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These look incredible. Recently, I cut up and froze a cantaloupe that was a bit too ripe, and put it through my food processor. Similar effect to the "banana nice-cream". I recommend it, especially if you freeze it again, it has a shaved-ice texture.

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oooh that's so cool! i woulda never thought to do that with canteloupe and it sounds so good! especially the shaved ice version, dang

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Thank you! I loved writing this and coming up with ideas and it probably deserves a sequel at some point!

I think trying to reducing food waste so often focusses on the not throwing away part when really the focus should also be on how much there is to gain!

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Totally agree! That reframing is like, most of the work

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Super interesting, thanks for sharing! (Am a huge fan of caramelised sourdough crumbs in or on top of ice cream - clearly need to make that again!)

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Oh nice! Yeah I had never heard of it -- I can't wait to try it!!

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They are addictive in a kettle corn kinda way - but maybe even more so because there is a savoury element as well from any darker bits of crust? Really good - could eat it by the handful!

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Also, this reminded me of a post I wrote a while back on food waste and home baking and I thought that might be right up your street as well:

https://sophiareal.substack.com/p/peel-to-core-or-the-home-bakers-guide

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Oooh love this! Love how exhaustive this is - so many good ideas!

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The ice cream looks delicious! It's so interesting to see the various ways dairy is substituted. The texture looks great too.

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I know, the texture is what grabbed my eye too!!!

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I need a conelé !

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SAME.

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I had a towering and not-climate-friendly scoop of cookie dough at Emack and Bolio's last night, but this is inspiring me!

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ooh yum i gotta try that chain. yeah my last 24 hours has been a decided un-climate-friendly ice cream fest. But getting back on the horse!

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Mouthwatering!!! I want to eat the sunflower seed ice cream so badly!!

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SAME

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We gotta go to Apteka

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Tried the upcycled cacao pulp and chocolate stracciatella from Salt & Straw last month!

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Ooh I've been meaning to try that!!!

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