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It would appear that in the US there are a myriad of words for frozen shit. In the UK we have a traffic-light system of frozen deserts: ice cream (with its subcategory Mr Whippy), sorbet (and the associated frozen snack, ice-lollies) and iced gems (crap little powdery biscuits with powdery sugar on top). Easy peasy. I exclude the wonder that is frozen raspberry ripple mousse, because, although no-one ever waits for it to thaw before eating it, it should be eaten when you can actually stick a spoon in it without it breaking off at the handle.
Prepare yourself to enter the confusing world of American frozen deserts.
Lets start with sherbet. Yes, sherbet. Here people wrongly use this word to describe sorbet. But, wait, sorbet also exists and is somehow different. Then you have gelato (which I always thought was just Italian for ice cream), ice cream (already?) and frozen dairy dessert.
And these are all distinct from the shave ice, slurpee, sno cones (which are apparently different to shave ice???) and italian ice that are, I believe, icier versions of the above?
I have no idea where popsicles fit in all of this (my only understanding of popsicles is that they are the desert of choice for pedophiles like Herbert in Family Guy), and they appear to call choc-ices 'candy bars'? A snickers choc-ice would still be considered a candy bar? Despite being filled with ice-cream? What the hell??
I'm sure most normal people wouldn't give a shit about this stuff, but to some this stuff really matters
and I don't want to look like an ill-educated English pleb, ordering my Mivvy, while everyone else opts for madagascan vanilla and pumpkin-spiced gelato with salted-caramel sauce.
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