There was a small street fair in my neighborhood today, billed as "Feast of the East" (referring to the name of the neighborhood, not the available cuisines). ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
adrian_turtle and cattitude got some Indian food and then something Mexican; I didn't see anything I wanted to buy, but a local bank was giving away cotton candy. Proper cotton candy, spun onto a paper cone moments before (rather than the clumpier stuff they sell in bags). I took one, and ate it, and Adrian kindly grabbed another for me (they were a lot smaller than what I remember buying at fairs and amusement parks, but they were also free).
Cattitude and I went out again a couple of hours ago, and went to a convenience store to buy yogurt. As we were paying, I saw a sign advertising Italian ices. I asked the shopkeeper if they actually had ices, and he pointed at the cooler.
I bought a "small" watermelon ice (which I would have called at least a medium). It was excellent, and I had to be careful to eat slowly enough to avoid an ice cream headache.
The brand is "Richie's Super Premium Italian Ice." I liked the texture (a little lighter than I got in New York City, from pizza places or from the "Delicioso Coco Helado" carts). I will probably go back and try some of the other flavors: lemon, green apple, maybe "blue vanilla," maybe see how their mango compares to the (somewhat denser) mango ices I used to buy from the Delicioso Coco Helado carts. The ices in the New York pizzerias are called Italian ices, the "coco helado" ones aren't, but the textures are very similar.
It's been a very long time since I went to the Lemon Ice King of Corona (which may not even be in business anymore), but I think I remember the texture as similar to this. I'm guessing this is a local/regional brand; it is way above the Marino's Italian ices they sell in six-packs in the supermarket freezer case, and sometimes in individual cups from Good Humor trucks.
adrian_turtle and cattitude got some Indian food and then something Mexican; I didn't see anything I wanted to buy, but a local bank was giving away cotton candy. Proper cotton candy, spun onto a paper cone moments before (rather than the clumpier stuff they sell in bags). I took one, and ate it, and Adrian kindly grabbed another for me (they were a lot smaller than what I remember buying at fairs and amusement parks, but they were also free).Cattitude and I went out again a couple of hours ago, and went to a convenience store to buy yogurt. As we were paying, I saw a sign advertising Italian ices. I asked the shopkeeper if they actually had ices, and he pointed at the cooler.
I bought a "small" watermelon ice (which I would have called at least a medium). It was excellent, and I had to be careful to eat slowly enough to avoid an ice cream headache.
The brand is "Richie's Super Premium Italian Ice." I liked the texture (a little lighter than I got in New York City, from pizza places or from the "Delicioso Coco Helado" carts). I will probably go back and try some of the other flavors: lemon, green apple, maybe "blue vanilla," maybe see how their mango compares to the (somewhat denser) mango ices I used to buy from the Delicioso Coco Helado carts. The ices in the New York pizzerias are called Italian ices, the "coco helado" ones aren't, but the textures are very similar.
It's been a very long time since I went to the Lemon Ice King of Corona (which may not even be in business anymore), but I think I remember the texture as similar to this. I'm guessing this is a local/regional brand; it is way above the Marino's Italian ices they sell in six-packs in the supermarket freezer case, and sometimes in individual cups from Good Humor trucks.
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