Too hot for ice cream?
My partner thinks I'm weird. When it gets this hot I think that it is too hot for ice cream. Sorbet, popsicles, no problem, but there is.something about the frozen dairy that just leaves my mouth feeling sticky, coated and altogether unrelieved from the heat. Pretty much if it is over 85 with the heat index, then it is too hot for me to break out the B&J. Anyone else strange like me?
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Chemicalkinetics
Jul 24, 2011 05:00 PM
No, it is not strange. Awhile ago, I had a post on ice cream craving in winter. I believe ice cream is such a high energy food that one would crave it during winter time. Conversely, your desire for high energy foods should go down during a very hot day.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/692818
This is, of course, very different from popsciles or shaved ice which do not contain a lot of energy.
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bushwickgirl
Jul 24, 2011 12:33 PM
Well, I had a pint of Häagen Daz strawberry on Friday when it was 104° in NYC and 97° in my apartment, yay; seemed like it wasn't the best choice for cooling off, not at all appetizing, as iluvcookies put it, but I was sick of water/sports drinks/salads. More the draw was the thought of the frozen strawberries in the ice cream.
I used to have a friend who owned an soft serve ice cream truck route in Brooklyn; he would complain that when the temp soars over 90° people prefer bottled water to ice cream. I generally think that the human body cares not for frozen dairy when it's very hot out.
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ipsedixit
Jul 24, 2011 12:21 PM
Ice cream really isn't good food for hot weather.
The more cold food you eat, the more your body heats up, trying to maintain an equilibrium.
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iluvcookies
Jul 24, 2011 05:45 AM
I'm a big fan of ice cream, but I see your point here. It's been in the high 90s to 100 here in NYC this past week and I can't bring myself to have any either. The thought of dairy in general in this heat is not at all appetizing.
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