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Sherbet Dessert

Spice Up Fall With J.p. Licks’ Seasonal Desserts and Coffee

DATELINE:  BOSTON; BROOKLINE; CAMBRIDGE; JAMAICA PLAIN; NEWTON CENTRE; SOMERVILLE AND WEST ROXBURY, MA…

J.P. Licks’ new Pumpkin Custard ice cream tops the list, tasting just like Grandma’s pie.  It’s made with real pumpkin and eggs and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and molasses.  J.P. Licks’ Carrot Cake ice cream is true to form and made with fresh carrots, raisins, brown sugar and cinnamon.

Both are Limited Edition flavors and available through November, while supplies last.

Cakes & Pies for Thanksgiving

J.P. Licks’ ultra rich Pumpkin Pies and Carrot Cakes are good reasons to volunteer to bring dessert this Thanksgiving.  The Pumpkin Pie has a buttery graham cracker crust and is made with J.P. Licks’ rich Pumpkin Custard ice cream.

The Carrot Cake is made with J.P. Licks’ Carrot Cake ice cream and hand packed for a denser, heavier cake.  It’s topped with a thick layer of real cream cheese frosting.  Baby cakes, which are 6” around and serve six to 10 people, are in stock in all the stores.  Medium size (8” around, serving eight to 15) and large size (10” around, serving 12-20) cakes are also available with 24 hour notice.  Prices on all cakes range from $18.99 to $31.99.

Don’t forget to pick up a pint of J.P. Lick’s Wild Turkey Bourbon ice cream.  It’s made with liquor and will kick off Thanksgiving in a whole new way!                              

Check out these other sumptuous flavors available through November at J.P. Licks:

French Vanilla*; Peanut Butter Oreo; El Diablo (a spicy chocolate); Pumpkin Cheesecake*; Vermont Maple lowfat yogurt; Cranberry Orange Sorbet; Pumpkin Lactose Free* and Lime Sherbet.    * Items contain eggs.

The featured sundae of the month is a Gingerbread Sundae.  Other non-frozen treats available: M&M party Cookie; Pumpkin Chip Cookie; Frosted Pumpkin Muffin; Vegan Blueberry Muffin; Maple Walnut Scone; Frosted Pumpkin Loaf; Cranberry Orange Nut Loaf; Gingerbread Squares.

Drink in Some Holiday Cheer

J.P. Licks will offer their special Holiday Blend coffee all through November and December. It is a syrupy, smooth blend, with strong spice notes and very warming for the holidays.

Visit jplicks.com for all locations.           

Best of Boston and Beyond                 

For more than 25 years, J.P. Licks has been serving homemade ice cream and other specialties in their eight Kosher-certified shops in and around Boston.  Locally owned and operated, J.P. Licks has won many awards over the years for their intensely-flavored homemade ice cream and frozen yogurt.  Most recently, J.P. Licks was named “Best of Boston” and “Best Location – Jamaica Plain” by Boston Magazine and also made WBZ’s “A-List” for the second year in a row.  Known for their high quality, scrumptious treats and their knack for “treating people right”, J.P. Licks was named Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s “Small Business of the Year”.

In addition to their frozen creations, J.P. Licks roasts their own fair trade and organic coffee beans on-site at their Jamaica Plain store, which ensures the best and the freshest, full-bodied cup of coffee around.  Decadent hand-packed ice cream cakes as well as breakfast & ice cream sundae catering are also available. 

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Help Those Gallstones with Sherbets

No matter how long it's been since our first unforgettable candy experience, there's only thing that matters now.  Those candies are back.  Those retro sweets are making their way to us again with perhaps tenfold the flavor, fun and satisfaction.  Why?  Because we yearned for them for so long and now that they're actually here, we just love them more.  Yes, those Fried Eggs, Friendship Rings, Jelly Bean Love Hearts, Jelly Cherry Lips, Kola Kubes, Love Hearts, Hearts Dip, Parma Violets, Scented Satins, Space Dust,  Strawberry & Cream Lollies and the rest of them are finally among us all over.    

Remember those toffees, gums, jelly beans, licorice and sherbets? They'll be pretty much a part of lives  again,  if not for our own cravings, then probably for our  children's.  Years since childhood, we've probably even changed our views about these old-fashioned  sweets and maybe there's enough reason to. With more health studies related to food, we just may find some interesting connections.  For example, did you know sherbets, though not necessarily the candies, are actually helpful in treating gallstones?  When combined with a specially designed diet for patients with gallstones, these fruity deserts have been found to promote wellness.  

How great it must be to simply rely on those sherbet-based traditional sweets but in this case, we mean sherbets freshly made from fruits.  But even when they come fresh, they don't necessarily create significant results unless taken with the right food regimen.  Part of a gallstone diet will definitely include restriction of fat and cholesterol because these are the main causes of the condition.  Carbohydrates are allowed but it's important to know which ones are good and which aren't.  Cereals, rice and other whole grains are recommended while anything enriched such as white bread should be avoided.

Protein will still remain to be an important dietary requirement even for someone with gallstones.  However,  the protein source of choice will definitely matter.  Chicken, pork and beef may be allowed but definitely without the fat no matter how tempting.  This also means making wise choices in the ways to cook the meat.  Fried won't do, but steamed or grilled will.   
Fruits and vegetables are highly recommended but will usually work best when eaten raw. This way, they remain rich in  water soluble fiber which works to flush out toxins from the body.  One may get uncomfortable at first when trips to the toilet start becoming more and more frequent. However, it will be easy to adjust when things normalize.

A person with gallstones may have to forgo of that passion for whole milk and settle for fat free instead. Whole cheese should also be avoided.  Any other drinks will do as long as one still gets to drink more water than anything else.  And as for deserts, sherbets are king.  Non-fat yogurts are also great as any fruit juice. Even if sherbet traditional sweets may not find their way in this diet,  sherbet desserts always will.  

Long years since our Sour Pips,  Space Dust – Strawberry,  Spearmint Pips, Strawberry Flyers and and those other sherbet candies, we still long for them but with a healthier perspective. While our kids can enjoy them as sherbet sweets, we can always start looking for recipes and make ourselves those fresh and refreshing fruity desserts with or without gallstones.

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Shen Smith is a blogger and a sherbet sweets enthusiast.