Ice cream cones like they use to

qwert2 · 20-08-2012 11:35AM #1

I seriously haven't had a decent ice-cream cone for 25 years. I remember as a kid getting ice cream cones that had a real satisfying taste. The texture was also that bit thicker and colder.

Am I alone? Does anyone else think the quality of ice cream cones have been 'diluted'?

Can anyone recommend a really good soft cone?

And no, Angelito and Teddy's are not what I'm looking for

phasers · 20-08-2012 11:36AM

The difference nowadays is the machines are cleaned more often

Madam · 20-08-2012 11:37AM

Come to Scotland, we still have 'real' Italian ice cream cafe's:)

mauzo · 20-08-2012 11:37AM

I went out a few weeks ago and got Teddy's! Wasnt half as good as I thought it would be, but it was ok....

Ghandee · 20-08-2012 11:39AM

I enjoyed a big 'cone' last night.

Munchies afterwards were unreal.

WillyFXP · 20-08-2012 11:41AM

Madam wrote: »

Come to Scotland, we still have 'real' Italian ice cream cafe's:)

I used to live in the South West, there were 2 shops that sold fantastic Italian ice cream, one in Kirkcudbright and one in Gatehouse Of fleet, but both sadly no longer exist. would love to find another when I'm back home next time!

aaronjumper · 20-08-2012 11:43AM

No cones are just as wonderful as you remember.
Don't believe me go find out.

Kur4mA · 20-08-2012 11:48AM

There's one in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre that does a lovely 99. Really thick, creamy ice cream and lots of it! It's just outside Schuh / Easons downstairs. Make sure it's the one just outside, not the other one that does Crepes and other ****e further up as their ice cream is watery and crap.

TeddyTedson · 20-08-2012 12:06PM

kyub wrote: »

There's one in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre that does a lovely 99. Really thick, creamy ice cream and lots of it! It's just outside Schuh / Easons downstairs. Make sure it's the one just outside, not the other one that does Crepes and other ****e further up as their ice cream is watery and crap.

You've made me hungry now!

20-08-2012 12:07PM

I want a cone now

aaronjumper · 20-08-2012 12:07PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You've made me hungry now!

Teddy who let you outta TCN!?

Ghandee · 20-08-2012 12:10PM

bluewolf wrote: »

I want a cone now

Skin up!

TeddyTedson · 20-08-2012 12:13PM

aaronjumper wrote: »

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You've made me hungry now!

Teddy who let you outta TCN!?

I escaped

Ice cream Teddy nom nom.
I'd love to be home now watching some netflix with a tub of ice cream and just have a girls day in. Paint my toenails just stay in my dressing gown all day. Maybe pop down to Tesco and get some grub. One can only dream. Paradise.

Conall Cernach · 20-08-2012 12:13PM

The nicest ice cream I ever had was in the Isle of Man.

lisaj · 20-08-2012 12:14PM

The best 99 is from Ross Filling Station on the N3. It's under new management now and I think the current staff are just about getting used to what is expected of them! They make massive ones, and they don't melt and drip all over the place.

aaronjumper · 20-08-2012 12:18PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I escaped

Ice cream Teddy nom nom.
I'd love to be home now watching some netflix with a tub of ice cream and just have a girls day in. Paint my toenails just stay in my dressing gown all day. Maybe pop down to Tesco and get some grub. One can only dream. Paradise.

You can do it Teddy I believe in you! Damn now I want a cone.
*Shakes fist at OP*

Ghandee · 20-08-2012 12:22PM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

The nicest ice cream I ever had was in the Isle of Man.

Was the craic ninety?

paddyandy · 20-08-2012 12:31PM

O.P. Same here .People don't miss standards they've never known .

BostonB · 20-08-2012 12:40PM

Pictures?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/99_ice_cream_2.jpg

lisaj · 20-08-2012 12:59PM

Ross Filling Station

DamoKen · 20-08-2012 01:03PM

lisaj wrote: »

The best 99 is from Ross Filling Station on the N3. It's under new management now and I think the current staff are just about getting used to what is expected of them! They make massive ones, and they don't melt and drip all over the place.

How long ago was that pic taken? Seriously thinking of taking a trip up from Swords some evening

dulpit · 20-08-2012 01:06PM

I want a 99 now...

lisaj · 20-08-2012 01:08PM

DamoKen wrote: »

How long ago was that pic taken? Seriously thinking of taking a trip up from Swords some evening

It was taken about last September. I had one there on Saturday, it wasn't as big as that one. I think sometimes it's the luck of the draw with who makes it. I'm sure they're learning though!
I think it could be to do with the machine that is used, I'm presuming it's the same machine that was always there.

Diapason · 20-08-2012 01:11PM

OP I totally agree, and I don't get the Teddy's fascination at all. It's grand, but...

I'm also convinced it's because the machines are too clean now. I don't even care if that's not the reason, I'm going to keep telling everyone it is.

aujopimur · 20-08-2012 01:15PM

Who remembers Woolies on Patrick St in Cork, I think it was the only cone machine in Cork in the 50's.
Another favourite was the wafers sold at the counter in the Cork Cold Storage Co. on the South Mall opposite the passport office.
I remember when it burned down, all the intervention butter melted and flowed into the streets and down the road gulleys (known as shores in Cork).
It took a lot of work by Cork Corporation to clear drains after the fire.

preddy · 20-08-2012 01:18PM

Rochforts Mullingar is excellent

starbelgrade · 20-08-2012 01:21PM

Madam wrote: »

Come to Scotland, we still have 'real' Italian ice cream cafe's:)

There's a superb Italian ice-cream shop in Sligo. All hand made, all delicious!

The stuff they sell from ice-cream vans & shops is pure processed muck - full of shite that you really don't need.

It's pretty much the same stuff however, that was sold years ago - maybe your tastebuds have developed a bit more since you were a kid, OP?

Madam · 20-08-2012 01:45PM

WillyFXP wrote: »

I used to live in the South West, there were 2 shops that sold fantastic Italian ice cream, one in Kirkcudbright and one in Gatehouse Of fleet, but both sadly no longer exist. would love to find another when I'm back home next time!

You could try Zavaroni's in Rothsay or Naridini's of Largs- not exactly the South West but near enough:)

20-08-2012 02:23PM

Teddys is gone downhill completely. Nothing like it was 20 years ago.

There's a mobile ice cream shop called cafe le creme, they have a couple of vans and a little trailer shop too, there's normally one on the east pier in Dun Laoghaire, and in cabinteely park in South Dublin. That's the nicest whipped ice cream I've found lately.

This be it

Diapason · 20-08-2012 02:30PM

I've seen that, WADD, but I've never tried the icecream. Must give it a go.

20-08-2012 02:37PM

Diapason wrote: »

I've seen that, WADD, but I've never tried the icecream. Must give it a go.

Much nicer than teddys IMO

Ice cream cones like they use to

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