Now are you ready for mayonnaise-flavored ice cream?
Yep, that’s a thing. Credit Scotland’s ICE, an artisan ice cream shop in Falkirk that debuted its Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise ice cream this month.
“Truly one of the great Slav delights,” someone with guts — or a strong stomach or a sense of daring — commented on Ice Falkirk’s Instagram post on July 18.
Someone else opined, “I have no idea why anyone would buy that other than as a weird joke.”
BuzzFeed reported that the mayo ice cream, which has a #mayoicecream Twitter hashtag, has a flavor that is “strange … not as eggy as you’d expect. In fact, quite creamy and sweet.”
ICE owner Kyle Gentleman told Today Food that his shop’s Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise ice cream is a “full on hit of fat and cream followed with an eggy milky aftertaste … yum!”
A Twitter user in Dublin pointed out that “custard-based ice cream” isn’t that far removed from mayo and she has a point. Who doesn’t like rich custard-flavored ice cream?
Conversely, someone else on Twitter said that after seeing ICE’s Facebook video on how its Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise ice cream is made, a “shower” was in order.
A quandary. To try or not?
The curiosity factor is irresistible.
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