Jaconelli's V Nardini's

[sft42]

This is a very area specific question i know but TW and Ned might be able to answer but just who makes the best Ice-Cream you have ever tasted and none of your Ben & Jerry nonsense.

[Blender]

OK I've not been asked but I'll answer anyway. West of Scotland it must be Nardini's but I've a local one Gallone's who beats the lot.

[snotmonkey]

if you are ever in east anglia try and find paravanni, top class ice cream. my mum used to run ice cream vans in the area and she knew she had inferior ice cream.

[sft42]

Anyone is welcome to answer blender just TW and Ned were the first people who sprung to mind as i knew they lived in that part of the world that's all. I'm sure our sassenach members are wondering what Nardini's is!

[Cetti]

I just been looking at the history of the Nardini family, starting with Pietro and Rosa in 1890 travelling to where they thought was America but ending up in Paisley, Scotland. Their children Augusto, Nardino and Sandrino settled in Larg on the banks of the Clyde in 1931 - during the war years they were all interned on the Isle of Man because they were considered to be a security risk. An amazing family. Down here in deepest Dorset we have an amazing ice cream maker called Alfredo Forte - who came from Scotland in the 1930's. What is it about Scotland that gives people the urge to make ice cream - I'd love to know?

[sft42]

Cetti it's our tropical climate that does it. But seriously it's the high number of Italian immigrants that landed here in the early part of the century along with the famous scottish sweet tooth.

[Cetti]

Is that really true, do you think, that they really did mistake Scotland for New York - surely not! Anyway, whatevever the reason America's loss is Scotland's gain. Lucky you!!

[Blender]

OK TW here's one for our anglophiles. Up here we call an ice cream cornet a "pokey hat" which came from the calls of the Italian ice cream vendors in London calling "hokey pokey penny a cup". Obtuse or what

[sft42]

Ah knickerbocker glories, Oysters, double nougats! yum yum the stuff of childhood memories and too many trips to the dentist. Who would have thought a little question about 2 ice cream parlours would have brought so many answers, and just to throw another iron in the fire has anyone heard (or tried) Maud's Ice Cream from Northern Ireland?

[ravenhair]

Jaconelli's gets my vote, but Luca's of Musselburgh comes a close second. Yum.