The delights of double chocolate ice cream

I may or may not have mentioned double chocolate ice cream elsewhere on the Comfort Pig blog.  But rest assured, it’s here to stay!  Ok, I have to confess to a certain level of addiction to ice cream and as long as it’s not vanilla – which I refuse to accept is a ‘flavour’  – then my tastebuds get to tinglin’ at the thought of it.

My current flight of fancy, and what I habitually take to girlfriends’ houses as the “treat du jour” is Streets Blue Ribbon double chocolate.  For my tips on how to get the absolute best out of it, even though, frankly, it doesn’t need much encouragement, keep reading.

1. Open and eat straight from the tub before you even put the other cold groceries away.  It is a treat that begs to be attended to, and why make it wait?  It’s always best when the ice cream has softened irresistibly around the edges of the tub on the ride home, snuggled in amongst the must-eat multigrain bread and the therapeutically-promising non fat milk.  Hey, you have to make concessions somewhere and if you have to go non fat on the milk, then so be it.
2. Post-grocery day, take from freezer, scoop as much as you can comfortably eat without attracting the gaping glares of your children/room-mates/Significant Other.  Nuke for 20 seconds in the microwave to get the whole silky smoothness back in action, then get comfy on the couch and float away, spoonful after spoonful.
3. If you want to really go the whole hog (Comfort Pig, anyone?), then I suggest adding a couple of spoonfuls of whipping cream.  The texture when it freezes on the ice cream is just divine.  And yes, it will put a dent in your cholesterol levels (and not the good ones), but this is not the way you eat everything, right?
4. Taking this particular ice cream to a girlfriend’s house is highly recommended.  Not only does it score you admiration and appreciation, but you also get to not miss out on your “treat du jour” even when you’re visiting!  But seriously, the reason you would take such a pleasurable treat to the home of someone you love is to demonstrate – ‘foodily’ – how you feel about them.  Warning: never ever take home the unused portion of the tub, even if you think you’ll crave a second helping when you get home.  That’s what the 7-11 is for, darlings!  No, you must graciously leave it behind, even if you have to bolt from the front door to the car as though hail was pelting from the sky so that the tub is not thrust well-meaningly into your hands.  Tis far better to bestow gifts and pleasure upon someone with wholeheartedness than to half-heartedly give with one hand and take with the other.  And after all, you know better than others who have not yet embraced the Comfort Pig label that by leaving your treats behind, you will infuse a little Comfort Piggery into their lives, and one day, they may thank you for it.