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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How come no one paired bubbly with ice cream for adult-spiders?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did it when I was in my 20s a few times and I hated it. Tasted suspiciously like vomit.

However I did not give up there. The grown up spider/icecream soda involves tonic water, french vanilla icecream, crushed strawberries and a dash of gin, imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like how you hated it so much, you tried it multiple times 😆

I can't stomach anything with tonic water. It must be an acquired taste because it's so bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What can I say, I was young and it feels like it should work so I kept thinking maybe the champagne wasn't good enough, maybe it works better with dry instead of sweet, etc.

If you hate tonic, maybe substitute one of those fancy Fever Tree club sodas then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be honest, the whole thing doesn't sound that appetising to me! I'm just not a big spider fan in general, so swapping the tonic probably wouldn't help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense. I still really love plain lemonade ones, feels like a treat for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ok, maybe I'd go for a lemonade one if it was offered 😆

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you search with the term "ice cream float" instead of "spider", there are plenty of recipes!

E.g.

I'm not willing to try it since I don't like wine, but I encourage you to give it a go and report back!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks this is awesome! I won't share it with my wife, however