Tiger Tail and Moon Mist
Posted on October 30, 2022 Posted by John Scalzi 11 Comments
Here on Sunday at Hal-Con, and I was presented with two regional favorite ice creams: Tiger Tail, which is orange ice cream with a ribbon of black licorice, and Moon Mist, which is basically banana bubble gum. The Moon Mist was a little much for me — 11-year-old me, the one who would shove an entire package Bubble Yum into his mouth at one time, would have loved it — but the Tiger Tail was pretty great, and I ate the entire bowl presented to me. The was followed by probably the most intense sugar rush I’ve had in a decade. I’m back in my hotel room now, managing the crash.
Also, Hal-Con is now at its end, and I had a genuinely lovely time at it. Everyone was super nice, people seemed happy to see me, and the staff and volunteers were just terrific. As the kids would say, A++, terrific con, would attend again. Although next time I might not eat an entire pint of ice cream at one go. Time for a nap.
–JS
Licorice — ewwww! But glad you liked Tiger Tail flavor. I don’t think I’d even have tried the Moon Mist.
If you ever make it north to Dearborn, MI, I highly recommend Kashta ice cream from Shatila, the Arabic Muslim bakery.
I love the concept of Tiger Tail, but I have only ever had bad, low quality Tiger Tail. Finding a high-quality implementation is on my dessert bucket list.
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please e-mail me a pint of each
Looks yummy!!!!!
Well since you’re obviously emailing Howard a pint of each, you might as well cc me. Not sure I’ll like ’em, but happy to try flavors I’ve never had.
Also, being sick as a dog from eating a pint or two of ice cream has never stopped me from eating a pint or two of ice cream next time.
Tiger Tail is arguably my favourite ice cream.
I love black licorice (that red stuff that tastes like chemical fruit doesn’t count) & the fewer people who like it, the more for me, so keep on hating thanks.
The Moon Mist looks… interesting.
i hope you brought a few snacks back for Athena to review.
Moonmist is my all time favourite. It has patches of 3 different flavours; not bubble gum :)
— Banana, Blueberry, and Grape.
Orange+licorice is yet another indicator of weird Canadian tastes. Black licorice ice cream sounds way nasty, although a Provençal-ish anise+lavender+orange zest (and maybe some rosemary) sounds interesting.
Orange ice cream (not sorbet) – that’s awesome, as are citrus ice creams generally. There used to be an ice cream manufacturer in Northern California called Three Twins, that made an orange ice cream (with orange zest; the zest makes the difference in any citrus ice cream) with chocolate chips that was exceptional. Sadly, that manufacturer is no more :-(
Pro tip – if you mix Pastisse (French liquorice liqueur), Grand Marnier (orange liqueur) and whole milk or light cream, and serve very cold over ice, it tastes like Tiger ice cream.