The Glade 4.0

Whoa whoa whoa hold on there.... you mention Leon's and not the obvious better choice: Kopp's? Blasphemy! Oscar's is a better choice, too (but they were within walking distance for me so they usually won out)...

Much love for Culvers though. My mom works there.

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My experience differs. I go to Coldstone and get dishes of pure, unadulterated, unflavored sweet cream ice cream. DEEEEEEEElish!

I'm with Lonedar. I don't go often, but when I to go to Coldstone, I've never had a problem getting a couple of scoops of ice cream (I usually get Butter Cream or French Vanilla).

On a very rare occasion, I might get some toppings mashed into it, but I usually prefer my ice cream plain.

Their ice cream is really good (in my humble opinion). It's made fresh at each store (as opposed to being hard frozen and transported).
http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/icecre ... cream.html
http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/icecre ... m_faq.html

As far as gourmet ice cream in a carton (from your local store), nothing tops Blue Bell vanilla. Unfortunately, we can't get it around here...

Most likely, if I knew they did that in the first place I wouldn't have gone there, or at least I'd have just gotten ice cream for the kids. As a general rule, if something is prepared an unusual way, I want nothing to do with it. It drove me crazy a few years ago when every place you went all of a sudden had to cut pizza in a grid just because Donato's started doing it. I HATE pizza cut in a grid. What torqued me off even more was that when I'd order pizza with people, I'd tell them "please make sure you tell them to pie cut it" (regardless of what shop we ordered from) and a lot of them didn't because they didn't think it was important. Either that, or I'd order it myself, make sure to tell the clerk I wanted it pie cut, and the damn pizza place would ignore me, which REALLY got me furious, especially if it was an eat-in place where I was sitting there or standing there the whole time while they made it.

Most of the time since my family was with me we'd go ahead and eat it anyhow, since you can't really tell the kids to wait for another pizza because Daddy doesn't like how it's cut, but it really irritated me that every place just assumed that everyone wanted the trendy cut of the pizza. I don't like it at all though; you end up with tiny slices, some of which are all crust and some of which are no crust, and it just sucks.

Nothing torques me off more than not getting what I expected with anything edible or drinkable. If you've got some specialty way of doing something, tell me beforehand. When I go to someone's house to eat, I expect to eat the way they like to cook it, but if I'm paying for a meal it better be what I expect.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

What?!? I'm not even HERE!

Just find me a place that makes their own ice cream (not from a commissary base, but from Actual Ingredients) and doesn't use corn syrup and I'm happy. I understand WHY corn syrup is used (it is cheaper and controls crystallization for a smoother freeze) but I don't like it.

Taamar, I don't think of you as a food snob.. per your title, temptress is good... or even food Goddess...

Rynar is definitely a snob...

I would enjoy the few times when Cold Stone would have powdered black licorice to add to the ice cream. mmmmmmm

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

I encounter the same issue alot at McDonald's, albeit its usually like 3 am though, just always assumed it was apart being cleaned.

Yum stone cold creamery

Michiganders around Oakland county area need to check out http://www.raysicecream.com/ good stuff, great service, line pretty much always wrapped around there shop in summertime. Think I need to head up there now for some ice cream. They been featured on Food Network couple times...