest of the saffron infusion in a saucepan and cook at 87 degrees C for 3 minutes. (you can use a bain marie). Cook until the mixture coats the spoon. 4. Pass the mixture through a sieve. Rescue the filaments of saffron, and return them to the mixture. Allow to cool. When cold, churn the mixture in an ice-cream machine or chill in a bowl in the freezer, removing at 1 hour intervals and beating until set. Found on waitrose.com ********************************* *Buttery-Maple Pecan Ice Cream ********************************* Yields 2 quarts 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 1/2 cup pecans, chopped, toasted 3 tbsp butter, melted 1 tsp pure maple syrup 2 cups half & half 2 cups whipping cream, unwhipped Ice Cream Maker Instructions 1. In a large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, pecans, butter and maple syrup. Mix well. Stir in remaining ingredients. 2. Pour into ice cream freezer container. Freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Freezer Instructions 1. Omit half & half and whip whipping cream. In a large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, pecans, butter and maple. Mix well. Fold in whipping cream. 2. Pour into 9x5" loaf pan and cover. Freeze 6 hours or until firm. **************************** Blueberry Yogurt Ice Cream **************************** 1/2 pint (250ml) double (heavy) cream 1lb (450-500g carton) of natural yogurt 1lb (450g) blueberries (rinsed clean) 9oz (250g) caster sugar 4 tbsp of cassis 1. Place the caster sugar and blueberries together in a saucepan. Stir in 250ml (8fl oz) of cold water and bring to the boil. Simmer for about 10 to 12 minutes. 2. When the blueberries are tender remove the pan from the heat. Take out approx 1/4 of the blueberres from the pan and put to one side to cool and use later. Using a food processor or blender, take the remaining mixture from the pan and blend it with the cassis, then pour into a bowl and allow to cool. 3. Whip the double (heavy) cream and fold it into the bowl of blended mixture along with the yoghurt and berries which were placed to one side earlier. Transfer the complete mixture into an ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer's instructions. **************************** Banana Bonanza Ice Cream **************************** 2 cups milk 2 cups whipping cream 2 eggs, beaten 1 1/4 cups sugar 2 med. bananas, extra ripe & peeled 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg 1. In a saucepan, combine milk, cream, eggs and sugar. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon. Cool to room temperature. 2. Puree bananas in blender. Combine cooled custard, bananas, vanilla, salt and nutmeg. Pour into freezer container. Freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Found on www.ichef.com ********************************* Orange Cream Dream Ice Cream ********************************* This is a homemade version of Ben & Jerry's classic orange cream ice cream. Yields 1 generous quart 1/3 cup Orange Juice concentrate, thawed 2 tsp vanilla 2 cup heavy or whipping cream 3/4 cup sugar 2/3 cup half & half 1. Pour the cream into a mixing bowl. Whisk in the sugar, a little at a time, then continue wisking until completely blended, about 1 minute more. Pour the half & half and whisk to blend. Add the juice concentrate and vanilla and blend. 2. Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze following the manufacturer's instructions. ********************************************** *No-Ice-Cream-Maker Recipe - 2 Coffee Cans ********************************************** Chocolate Ice Cream 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup light cream 1/2 cup sugar 4 tbsp cocoa 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1/8 tsp salt 'Ice Cream Maker' 1 lb empty coffee can 1 3lb empty coffee can 2 cups salt ice 1. In a 1lb coffee can, mix all ingredients. Seal can lid well with duct tape. Put small, sealed can inside larger 3lb can. Pack ice and 1 cup salt around small can. Put lid on large can and duct tape closed. 2. Roll back & forth on a large towel for 15 minutes. Open large can and dump ice and water. Wipe small can dry and open. Stir mix, scraping sides of can. Add additional ingredients (cookies crumbs, chopped nuts, etc) now. 3. Reseal small can and place back in larger can. Repack with salt and ice. Continue rolling for 10 minutes more. Open large can and dump ice and water. Wipe small can dry and open. Enjoy. ********************************************** *No-Ice-Cream-Maker Recipe - Plastic Baggies ********************************************** Vanilla Ice Cream 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 cup milk or half & half 1/4 tsp vanilla 'Ice Cream Maker' 1 sandwich-sized Zip-Loc bag 1 gallon-sized Zip-Loc bag 2 tbsp rock salt Ice cubes 1. Put ice cream mix ingredients into the smaller Zip-Loc bag and zip close. 2. Put the smaller Zip-Loc in the larger bag, along with the rock salt and enough ice to make the larger bag 3/4 full. 3. Shake and roll filled bag over and over on a towel (the melted ice may leak a bit) until frozen (about 15-20 min.). Enjoy. ************************* F. Recipes with Ice Cream ************************* ********************* Ice Cream Pumpkin Pie ********************* Makes 9" pie 50 vanilla wafer cookies 1/2 cup walnuts 1/4 cup butter, melted 2 tbsp pure maple syrup 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice 3/4 cup heavy cream 2 tbsp granulated sugar 1. In a food processor, blend the vanilla wafer cookies and walnuts into fine crumbs. By hand, mix in the butter and maple syrup. Transfer mixture to a 9-inch pie pan and, using a fork, press firmly and evenly onto the bottom and sides of the pan to create a crust. Chill 10 minutes in the freezer. 