I'm not going to question this research too intensely. It sounds good to me, and so I have been eating ice cream every night. I never thought I liked ice cream. That is until I moved to Oregon.
There are two major contenders in the Battle of the Oregon Ice Creams: Tillamook and Umpqua. The Umpqua Dairy is a family-owned business that has been in Roseburg since 1931. Tillamook is a 98-year-old farmer cooperative located on the coast of Oregon. Both make damn fine ice cream.
I had the fortune of having both ice creams at my disposal this weekend, and two similar flavors of the finest sort: Tillamook's Mudslide and Umpqua's Chocolate Brownie Thunder.
So, here goes...Tillamook vs. Umpqua:
Round 1:
Tillamook's Mud Slide is chocolate with a fudge ripple.
Umpqua's Chocolate Brownie Thunder is chocolate with a thicker fudge ripple. (Ka-pow!)
Round 2:
Tillamook's Mud Slide has fudge pieces sprinkled throughout.
Umpqua's Chocolate Brownie Thunder has fudge chunks that melt on contact with the tongue. (Bam!)
Round 3:
Mud Slide is milky and very sweet.
Brownie Thunder is creamy and has a slight coffee aftertaste. (Ding!)
Round 4:
The Umpqua packaging reminds me a school supplies. (Huh?)
The Tillamook cow is much less threatening. (Weak jab.)
So, the winner is...Brownie Thunder. But don't go wasting your Tillamook if that's all you've got. Eat it up, and then go make some babies!
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