Count me in for Green Tea. Heck, I make it at home! Yummo!

And here's one from Mad Magazine that's stuck with me since the `60s. Don't remember the context, but the thought of it has always intrigued me (not in a good way):

Chicken Fat Ripple.

What, no pralines & smegma?

I would LOVE to try some garlic ice cream. I put garlic salt on pretty much everything I eat anyway.

I just don't know where I could ever get garlic ice cream.

kb7rky: JasonThomasX: Who didn't buy the Astronaut Ice Cream when the school went on a field trip to the science center?

Hell, if 7-11 had it I'd buy some right now!

(raises hand)

I didn't...never went on any cool field trips like that.

/sulk

I used to work at the US Space & Rocket Center and the staff always had first dibs at the expired (yes expired) freeze dried ice cream. Wha? Tasted fine to me. I'd fight for the Neapolitan and strawberry.

/Astronauts rarely ate it
//Can still remember the museum tour presentations

JasonThomasX: Who didn't buy the Astronaut Ice Cream when the school went on a field trip to the science center?

Hell, if 7-11 had it I'd buy some right now!

I vomited the first and only time I ate Astronaut Ice Cream when I went to the Adler Planetarium.

/maybe the biggest disapointment of my life

I can't believe Durain didn't make the list!

Then again all of these are worst than Durain.

"Never mind that chicken-fried steak itself is pretty gross"

YOU SHUT YOUR DIRTY WHORE MOUTH!!

There's nothing better than chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, Texas toast and a lil' bit of Tapatio hot sauce. Wash it down with a Dublin Dr. Pepper or sweet tea, the be-all, end-all of tasty.

/proud Texan
//Thurber Smoke-Stack on I20 does awesome CFS.

orapun: For those in the know.

/link is hot but the gelato is cold

came here for this, left sort of not quite satisfied, continued over to Mondo, whence the procurement of satisfaction was completed.

flippermack: this one's a hit in the philippines. it's made from a yam variety.


that looks similar taro, I love taro ice cream!

The best ice cream I have ever had was in French Polynesia.
French know-how combined with fresh exotic flavours! Coconut with chocolate bits, taro, banana, vanilla bean... expensive as hell but délicieuse!

Durian ice cream, FTW.

Peas & Carrots?
Beer?
Marinated Beetroot?
Anchovy?

Damn it, how much worse can it get?

Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom: Green mouse and telephone are the worst.

i think i love you...

I make a triple chocolate ice cream (2 types of chocolate and chocolate liquor) which I often blend in an irish cream white chocolate mousse right as I'm done freezing it. (or just use it as a topping)

Typically when I'm trying to impress a date.

/The secret is to have no water in the batter.
//I've been proposed to twice by women who have tasted it.

Am I really going to have to be the first one to point out that "Top 10 Grossest" is horribly redundant? Not only that but TFA author admits that the article is a "quick outline" and "by no means a complete catalog." And the article author didn't even taste test anything on the list, he just decided that these ice cream flavors were icky by sight and/or sound.

So not only are these ice cream flavors not verified to be the "top ten grossest", they're not even verified to be gross, period. And if you count the inclusion of corn ice cream (which is the only valid inclusion on the list since the author actually had some), it's not even a list of ten flavors. So the article fails on every single count.

Here's your alternate list (new window).

Have any of you Canadian Farkers found poutine-flavored ice cream yet?

Porous Horace: Blue Fudge from St-Aubin.
Both no longer exist, except in fond memory.

WOW! St Aubin Sur Mer, Normandy?? Never thought I'd ever run across another human being who'd been there.

/Jan 1991-April 1991
//no ice cream; winter
///first winter it had snowed in a long time
////thought we were getting away from snow

kb7rky: phlegmmo: I hear the astronaut ice cream contains trace levels of Mercury.

Just be careful...I hear it's unremarkable until it hit Uranus...

Is Saturn-ough to get me to try it? Jupiter believe it!

Red bean ice cream FTW.

erewhon: Red bean ice cream FTW.

