Italian Ice. A light, tart, frozen substance. I can get ice cream to my heart’s content, but I really would love a simple Italian Ice.
Let me be clear – this is not a pregnancy craving. It’s simply that I like a good Italian Ice much more than I like ice cream, usually, and I feel a whole lot less guilty eating it. And I love lemon “sweets” that refresh, rather than coat your mouth with cream.
Today at the grocery store I found one box of popsicles that looked less like “cream” and more like “ice.” I got them home, ripped into one, and found it was still a bit creamy for my taste. What’s a girl to do?
Whenever the other American women take a trip to the US, they ask if they can bring back anything for anyone. I usually say no, except for some OTC drugs. Unfortunately, frozen goods are simply not something anyone is willing to bring back to me. But if anyone wants to give it a try…
Luigi’s Real Italian Ice, lemon flavor. Mmmmmmmmmm………
(There is no “Things I can’t find in Finland #anything else,” I just chose a number at random. However, perhaps I should make it a new category?)
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I understand what you mean! Whenever I go to Finland I always only see italian gelato everywhere but never ice! I wish you luck 🙂
Thanks!
I guess your standard mehujää doesn’t cut it.
I had to look that up: http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehuj%C3%A4%C3%A4
No, unfortunately, it really doesn’t cut it. That’s essentially what I bought at the store, and it’s not quite what I want. More so than ice cream, certainly, but it still doesn’t leave that “refreshing” feeling in my mouth. But I’ll survive!
Isn’t the refreshing feeling more a function of a specific product rather than the product category?
No, I don’t think so, not for me, at least. I mean, sure, ice cream can be refreshing, if you’re looking for something cold. And don’t get me wrong, I love ice cream, but the “cream” part of it I don’t think is very refreshing – I often feel like my mouth is coated and I need something to drink to wash it all down. An Italian Ice/granitas/shaved ice/whatever is (*very simplified*) frozen juice – no dairy products to stick to the roof of your mouth. It’s a cold treat and a refreshing drink all mixed into one! 🙂
No, I meant different brands and flavours mehujää.
It seems to me that you are looking for sherbet (sorbetti, mehujää in finnish). Maybe this helps: http://www.pappagallo.fi/sitruuna.html
Yes, even a sherbet or sorbet would be great, and the Pappagallo brand looks great! I haven’t seen that in the stores, though – maybe I’ll look a little harder. (It’s a bit harder to find certain things where we live, as opposed to Helsinki, where I’m sure I could even find my beloved Italian Ice!)
Update – I found the Pappagallo brand in one of the markets here, but the only flavor they had was vanilla. 😦
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