YOU SCREAM, I SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM

How many times in our lives have we seen the logo for Baskin-Robbins with the 31 hidden in it to represent their 31 flavors? Most of us have our favorite flavor but have you wondered about the other 30? Well, we did and as part of “I” we have decided to start checking off all 31 flavors.

We went into the project with a certain number of flavors already tasted. For Laura they were: Chocolate, Chocolate Fudge, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Jamoca Almond Fudge. Added to those were Barbara’s: Vanilla, World Class Chocolate and Snickers.

So far, we have tried an additional 7 and divided them into 3 categories:

Good, will order again

German Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Pistachio Almond – Laura, not Barbara

Good but one time only

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Caramel Turtle Truffle – too sweet

Not good

Black Walnut – the ice cream was watered down but also had a bad, almost rotten taste to it.

Pistachio Almond – Barbara felt this one had a bad aftertaste but it could be because she doesn’t like almonds.

Gold Medal Ribbon – thought this was rather tasteless.

Despite the great sacrifice, we intend to get through the rest by the time we check off the rest of the letters on our grid.

Film Theme – INDIGENOUS Native American People

Barbara: I watched the documentary Unspoken, which is a film about the Indian Boarding Schools. These schools were designed to wipe out the Indian way of life, language and culture and force the assimilation into the white man’s world. They were stripped of their hair, their names, their clothing, everything they learned as an Indian people. Although not what I would normally call a great film, the film touched me because even though I am not very religious, I have a very strong sense of culture and it is unimaginable to think that someone could have taken me away from my family and forced me to unlearn everything that made me me, especially if I had lived in the country all my life.

Film Theme – ISRAELI Cuisine

Laura: Watching the film In Search of Israeli Cuisine, you follow Israeli-born American chef Michael Solomonov of Philadelphia’s Zahav restaurant as he travels though the many regions of Israel to sample food, talk to chefs, visit farms and chat with journalists  – always searching for a definitive answer to the evasive question: what exactly is Israeli cuisine? Since there are more than 70 cultures that make up the Israeli people, it’s inevitable that the cuisine is a blend of these various ethnic traditions. But it’s a wonderful blend, since the food there is delicious and has led to the emergence of Israel being regarded as a trendy food destination. I really enjoyed this journey. Michael Solomonov is very likeable but the food, the various regions and the Israeli people are the true focus of this film, along with the political and social challenges of having a melting-pot approach to cuisine.