Please. Please don't mention red beans again. 2 days in a row of eating red beans and rice and I'm paying for it. But the pain is sooooo worth it. I think. Just be glad you don't share a cubical wall with me. You'd never hear it coming.

Astronaut ice cream tastes fine.
This is stupid.

I need that chicken fried steak ice cream.



/hot & cold
//would also eat that hot pepper ice cream.

FloridaFTL:
kb7rky: phlegmmo: I hear the astronaut ice cream contains trace levels of Mercury.

Just be careful...I hear it's unremarkable until it hit Uranus...

Is Saturn-ough to get me to try it? Jupiter believe it!

venis

I'd love to try all of those. The only non-normal ice cream I've ever had was red bean, which isn't really challenging at all. I need to feel alive with a double scoop of raw horse flesh and parmesan ice cream!

Also, who the hell doesn't like chicken fried steak? That stuff is godly with mashed potatoes and white gravy, some fried okra and sweet tea. Annnnnnd now I'd kill to get some. Goddammit there's no way in hell I'd be able to find that anywhere near me.

I've had garlic ice cream---not bad.
Here's a list of Japan's weirdest ice creams, Andrew Zimmern approved (new window)
Mmmmm... lettuce and potato ice cream...

/on the cheese risotto, there's Itarian
//should be "ecco il gelato"

Paris1127: Here's a list of Japan's weirdest ice creams, Andrew Zimmern approved (new window)

Ah thanks, I was looking for that list.

adognamedcat: As a child in Singapore, I was decieved by the ice cream man who sold me a smiley face frozen treat made from durian. Durian has never produced a smile from anyone who has ever smelled or tasted it.

Durian anything usually puts a smile on my face. An evil grin is still a smile.

/ I actually do like it
// Took a few tries to, though.

For those of you in the northern Chicagoland area wanting to sample a variety of different flavors, check out Village Creamery (new window).

I've tried the durian ice cream (which isn't listed for some reason). It's much more palatable than the fresh fruit (tastier, even). At least you don't need to bathe, wash your clothes, and fumigate the area after eating the ice cream.

Green tea ice cream is good... but then again, I've only had it in Japanese restaurants. Maybe the commenters who find it gross have had some gross mass-market kind? I'm a little afraid to sink the $4 into a pint of Haagen-Dazs green tea...

/wishes you could find Haagen-Dazs Caramel Cone outside New York City

Jeezus...now I can't stop thinking about that Iron Chef episode when the guy made ice cream out of fish semen.

Dude.. chicken fried steak is alright, but you guys would SERIOUSLY eat an ice cream made from the greasy muck left in the pan? That's pretty damn gross.

glassa: I just don't know where I could ever get garlic ice cream.

Here: The Stinking Rose

And Here: Gilroy Garlic Festival

You're Welcome! :-)

Selestius: Durian anything usually puts a smile on my face. An evil grin is still a smile.

/ I actually do like it
// Took a few tries to, though.

Durian has a very "funky" taste. Some people can get used to it, some people can't. I'm not one of them. At least the ice cream doesn't smell so much and the coldness tones down the weird taste, but the raw fruit has a rather slimy texture and smells pretty much like ripe garbage.

BootySchoolDropout: Green tea ice cream is good... but then again, I've only had it in Japanese restaurants. Maybe the commenters who find it gross have had some gross mass-market kind? I'm a little afraid to sink the $4 into a pint of Haagen-Dazs green tea...

Just buy yourself a tin of Green Tea Powder ("Matcha")



and make your own. Yes, it's expensive, but a little makes a big batch of deliciousness.

