It’s so hot out there. Anyone interested in a fish, octopus, squid, basashi (raw horse meat), ox tongue, sweet potato, natural viagra, green tea, fried eggplant, crab, corn, rice, wasabi, shrimp, eel, noodle, chicken wing, miso, or cactus flavored ice cream cone?
To me those do not sound like appetizing ice cream flavors. If they appeal to you then you may want to take a trip to Japan. How many men could pass up a natural Viagra ice cream cone? I know parents are eager to buy their children a spinach ice cream cone.
Japan isn’t the only place with weird ice cream flavors. In Merida, Venezuela you can have yourself a sardine and brandy, spaghetti bolognaise, fried pork rine, shrimp in wine, or tuna fish ice cream cone. These are just a few of the bizarre flavors of ice cream in Venezuela. For 15 years the Guinness Book of Records has awarded an ice cream shop in Merida, Venezula for having the most flavors, currently 892.
You can find some weird flavored ice cream in the US too. In Delaware you can get a chunky bacon ice cream cone, a mushroom cone or and a pale-red Cackalacky Spice Sauce ice cream cone. In Santa Cruz, California you can get a chocolate garlic ice cream cone. In Rochester, New York you can try Haddock flavored ice cream.
There you have it. Not quite Dairy Queen is it?
Thanks to The Wacky World of Japanese Ice-cream (MDN WaiWai)- A gallery of interesting Japanese ice cream flavours, with descriptions of each.
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12 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Aug 3, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I’ll try the sweet potato or green tea. Wait that’s gross.
Wrote: Aug 3, 2007 at 4:49 pm
The green tea ice cream would not be too bad, but yuck to the rest.
Wrote: Aug 3, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Oh I think I’ll pass on these. Even when I was pregnant I never had cravings for anything this weird.
Wrote: Aug 3, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Yeah not quite Diary Queen there…lol and sounds like Ed was behind these wonderful flavors..lol
Wrote: Aug 4, 2007 at 12:49 am
Chunks of peppermint will suit me just fine, though I am curious what garlic chocolate together would taste like, don’t want it, just curious.
Wrote: Aug 4, 2007 at 4:03 am
I don’t know what cackalacky spice is.
Wrote: Aug 4, 2007 at 8:17 am
No, thanks. I like some of the listed above, but previously cooked and served on a dish. Perhaps I’d try green tea ice cream, but the rest… arghhhh
Wrote: Aug 4, 2007 at 9:45 am
I’m not that adventurous. I didn’t even try sweet corn ice cream when we lived in Brazil…
Wrote: Aug 4, 2007 at 5:20 pm
I’ll pass, thanks!
Wrote: Aug 4, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Where is the fishliver with nuts flavor, now thats something I can sink my teeth into.
Wrote: Sep 5, 2008 at 10:19 am
I’ve always considered myself adventurous when it came to food; but even I was shocked at some of these flavours.
But then again, you never know until you try it. After all, one of the best ways to bring out the flavour of chocolate is to add cayenne, so who’s to say the same can’t be said of garlic?
I’d try the non-meat flavours , as I’m a vegetarian.
Especially the sweet potato, that got me salivating!
And as far as sweet corn ice cream, I’ve always wanted to try it, and I plan to make a mecca to San Fransisco someday to do just that. ^~^
-Plum
Wrote: Nov 11, 2008 at 3:03 pm
yeah…ummmm thats a no go with me lol i would try them if i came across them but as a preference? hell no lol