Nov 19, 2011

Ice Cream Sundae Gallery

My experience in running a Facebook page this year has so far been very rewarding. Seeing people interact with my ice cream posts with super comments and interesting questions is proving both interesting and heartwarming. Such passion for ice cream is great to see!

Such is the interest that I feel obliged to give my increasing number of readers more and more ice cream photographs to enjoy. So one of the things I have done is to start building an ice cream sundae gallery.



As today is my friend Mary's birthday, here is one of the photographs in celebration of that. Happy Birthday Mary! This "Red Fruits Sundae" is just for you.

Containing strawberry, raspberry and blackcurrant ice cream with a red fruits coulis and a little frsh red fruit all topped with sumptuous sweet chantilly cream, this is one of the most colourful and appealling ice cream sundaes I have ever seen. I had to be quick with the camera though as my husband and son were only too keen to put it to the test. It didn't last long!

To view more just go to my Facebook ice cream gallery.

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Aug 10, 2011

Ice Cream Recipes Facebook Fans

My ice cream recipes Facebook page has only been going a short time but is proving a fascinating and rewarding experience. How could that be? Well I wasn't sure at first what the worth would be in writing about ice cream recipes on a Facebook page but it is now clear, even after only a short time, that people of all ages and from all over the world are keen to learn more about how to make ice cream.

There has been a wide variety of ice cream making questions posted to date and I try my best to answer as many as I can. Here are some of the things I've been asked about ....

gelato recipes

orange ice cream recipe

real vanilla ice cream recipe

cola ice cream recipe

ice cream recipes without corn, milk and eggs

vegan ice cream recipes

Interestingly enough, when I do post answers to questions, people often post back and say 'thank you'. What a nice bunch the Facebook ice cream fans are!

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Mar 7, 2011

Contributing Ice Cream Ideas

I have been writing my ice cream blog for 4 years now and have only opened posts to comments by third parties on 2 occasions. That may surprise some people but the truth is that when you write a blog, you have to decide what it's purpose is.

Some people write blogs with the idea of inviting feedback and then exchanging comments and ideas as a follow-on.

For me, however, I decided that my blog should be a diary of ice cream thoughts and 'ponderings' written as and when they entered my mind, often taking novel and sometimes unusual subjects and making ice cream 'connections'. For that reason, inviting comments from readers has never been relevant. There is also the fact that blogs open to comments can be abused by spammers wanting to promote links to unrelated or inappropriate material and, much as I could ensure that any comments posted would have to be moderated by me, I simply don't have the time to do that ... particularly since my ice cream recipes website gets over 2 million visits a year and many of those visitors read this blog!

So why tell you this now? Well, as some of you may already know, I now have a Facebook Ice Cream Recipes page which anyone can view and which, if you are a Facebook member, you can leave comments on. I hope therefore, between my ice cream blog and my ice cream recipes Facebook page to satisfy everyone interested in the subject of ice cream, whether you just want to read or whether you want to contribute comments - just make them appropriate please!

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Feb 9, 2011

Ice Cream Recipes on Facebook

If you love ice cream and are a member of Facebook then this is for you ....
I now have a Facebook Ice Cream Recipes page to compliment this ice cream blog.

Please check it out and I hope you'll tick the 'Like It' button!
The more the merrier please :)

If your passion for ice cream is a great as mine then there should be a 'meeting of minds' here and I look forward to reading your questions or comments on this new and exciting ice cream Facebook page. Ice cream is a passion to be shared with the world!

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