Billy Ligue: Mint Pussy, worst Ben & Jerry's Flavor, ever

Thank you sir. My day is complete. :)

Paris, that link was awesome! That brought back some, not always tasty memories! We lived in Japan for 2 years, To the Japanese ice cream isn't just a dessert, it can be a 7 course meal {just add a crepe!} If you ever get a chance, try 'sakura cherry blossom' a cherry blend that is very light and refreshing and bean paste is a huge fav. Stay away from 'spinach' bok choy' shrimp' and 'sushi' flavors. You will never want ice cream again, evar!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Porous Horace, you have to go way south to get authentic flavor. Oklahoma and Texas are the best, Utah adds less sugar and more salt to their batter. Apparently Californians don't know what gravy is, a must if you want the full experience. And try both regular and Texas style chicken fried steak {double dipped for an extra crunchy coating} And try chicken fried chicken, the same greasy goodness wrapped around a pounded chickem breast {to help support the delusion you are eating heathy!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chandie, I worked at Babe's in Roanoke when they first opened in '93. Absolutely the best fried chicken evar! Much more expensive now but still worth the price!

Olive Tapenade Ice Cream is fantastic.
It's just regular tapenade with some butter and all the usual flavorings like truffles, garlic and balsamic vinegar and doesn't actually melt. It was served with toasted bread points and was great as a spread, better than foie gras

I'm studying abroad in Germany right now and told a Finnish friend about astronaut ice cream. She was fascinated by the idea, so I had my parents send me some a few days ago. She took one bite and couldn't finish the rest. The facial expression was priceless.

flippermack: this one's a hit in the philippines. it's made from a yam variety.

/came for the iron chef ice cream reference/s. very well done.

i've had a version of that somewhere, can't remember, and it was absolutely delicious.

:

never had it, is it anything like dippin dots? cause that stuff is great.

It tastes like regular ice cream flavors but with the consistency of cotton candy that has been squished into a hard lump. It's pretty tasty.

JasonThomasX: Who didn't buy the Astronaut Ice Cream when the school went on a field trip to the science center?

Hell, if 7-11 had it I'd buy some right now!

Try local sporting good stores that sell camping material. Gander Mountain has some. I need to get some next time I go out... Haven't had it in years...

I wrote a kids' song once called Baloney Flavored Ice Cream. Damned if I wasn't singing it once a day for 6 years while working at a summer camp...

"Baloney-flavored ice cream
It's the furthest thing from a treat.
It looks like baloney, it tastes even worse.
It's the ice cream that tastes like meat."

/Bob Dylan, I ain't. But the 8 year-old liked it.

Freeze dried Neapolitan "astronaut" ice cream is delicious.

If you don't find it delicious, you are certainly evil and quite possibly stupid.

Lobster ice cream: A seafood ice cream you can't blame the Japanese for!

/ロブスターアイスクリームは、メーン人だけの発明でいつかあるよ。
/I Can't Believe It's Not Babelfish!

I don't think any Asian ice cream should be included - it's too easy of a gross-out factor for us round-eyes.

My personal nightmare ice cream is liver and onion. I'd probably pass out if I ever found it.

Coiled Hot 1: HMS_Blinkin: Coiled Hot 1: That chicken fried ice cream looks awesome. No, I'm not fat.

YES YOU ARE

geedavey: Coiled Hot 1: That chicken fried ice cream looks awesome. No, I'm not fat.

funny, 'cause you look fat.

If being 5 foot 2 inches and 350 lbs. is fat then I'm guilty.

If having a BMI of 64 isn't fat, I don't know what is. Obesity Class IV starts at 50, and is also known as "Super Morbidly Obese."

I live a few minutes from the place that invented Cold Sweat...Sunny Skies in Angier, NC.

Like someone said, about a teaspoon will do you in. I wouldn't say that is is gross though. Not gross enough to be second to raw horse flesh. Blech.

Also, Sunny Skies ftw. Oatmeal Cookie Ice cream or gtfo.

good less common ice creams i have eaten:
- durian
- lemon
- sesame
- yam
- rosewater
- goat cheese with figs
- lavender honey
- candied lemon with basil
- salt flavor (japanese and tasty)
- buttered potato

bad ones i have tried but will avoid:
- bubblegum
- charcoal (i tried it at a festival...ergh)
- any kind that is blue
- olive
- cherry (not weird, but still icky)

Best ice cream I've had in a long time: Caramel Bacon.
Dee-LISH

What no Cold Stone Wasabi Ice Cream!?
I'm disappointed.