(I'm just going to ignore the huge gap of not writing and continue on like I've been on schedule this whole time)
The other day I went to a magical place where they served delicious ice cream. This place was called SubZero.
When you walk in it's this snazzy little ice cream shop. Nothing special. Then you see the MENU! For PKU'ers like me it's a dream. First you pick out your BASE... like Rice Milk. :) Then you pick out the flavor... and BECAUSE of the rice milk base you can have ANY of the flavors! Lastly you can pick out the "extra things" to put in it, like twix, brownies, dark chocolate... It's like someone created this shop so PKU'ers can have a choice on what ice cream flavor to have!
No I'm not exaggerating. Other ice cream shops (Baskin Robbins, Coldstone, Maggie Moos...) only have 1 or 2 choices for PKU'ers. On the ice cream front we can have Sherbet, Sorbet, Ices, Coconut Milk (it's a fruit... really.), or RICE MILK!
On the PKU friendly scale this place is full 10 out of 10!
The ice cream there is made in front of you too! What they do is they pour the base and the flavor together, and freeze it (SubZero!) with Liquid Nitrogen. While blowing the Liquid Nitrogen out of tube onto the ice cream they stir. After they are done they stir some more, adding in the extras and mixing it in. TADAA!! It's done! (Don't worry it's perfectly safe to eat)
I have a HARD time deciding what to try because there are SO many choices! My favorite so far has been Carmel Rice Milk Ice Cream with Twix in it. And if you have a hard time deciding what to choose and don't want to hold up the line that has magically grown behind you (because somehow it always happens to me) you can visit subzeroicecream.com and decide ahead of time.
You can also see the real chemistry of using liquid nitrogen on ice cream. I didn't explain it, and it's a fascinating read.
So real fast: SubZero is an awesome PKU friendly ice cream boutique! That's my message today. See you whenever I see you. (Which may be a couple weeks because I have a couple of Huge tests coming up next week and I need to study!)
