Spaghetti ice cream! Saw this at the Minnesota State Fair a few years back. It's cooler in concept than in actual execution, meaning: You probably wouldn't want to buy it.
The machine might be cooler in concept, but "spaghetti eis" itself (as it's known in Germany) RULES. I went on a summer exchange program to Germany in high school and when I got home I couldn't shut up about it. "It's a strawberry ice cream sundae! But it looks like spaghetti!" I can't believe it took that long to catch on in the US.
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The machine might be cooler in concept, but "spaghetti eis" itself (as it's known in Germany) RULES. I went on a summer exchange program to Germany in high school and when I got home I couldn't shut up about it. "It's a strawberry ice cream sundae! But it looks like spaghetti!" I can't believe it took that long to catch on in the US.
Hm! This sounds way better, now that I know it isn't starchy, cooked spaghetti noodles swirled into some ice cream.
I lived in Germany as a kid, and commenter #1 is right - the stuff in Germany is amazingly good!
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