Anyone else remember going to their grandparent's house in the summer and getting this specific flavor of ice cream?

Posted by kalitarios@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 64 comments

I swear it was everywhere. Every house had it, always in that soggy cardboard box. This oddly tasting peach flavor.

My grandparents sometimes went the extra mile and would have the Neapolitan (chocolate-vanilla-strawberry) if I was lucky, and sometimes only the coffee flavor one as well, which was unappealing to me as a 7-year-old kid, but there seemed to be a 99% chance it was peach.

If I got REALLY lucky, they had a container of Jimmies to go on top, and a maraschino cherry

Seeing these ice cream posts lately; I did some introspection and came out with this dusty old memory. All I could find on google was this blurry old photo. Or maybe it's a clear photo and my eyesight is going...

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Difficult_Path_8153@reddit

Yes!

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AgentLead_TTV@reddit

Back when breyers was good. They prided themselves on their "5 natural ingredients". They are not even allowed to legally call it ice cream anymore. Sad state of affairs. Its like a frozen sponge now.

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MorningAngel420@reddit

Never

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atlasfields@reddit

Black cherry Bryers

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fridayimatwork@reddit

I forgot all about it

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soifua@reddit

My grandparents, sadly, were orange sherbet people

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Strangewhine88@reddit

My grandfather had a peculiar handcrank icecream maker with long oval zinc box. He retired tocoastal AL, always takked Baldwin County peaches, Baldwin County tomatoes when we came to visit. We got homemade peach from that handcrank and it was way better.

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kalitarios@reddit (OP)

Bet it was devine in that old machine

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No_Dependent_8346@reddit

My folks used to have a truck from Schwan's stop by every couple of weeks, we usually got their ice cream bars (NY vanilla covered with chocolate), ice cream sandwiches and a 5-gallon tub of spumoni, now finding spumoni is rarer than hen's teeth.

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TwistedMemories@reddit

Nope. But at times my grandpas would pull out the electric ice cream maker and make some ice cream. There was nothing better than freshly made ice cream.

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DNC1the808@reddit

What happened to this brand. It used to be so good. Now it is awful

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FuzzyScarf@reddit

A couple years ago my dad mistakenly thought Breyer’s was on sale and bought 2 containers. When it rang up not on sale he went to customer service and complained and they gave it to him for a sale price. He was pretty pleased since Breyer’s is the “good” ice cream. Then he ate it. He had me try some. It was awful. He was all excited that he got it for cheap and it was awful. That was the last time he bought Breyer’s.

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Various-General-8610@reddit

Agreed.

I loved their Rocky Road. Now it tastes like ass and it has a strange texture.

It is nasty now.

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NeverEverMaybe0_0@reddit

Sold, and the buyers felt the need to raise prices and use cheaper ingredients.
A tale as old as... well, the '80s.

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nysocalfool@reddit

Yes. They can’t even call it ice cream (legally).

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texan01@reddit

No. My grandma never kept ice cream at her house. And I live in Blue Bell country and family.

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dystopiadattopia@reddit

No, but I remember those flimsy paper boxes!

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JenMartini@reddit

Born in GA, loved peach ice cream. Since being in PA, best ones I’ve had are Tanner’s (Bucks County creamery) and Tilamook from the grocery store

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Various-General-8610@reddit

I love Tillamook ice cream. Their Strawberry is wonderful too.

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TooFunny4U@reddit

Yes, my grandmother had this. So good!

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megaboz@reddit

Didn't have the ice cream but we did get Trix and Froot Loops for the week we stayed with grandparents during summer vacation. After eating cheerios for the other 51 weeks of the year at home.

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

I grew up in Texas. It was Blue Bell all the way.

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mbcarrol@reddit

This was the Cadillac of ice cream when I was growing up. “WE HAVE BREYERS PEACH!” I look for it now, many other Breyers flavors but no peach 🍑

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elspotto@reddit

No. That was my favorite. We usually had it in the fridge. At home.

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Latitude22@reddit

My grandparents were vanilla ice cream only. I don’t believe that they were aware of any other flavors.

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Medium-Mission5072@reddit

My grandmother had Breyer’s coffee in her freezer. That was hers and I was not allowed to touch it. She had usually ice cream sandwiches for me (and my other cousins) but that didn’t stop me from sneaking a spoonful or 2 of her coffee ice cream when she wasn’t looking.

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