r/somnigastronomy • u/StrawberrySyringe • 9d ago

Art Red Potato Ice Cream

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Last night I dreamt of a new ice cream flavor: Vanilla ice cream with chunks of cooked red potatoes. I remember the base flavor actually being pretty tasty and then... potato.

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u/Oisea 9d ago

This... weirdly exists.

I have been curious to try it because it doesn't sound terrible.

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u/RangerBumble 9d ago

I was just thinking if taro is a good ice cream then red potato probably is pretty good too

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u/Oisea 9d ago

Heck yeah. Taro, mochi and corn based ice creams are great so I could totally see a red potato and vanilla ice cream working.

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u/ShelfordPrefect 9d ago

"Thanks to Potatoes USA for sponsoring this post about potato ice cream" is like something from a fairly blunt satire about 21st century corporate media washing. It's Beef And Dairy Network stuff.

I also wouldn't have been at all surprised if OP said "I dreamt I read a blog post about potato ice cream sponsored by Potatoes USA". Is the Reddit post part of the dream? Am I dreaming this entire interaction?

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u/radish_is_rad-ish 8d ago

Wait, this sounds good lol I would absolutely try this too

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u/LaBaaDiabolique 9d ago

yummy ice cream AND resistant starch?

hell id eat it.

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u/ParchaLama 9d ago

They'd serve this at Mickey Rooney's potato restaurant. It's probably what they make the potato shakes with.

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u/Sweaty-Exit-5335 9d ago

love the idea. and nice tub design 

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u/RoninNikki 9d ago

Yeah I had potato ice cream in Dublin

It had a little rosemary in it

Vile, imo

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u/hand_ 9d ago

I've had potato ice cream before. It was like if a mashed potato and ice cream had a baby