The Unofficial Cook

Thank goodness for unpredictable Colorado weather!  It got warm enough for Spouse and I to indulge in a pint of another untested flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

This time we decided to try “Peanut Butter Cup” and were not disappointed.

My first spoonful reminded me of “Choc-Nut”, my favorite Philippine sweet.  Choc-Nut was the reward I got from the sari-sari store owner off 11th Street?in New Manila. My yaya would take the day’s pig slop from my grandmother’s household to the store owner who had her little pigpen in her backyard.  I was just a toddler but remember accompanying my yaya and being handed a Choc-Nut or two when we said our good byes.  I have always loved Choc-Nut.  I found it in a Filipino store here once but was disappointed to find the Choc-Nut had gone old and stale. Read the rest of this entry →

Spouse just read in some Yahoo group that Ben & Jerry’s ice cream was available in Angeles City, Pampanga. That’s a big surprise cause I thought it wasn’t available at all back home. I thought we’d have to go to Hongkong or Singapore if we wanted another spoonful of our favorite Cherry Garcia once we moved.

Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream and Dessert Book Read the rest of this entry →