Serious question but why do old people love ice cream so much?

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Anonymous wrote:They are remembering the days when ice cream was truly delicious. Who remembers when Breyers vanilla had only real ingredients and real vanilla bean specks in it? You'd get it to celebrate something special and everyone would be so happy. Those were the days.

go buy breyer’s Natural vanilla!

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Anonymous wrote:It's not specifically ice cream, it's soft-serve.

I think this is a regional thing.

Soft serve is mid at best.

For me, Ice cream is just a vessel for rainbow sprinkles.

That surprises me. I don’t particularly like ice cream, but although I get the visual appeal of sprinkles, I think they ruin the experience of eating ice cream and other desserts. To me, they don’t have an appealing flavor, they add a very unpleasant texture, and they contain junk ingredients. I’d love for you to help me understand the appeal of sprinkles, apart from their being pretty.

It's the juxtaposition of creamy and crunchy. The taste is bitter and nasty but the weird crunchy texture makes it special. Bonus if you remember being excited by the colors as a 6 year old.

Thanks for responding. I think I just have a weird aversion to foods that have two really different textures, combined. I never want nuts in soft baked goods either.

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They don't necessarily, OP. My parents aren't huge fans. Neither am I or my son. My husband and daughter, on the other hand, eat ice cream year round.

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You have to be old? What?

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Up until age 40, I would have a gallon of ice cream in my freezer for a year. Maybe eat one scoop. Toss it when it grew ice crystals.

Started eating more ice cream when my kids were young n elementary school. Nice but not my go-to treat.

Once I hit 60, there are five different flavors in the freezer. Hubs and I go thru them regularly. Ice cream shops are a weekly outing.

Why. I just did not appreciate the stuff until I reached a certain age.

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Anonymous wrote:It's definitely a generational thing. Fancy pastries weren't as big back then or just didn't exist in small cities.

My inlaws go insane for frozen custard. They specifically like vanilla or plain chocolate and I just can't. It's too boring. They like to talk about the texture.

Frankly I'd rather have a glass or wine or cocktail than a dessert. I like to drink my calories.

Everyone is crapping on OP but this is what I think it is. When older people were growing up ice cream was one sweet that was somewhat readily accessible. They didn’t have a proliferation of pastry shops and bakeries and Dubai chocolate and whatever we have and even people on a farm could make it with some fresh milk and sugar and salt for the machine. It was probably the most common sweet treat to get back in the 40s-50s-60s.

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Anonymous wrote:It's definitely a generational thing. Fancy pastries weren't as big back then or just didn't exist in small cities.

My inlaws go insane for frozen custard. They specifically like vanilla or plain chocolate and I just can't. It's too boring. They like to talk about the texture.

Frankly I'd rather have a glass or wine or cocktail than a dessert. I like to drink my calories.

Everyone is crapping on OP but this is what I think it is. When older people were growing up ice cream was one sweet that was somewhat readily accessible. They didn’t have a proliferation of pastry shops and bakeries and Dubai chocolate and whatever we have and even people on a farm could make it with some fresh milk and sugar and salt for the machine. It was probably the most common sweet treat to get back in the 40s-50s-60s.

What? There were bakeries in the 40s, 50s and 60s! And stores where you could buy cookies, candies and pastries. I don't know what media you're watching to give you such strange ideas.

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Anonymous wrote:It's definitely a generational thing. Fancy pastries weren't as big back then or just didn't exist in small cities.

My inlaws go insane for frozen custard. They specifically like vanilla or plain chocolate and I just can't. It's too boring. They like to talk about the texture.

Frankly I'd rather have a glass or wine or cocktail than a dessert. I like to drink my calories.

Everyone is crapping on OP but this is what I think it is. When older people were growing up ice cream was one sweet that was somewhat readily accessible. They didn’t have a proliferation of pastry shops and bakeries and Dubai chocolate and whatever we have and even people on a farm could make it with some fresh milk and sugar and salt for the machine. It was probably the most common sweet treat to get back in the 40s-50s-60s.

What? There were bakeries in the 40s, 50s and 60s! And stores where you could buy cookies, candies and pastries. I don't know what media you're watching to give you such strange ideas.

PP didn't have a grandmother with a bowl of hard candies on the table.

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Their childhood dessert. My grandma loved cheap lollipops.
But then again, everyone loves ice-cream.

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My ILs are obsessed with ice cream and talk about exactly what they’ll get, what add-ons, cones v cup, if they’ll get a sundae beginning at breakfast. If they are on vacation, the discussions continue through lunch - so much talk about “saving calories” and fasting and “burning off the extra calories” so maybe they should walk to get ice cream. Chatter up until they order the ice cream and then a breakdown and critique of what they’ll order next time, how this compares to X ice cream, how many calories they’ve consumed, and how expensive ice cream is, maybe they’ll try frozen custard next, should they drive 20 minutes and find parking or try the frozen custard place within walking distance…they love to say that they are returning home”fat and happy” and wrote that in numerous guest books.

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Old people tend not to eat as much so keeping ice cream in the freezer makes sense. There’s always sweet when company or grandkids come over. They can have a small treat when they want without the pressure of needing to eat it all before it goes stale. They tend to not want to waste food

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This is one of the best threads I’ve ever read on DCUM. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:Joe Biden being one, but what makes older generations love ice cream? Will generations born in the 70s, 80s, 90s feel the same about it when we are elderly?

I'm one of those generations and I already love ice cream. Always have. My kids born in the 2000s love ice cream, too. I really don't think it's a generational thing per se.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. I can honestly say I’ve never been offered ice cream as an adult in a home by anyone under 70.

I’ve been to plenty of dinners and lunches over with friends and can’t think of one time outside of visiting elderly relatives or neighbors that I’ve been offered ice cream by anyone under 70.

I’m thinking back to being a kid too, the times I’ve ever been scooped a bowl of ice cream were all with elderly neighbors or relatives. Friends would have popsicles - sometimes the ones with cream in the center but nonetheless, I skewed toward only having ice cream with the elderly.

If my kids have friends over, I'm going to offer them the thing I can pull out of the freezer and hand to them without any fuss and minimal mess/dishes.

Plus, if I have ice cream on hand, it's my ice cream and I don't want to share that.

My grandparents never offered ice cream, but they always had cookies and then as adults my grandma would offer us beer.

Aside from the beer, this sounds like I could have written it. My grandmother was particularly keen on Brach caramels.
In fact, I don't recall my grandparents ever keeping ice cream in the house. But we would "stop for ice cream" at an ice cream shop after certain outings. And we would make ice cream at summer family gatherings. There was ice cream in our house most of the time, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Joe Biden being one, but what makes older generations love ice cream? Will generations born in the 70s, 80s, 90s feel the same about it when we are elderly?

Not true. A portion of old people actually stop eating ice cream because their teeth are more sensitive. My parents avoid food too cold or too hot.

Not being able to eat it doesn't mean they don't like/love it.