2. In a large bowl, blend the vanilla ice cream, pumpkin and pumpkin spice. Spoon into the pie crust and smooth top with a spatula. Chill 1 hour in the freezer, or until firm. 3. Before serving pie, place the heavy cream and granulated sugar in a small bowl. Mix with an electric mixer on high speed until peaks form. Spoon into a pastry bag with a star tip and pipe around the edge of the pie. Recipe by Cathryn Gross *********************************************** Coconut Fried Ice Cream with Kahlua Fudge Sauce *********************************************** Serves 4 1 cup cornflakes 1 cup coconut 1 cup brown sugar 1 pint vanilla ice cream 1 egg 2 tbsp milk hot oil for frying 1/2 oz Kahlua 4 oz hot fudge sauce whipped cream chocolate shavings 1. Crush cornflakes. Mix with coconut and brown sugar and toast in oven for topping. 2. Scoop vanilla ice cream with large scooper, making 4 scoops. Make sure scoops are well shaped. Freeze scoops. 3. Combine eggs with milk and beat for egg wash. Dip ice cream in egg wash and roll in topping to coat well. Freeze again. 4. When ready to serve, place scoop in fry basket and dip into hot oil for 1 second. Remove immediately. 5. Serve with sauce which has been made by combining Kahlua and hot fudge sauce. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings. **************************** Quick & Healthy Yogurt Pops **************************** Looking for fast and refreshing homemade treat? Just take some individually packaged yogurt cups, put a popsicle stick in the middle and freeze. Whenever you want your frozen yogurt pop, peel back the top, pop out of the container and enjoy! ***You can also save money (and the environment) by buying a bigger bulk container of yogurt and pouring it into reusable plastic popsicle molds (you should be able to find these at your local Zellers or Wal-Mart for less than $10). You'll have perfect yogurt pops everytime! *********************************** Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches *********************************** Yields 15 sandwiches 1 cup shortening 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips 15 scoops strawberry ice cream, softened 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Beat shortening, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl until creamy. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each with palm of hand or bottom of glass into a 3-inch circle about 1/4-inch thick. (Add 2 tablespoons flour if dough is too soft to handle.) 3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. 4. Place scoop of slightly softened ice cream on flat side of one cookie; spread evenly. Top with second cookie, pressing lightly. Wrap in foil; immediately place in freezer. Freeze until firm. ******************* G. Ice Cream Sites ******************* http://www.benjerry.com/ Check out their flavor graveyard, try some of their recipes, send some e-cards and just have fun. http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/icecream.html For the more technical and scientific aspects of ice cream, this is best resource online. From ice cream's history to it's molecular structure, you'll find it all. http://www.ice-cream-recipes.com/recipes.htm Lots of great ice cream information and more yummy recipes for you to try! http://spaghettiicecream.com/welcome.htm This company has made an ice cream spaghetti maker, and it's really fun to see at what they've been able to do with just ice cream and toppings! http://www.kemps.com/products/pillsbury/media_secrets.html Is your ice cream always freezer-burned? Melts too quickly? Check out this site for some great tips on storing and eating your ice cream. ~~~~~~~Ice Cream Personality Quiz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.personalityquiz.net/test/icecream.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***************** H. Dear Soup Lady ***************** *** You can send your questions to the Soup Lady at kellys@ed.ca Dear Soup Lady, "I was just wondering when we email or order with you, do you keep our email addresses confidential, or are they sold? I had to change mine because of this happening with other companies. Also, why not put your URL's [in your newsletters] in blue, so we can just click on them? Thanks." Chuck & Mary, IA Hi Chuck & Mary, Beginning with your first question - Under no circumstances do we ever give out or sell your information. If you place an order with us, we use your email address to send your order and shipment confirmations, as well as this newsletter (which you can easily unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom). For more information on our privacy policy, visit: http://www.ed-foods.com/privacy.html As for your second question - our newsletter is in text format, not HTML, and some email programs don't show the links as active (meaning that if you click on them, it opens the page in your browser). If your links aren't active, you can always copy them and paste them directly into your browser. Alternatively, we now have our older newsletters available in HTML on our site (and they all have active links). Our latest newsletters are usually posted within a week of when they're sent out, so you can also check back and use the links there! http://www.ed-foods.com/newsletter.html Dear Soup Lady, "I recently had Beer & Cheese soup at House of Blues in Vegas. Any idea how to make this great soup?" Rebecca Nightwine Hi Rebecca, I was unable to find an exact recipe for the House of Blues' Beer & Cheese soup. However, after some searching, I found a recipe for a Beer Cheese soup that is very highly rated - I hope it's comparable to one you had! Beer Cheese Soup 4 cubes chicken bouillon 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer 3 cups water 1 1/2 cups cubed potatoes 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup chopped onion 1 (20 ounce) package frozen cauliflower and broccoli 1 pouch O.G. Cream of Chicken Veloute mix (or 2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup) 1 cup milk 1 pound processed cheese food (eg. Velveeta), cubed 1. In a large pot over medium high heat, dissolve the bouillon in the beer and water. Add the potatoes, celery, carrots and onion, mix well and allow to cook for 15 to 20 minutes. 