Hrrmph. I'm making my way through all the vanilla bean ice creams, and...how did I ever think the Haagen Dazs Five was good? It's so incredibly sweet there's no way I'm finishing the whole thing.

oh I thought it was pretty good last time I had it.

what about the other HD?

Have you had Graeter's vanilla, ita? or Jenni's?

Hil - any chance they were relatives living with them for a year or so. maybe for school, maybe until families immigrated? My dad had a cousin live with him for a year or so when he was growing up. I feel like there have been episodes of Who Do You Think You Are where they have found family members not in the home of their parents.

Hil - any chance they were relatives living with them for a year or so. maybe for school, maybe until families immigrated? My dad had a cousin live with him for a year or so when he was growing up. I feel like there have been episodes of Who Do You Think You Are where they have found family members not in the home of their parents.

That's what I would have thought if they'd been older or these were earlier censuses, but the kids are all preschool age, and it's with parts of the family that had been in the US for decades already. (One of the daughters of one of these families is still alive, and she suggested that if her parents or her aunt and uncle could have somehow gotten extra money by claiming some more kids, they would have had no qualms about inventing a few, but I don't think that the census would count for anything like that.)

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what about the other HD?

I am only eating vanilla bean. I haven't tasted any of the other flavours.

Graeter's didn't wow me, but I didn't hate it. Would eat again. The supermarket that I went to that had Jeni's ice cream didn't have vanilla bean, but some of the flavours they had did look interesting. For when I'm finished with the bean.

I think I don't like Tahitian vanilla bean...I need one more example. I've had Talenti and one other brand, and there was a weird aftertaste.

By mistake I bought McConnell's twice (they changed the packaging), and they both had ice crystals in them, which messed with the experience.

I think Alden's vanilla bean is my favourite so far. Though--the Ralph's Private Selection Crushed Vanilla Bean's not bad, considering. And I haven't tried any ice cream stores--just brands available in supermarkets.

Re Flavorless apples: Core. Bake with raisins, honey, cinamon as stuffing. A bit of red wine if you wish. Sugar you cannot currently taste in the apples will add to the sweetness. The easy way is to halve the apples before adding flavors. Bake for about 20 minutes on 425. Many variations, butter, brown sugar, nuts, cereal as stuffing/topping. You can cook at a lower temp for longer.

Or Microwave, though since you are a supertaster you might hate the difference. At any rate for two apples microwave for 4 minutes high. Every time you double the recipe, double the number of minutes then subtract 1 minutes. So for 4 apples, microwave for 7 minutes on high. For 8 apples microwave for 13 minutes on high.

ita,

there are two vanilla bean flavors from HD. One is the Five, which you do not like. But there is at least 1 or 2 others.

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