I have never seen grape ice cream.
Actually, i know why this is:
Grapes contain a a special molecule Anthocyanin that prevents freezing, so youâd keep ending up with grape milk. Many ice cream companies and manufacturers have made bold attempts at grape ice cream, hardly any of them successful.
But then, finally, those geniuses at Ben and Jerryâs did it. So why donât we have grape ice cream?
Hereâs the thing: Ben confessed in a People Magazine interview in 1984 that he had a huge crush on Becky and promised to create the flavor just for her. Knowing the history of grape ice cream, she coyly requested it, thinking it to be impossible. Ben began to include the grape skin and juice to better see the differences between batches. While he didnât understand the science behind this at the time, he found that including the skins increased the levels of anthocyanin enough to make the ice cream freeze. âBecky was impressed,â he remarked, âWe were at her house, alone. I gave her the scoop â on a cone. I was really getting somewhere. She was laughing and happy. She couldnât believe I did it. Iâll never forget what happened next.â
âBecky jokingly gave her dog a lick from the cone. He liked it and took a couple of licks. Then he just gasped and dropped dead. He flipped down onto the floor and was just gone. I had no idea grapes are toxic to dogs. Specifically to the anthocyanin. Becky was devasted. I had invented a deadly dog poison, and I definitely wasnât getting anywhere with her now.â
Yeah.Â
tldr; The reason we donât have grape ice cream is because Ben from Ben and Jerryâs killed Jerryâs hot sisterâs dog with it.
holy fuck
This is deep.
