Comments on: Burnside Endorses: Gelato

By: Ivey McCoig

Ivey McCoig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:53:00 +0000

We are currently working on rebranding a Gelato shop here in Nashville, so I have been forced to eat my weight in this stuff for almost 3 months straight.

I cried the first time I ate it. It was “caramel vaniglia,” I think. Now, I do not necessarily believe in Transubstantiation, but caramel vaniglia gelato is like eating a little piece of Jesus.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:32:00 +0000

There was an episode of “The Apprentice” where the teams had to compete to make a new flavour of gelato

http://www.theapprenticeblog.com/the_apprentice_2/2004/09/_episode_2_summ.html

By: bethwittenbach

bethwittenbach — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:15:00 +0000

Bite your tongue, “ch”! Gelato is by far the best dessert in the world. When my husband and I went to Italy, we had it every day, sometimes twice a day. Now I crave it and there is no place within 40 miles of our redneck city that makes it. Just recently we went to Charleston, SC and walked past a gelato/coffee store. It wasn’t even 10:30 in the morning, and yet we HAD to have some.
You’re right about gelato, Jordan. If every gas station gave away a pint of it with each fill up, I’d pay $5 a gallon with a smile.

By: ch

ch — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:07:00 +0000

I fell victim to the tastiness of Gelato while perusing the shops in Palo Alto one hot June day. It was a stifling and the heaviness of chocolate ice cream was no match for its lighter European cousin, gelato…what with its cool name and real bananas on top of the banana flavor…it quickly jumped over Baskin Robbins and Breyers on my taste bud’s top 10 frozen treats list.

I’d still rank a good frozen custard “cement mixer” over gelato and Ben and Jerry have yet to fail me…but on those wicked hot days gelato gets my vote

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:51:00 +0000

Jordan, why do you hate America?

During these difficult times when foreign currencies reign over our dollar and musical acts from overseas infiltrate the radio waves, it's important for us to hold on to our desserts for dear life.

Frozen custard debuted at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, and is an all-American frozen treat and includes the delightful addition of eggs, which keeps our domestic chickens at work. Instead of dozens of options, often with funny non-English sounding names, frozen custard is a model of simplicity. Three flavors, no more, no less.

If you can't be satisfied by our homeland desserts, may I suggest moving to Russia?