2. Stir in the cauliflower and broccoli mix, and heat for 10 more minutes. 3. Stir together the O.G. Cream of Chicken Veloute mix with the milk and add the mixture and the cheese to your pot. Reduce heat to low and allow the cheese to melt, stirring often. ************************************* I. People Pleasing Giant Free Samples ************************************* "I ordered one of the free samples - and what a great deal! I was expecting a couple of free bowls of soup, and I got this enourmous pouch, that makes loads and loads of soup! I also liked the free tea and single serving chicken noodle soup. With extra stuff like this, how can your customers NOT be fanatics? Thanks ED Foods." Dan Ferin, IA "The free sample pack created a ton of soup and it was so simple to make. I didn't know that soup could taste that good! Thanks" James Thompson, TX "I tried the free sample of Potato soup, thinking to myself that if it was really bad, it only cost me shipping. Boy, was I suprised how good it was! I started sending it to everyone I thought would enjoy it as much as I did! Thank you so much for a great product. " Patricia Knapp, NY "Very Yummy! You have a great company. I think you spoiled us with the try-me package!! I loved everything I have tried so far and I even gave my sister a pouch to try and she loved it too! Thanks,"ÿ Christi Taylor, MI ***************************** J. Customer's Recipes Corner ***************************** Have you cooked up something delicious and uniquely yours with one of our products? If so, we'd love to hear about it! Your recipe could appear in our next newsletter or even on our website. http://www.ed-foods.com/feedback.html Caffeine-Free Iced Tea "The caf-lib Regular and Earl Grey teas makes a wonderful iced tea. My recipe is to take a 4-litre pail, add 1 kettle full of boiling water, 3 Regular Caf-Lib tea bags, 3 Earl Grey Caf-Lib tea bags and 3/4 cup sugar. Let this steep for a couple hours. Remove the tea bags and fill remaining pail with cold water and 1/4 cup real lemon juice. Chill and enjoy!! It's great!!Thanks again for providing this great product." Ruth Pauls, MB ******************* K. Short and Sweet ******************* "Wow amazing! The Tortilla Soup was as good as you promised. No more canned soup in this house!" Terry Zidner, QC "Easy to cook, looked pretty tasty, and tasted even better." Kristina Cooper, KY "Your mixes make me look like a good cook!" Nancy Gross, NC *********************** L. Quote of the Month *********************** "Hi! Yesterday night, I made the chicken noodle soup I had ordered as a free sample. Well, I have to be honest; when I ordered the free sample, I told myself, "At least I hope it's not going to be worse than Lipton's soup." I was so pleasantly surprised when I opened the bag and saw the mix was very far from a Lipton mix - There were a lot of large noodles, veggies, real large chicken pieces, and I was even more pleased to see the resulting soup after cooking. I was so impressed I took a picture of the soup with my digital camera and emailed it to all my friends (Really!). This soup is so chunky you would never guess it comes from a mix, and best of all, you can taste the REAL chicken broth. It was a very appeciated dinner and I even had some leftover soup for BREAKFAST this morning!" Eve Gagnon, QC ~~~~~~~~~Ice Cream Personality Quiz ~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.yournewromance.com/icecreamquiz.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M.========The Last Word ======= ======Children's Letters to God====== Dear God, Please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now. - Amanda Dear God, Thank you for the baby brother, but what I asked for was a puppy. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up. - Joyce Dear Mr. God, I read the bible. What does beget mean? Nobody will tell me. - Love, Alison Dear God, How did you know you were God? Who told you? - Charlene Dear God, I bet it's very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. - Nancy Dear God, My Grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy. How far back do you go? - Love, Dennis Dear God, Do you draw the lines around the countries? If you don't, who does? - Nathan Dear God, Did you mean for giraffes to look like that or was it an accident? - Norma Dear God, I keep waiting for spring, but it never did come yet. What's up? Don't forget. - Mark Dear God, Is Reverend Coe a friend of yours, or do you just know him through the business? - Donny Dear God, I do not think anybody could be a better God than you. Well, I just want you to know that. I am not just saying that because you are already God. - Charles Dear God, I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday night. 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