Sunday, November 30, 2008
Italian ice, also known as water ice, is a frozen dessert made from either concentrated syrup flavoring or fruit purees. It is not shaved ice that is flavored, rather, it is made by the same process by which ice cream is made: mixing ingredients and pouring them into a batch freezer. The quality of Italian ice varies widely by whether it is made with high fructose corn syrup or natural ingredients like sugar. Sometimes the term "Gourmet Italian Ice" is used to refer to Italian ice that is made from real fruit. Common flavors include cherry, coconut, pina colada, blueberry, and lemon. Some specialty shops also sell a wider array of flavors, such as cantaloupe, orange and chocolate.In October 2007, Dennis Moore of "Little Jimmy's Italian Ice" in Elizabeth, New Jersey, submitted the term "Italian ice" as a possible addition to the Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On November 8, 2007, this term was added, in International Class 030: Italian Ice. The most common flavors are lemon, cherry, and blueberry.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wide variations of the ice cream soda can be seen and they are countless as the varieties of soda and flavors of ice cream, but some have become more prominent over the years than others.In some places, a "root beer float" has strictly vanilla ice cream; a float made with root beer and chocolate ice cream is a "chocolate cow" or a "brown cow." There is also a soda float called "purple cow" and it is made with grape soda and vanilla ice cream.
In 2008, the Dr Pepper Snapple Group introduced its Float beverage line. This includes A&W Root Beer and Sunkist flavors which attempt to simulate the taste of their respectful ice cream float flavors in a creamy, bottled drink.

