Pre-internet, when album covers made an impression … great track:
Jeni's Sunshine Review
Next to last in the series of nine, we have Sunshine.
The ice cream is a solid gray, which is cute. No pastry chunks in here. Just citrus flavors. I loved the non-dairy Lemon Bar lemon … the mix of citrus flavors here is a little off as is the texture.
No cutesy side story
Once again it’s a good gimmick flavor, especially given the color … you could have one scoop and never need another scoop again in your life. No re-order here at $12 a pint plus $15 for shipping.
Jeni's Watermelon Taffy Review
We’re getting to the last few in the box, Watermelon Taffy being the seventh flavor to review.
I haven’t eaten a piece of taffy in decades, but this flavor instantly brought it all back and I have no idea how Jeni did this. I looked at the ingredients and saw “natural flavor” on there, which makes me think it must be some kind of oil? The food industry somehow lobbied the FDA or whoever to make it easier to put artificial flavors in things while labeling them “natural flavor.” Anyway, this taffy flavor is perfect, too perfect. That doesn’t mean I like it.
Cutesy side story
Watermelon Taffy is sort of sickeningly sweet, but it has its charms and is a great gimmick flavor. One scoop eaten one time should be enough for one lifetime.
Jeni's Lemon Bar Review
I think all of Jeni’s non-dairy products are made with coconut cream … combining it with lemon and shortbread crust is a winning combo .. this is really good, and the lemon is exactly that lemon bar flavor and texture sort of lemon. Wow, way to go, Jeni.
Cutesy side story
I would get this one again for sure. $12 plus $15 shipping. We have a winner, even though it’s dairy-free (maybe because it’s dairy-free.)
Jeni's Golden Nectar Review
It does indeed taste like nectar, or how one imagines nectar tastes, but the question is do you want to be eating this flavor? (Is the secret ingredient ylang ylang oil?) The little bits of caramel crunch are too small to register, so it’s all this amazing, overwhelming flowery thing going on … this flavor should be a big hit with women! This is not a tough, smelly guy flavor.
Cutesy side story
I wouldn’t get this one again, but I’m going to run it past both my wife and daughter to confirm that this will be a hit flavor with women. UPDATE: Neither my wife nor daughter were thrilled, but my son liked it, and I had another revelation when eating it again: it tastes like frozen egg nog!
Jeni's Buttercream Birthday Cake Review
Do you know those awful store-bought birthday cakes that have the inch-thick frosting all around? Well Jeni has recreated the taste of those PERFECTLY here. My only gripe is there are so many sprinkles that they sort of overwhelm everything, including the tiny chunks of cake.
Crazy sweet and totally over the top, this is a great gimmick flavor — you’ll only need to eat one scoop one time. I’d never eat it again, but I’m glad I ate it once!
Movies Watched -- The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
In German. 124 minute running time so at least 30 minutes too long … I did indeed shed bitter tears for renting this one and wasting an hour of my life on it (2x ffwd) … lesbian love has never looked so dull … Fassbinder apparently had the hots for some young boy who spurned him and this was his way of working that out … this could be the ultimate fag movie, do NOT miss it if you happen to be homosexual. Normies will find it just sort of ridiculous and can give it a miss.
Do you know what you are? A whore, Mother! A miserable little whore! [sounds even better in German]
Jeni's Bombastix Sundae Cone Review
This is the first flavor in this series where the pastry bit, chocolate covered waffle cone, actually works. It’s good! There is a problem though, and it is that the vanilla ice cream tastes mighty fancy, I don’t think anyone gets fancy vanilla bean ice cream in a waffle cone. I’m really nit-picking now.
Cutesy side story
It’s not a grand slam, but this is a winner, and definitely better than both Powdered Jelly Donut and Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
Jeni's Pineapple Upside Down Cake Review
Next up in my series of reviews of Jeni’s ice cream is the Pineapple Upside Down Cake. I love pineapple upside down cake, which I fear is now Old People Food (Jeni was born in 1973, a fellow Gen-Xer (GenX = 1960-1975). Do kids even know what pineapple upside down cake is? (The key is to use fresh pineapple, never canned.)
The pineapple buttermilk ice cream ain’t bad (has a tang) and the cake works a lot better here than the Jelly Donut, but there are giant swirls of caramel in here that make it too sweet, though the sour cherry syrup sort of offsets it (I didn’t see a single cherry in there … correction, there were a few red cherries deeper down).
Cutesy side story
So once again this is a gimmicky flavor that should be tried once in a scoop shop, but it’s not a keeper or a re-order at $12 a pint (plus $15 for shipping) for me.
Previously:
Movies Watched -- Fishing With John (1991)
147 minute running time, but it’s really six separate episodes … it’s goofy and sometimes funny (esp. the silly nature show voiceover guy) but you have to be in the mood for it … John Lurie, I have no idea who he is (born in 1952) but he was somehow buddies with Jim Jarmusch (born 1953), Tom Waits (born 1949), Matt Dillon (born 1964), Willem Dafoe (born 1955), and Dennis Hopper (born 1936). He’s contemporaries with Jarmusch, Waits, and Dafoe (all Boomers) … Dillon is a bit younger (solidly Gen-X (1960-1975) … Dennis Hopper is a generation younger (Depression era), but of course was always young at heart.
John Lurie has poor kid teeth