The Ice Cream Smile - A Unique Phenomenon

I love to see people eat ice cream - because they invariably smile! And it's a smile different to any other you will see. I demonstrated this last summer in a my ice cream blog when I wrote a post which featured a wonderful little ice cream parlour. People of all ages it seems are happy to be photographed eating their ice creams and very few ever have straight face when doing so!

I think this is a phenomenon unique to ice cream.

And if you need more proof, just look at this ....

Captured on camera by his dad Paul, sweet little Dylan Robinson happily tucks into an ice cream cone.

Without a care in the world for where it ends up - on his nose and face, hands, his high chair or indeed on the floor where apparently the faithful family dog Nelly patiently waits to lap it up - the look on his face is unquestionably what I call ....

THE ICE CREAM SMILE

No Ice Cream Maker?

Having an ice cream maker in your kitchen is a great advantage when it comes to making homemade ice cream. However, not everyone has an ice cream maker which is why I have a page about making ice cream without an ice cream maker.

The other day I came across a book called 'Castle Cooking' by Jenny Bagley. Now retired, Jenny used to be the cook at a castle in Herefordshire. In over 30 years of working there Jenny produced meals, soups and desserts for a wide range of guests including VIPs and members of royalty from around the world.

Jenny's cooking has always been definitively English and traditional and so it was with delight that I read her recipe for Orange Ice Cream Bombe - the instructions to which do not involve the use of an ice cream maker!

So here is it is ... Jenny's Orange Ice Cream Bombe. An ice cream fit for 'the king of the castle'.