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Currywurst Now Selling Something Called Spaghetti Ice Cream
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Currywurst might have taken inspiration from Heirloom L.A.'s lasagne cupcakes when hatching their idea for a new dessert called ice cream spaghetti, but we have to admit that this just sounds, well, odd. (Not as odd as Honey Boo Boo's "sketti" made with ketchup and butter, but still sort of strange.)
Turns out the dessert is actually a German specialty called spaghettieis that was invented the late 1960s in Mannheim. The ice cream, whose name sounds more like some sort of fatal health condition, is given it's shape by being pushed through a modified spätzle press or potato ricer. The pasta-shaped ice cream is then topped with "fresh chunky strawberry sauce and shredded white chocolate" according to the store's owners. And it turns out that's the traditional way to do things.
Currywurst on Fairfax has been successful in bringing L.A. the post-WWII German street food that's basically sliced pork sausage slathered in a sauce typically made of made of ketchup or tomato paste and curry powder, and this might catch on with their loyal clientele.
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But much as we hate to be pessimistic about a dessert, this spaghetti ice cream just looks wrong. It sort of reminds us of those weird Play Dough machines that pump out stringy hair for plastic dolls. Then again, Heirloom's hand-held, single-serve pastas ended up being pretty good, so who knows. It could be the next Class 302. Their ice cream is hardly conventional-looking, but we argue it's one of thebest international ice treats in town.
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