What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by speckx » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 3:48 PM UTC

What Big Food Did to Ice Cream
medium.com

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by MengerSponge » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC

There's a frozen custard shop in my town. They sometimes do silly things like including raw sliced strawberries that just turn into ice shards, but their vanilla and chocolate absolutely beat the pants off anything I can find in the grocery.

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by esafak » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC

Prose that reads as artificial as the 'dairy dessert' it describes.

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by cronelius » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC

esafak wrote: post #3

Prose that reads as artificial as the 'dairy dessert' it describes.

glad I wasn't the only one. every other sentence had antithesis, it was exhausting to read even if accurate

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by topheroo » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC

esafak wrote: post #3

Prose that reads as artificial as the 'dairy dessert' it describes.

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Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by roadbuster » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:08 AM UTC

3000 words which can be distilled down to 10:

"Cream and egg yolk are expensive; industry tightens its belt."

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by r_lee » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:08 AM UTC

esafak wrote: post #3

Prose that reads as artificial as the 'dairy dessert' it describes.

what's the value of these AI generated posts?

it takes more value than it gives you as you need to verify everything and hold everything under scrutiny

I'd rather just not read at all

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by wahnfrieden » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC

r_lee wrote: post #7

esafak wrote: post #3

Prose that reads as artificial as the 'dairy dessert' it describes.

what's the value of these AI generated posts? it takes more value than it gives you as you need to verify everything and hold everything under scrutiny I'd rather just not read at all

they're monetized

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC

cronelius wrote: post #4

esafak wrote: post #3

Prose that reads as artificial as the 'dairy dessert' it describes.

glad I wasn't the only one. every other sentence had antithesis, it was exhausting to read even if accurate

The content was pretty good though IMO. It’s something that I think a lot of people in the USA have long believed and experienced, but seeing a technical takedown demonstrating it hits harder for some reason.

The prose and filler did make me skip a huge chunk of it though. It could have been probably a quarter of the length and had similar impact

Re: What Big Food Did to Ice Cream

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Post by voakbasda » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC

We have a milk cow. We prep our ice cream from scratch in about 5 minutes: two cups of raw milk, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1t-1T vanilla, 1/4t salt, and 6-8 raw egg yolks. Blend everything in a quart jar with an immersion blender and pour into a Cuisinart ice cream maker. AFAIK, you literally cannot buy anything close to this good.

As a small farmer, I have nothing good to say about the USDA or FDA. I would rant further, but I’ve kinda given up at this point. I’m selling my farm next year.