Baskin Robbins Hot Treats in Hatch End and cold ice cream worldwide

 

What does an ice cream shop sell in winter? Hot treats. Such as hot waffles with ice cream. 

Warm your winter with our Hot Treats, says the Baskin Robbins window poster. Going Clockwise:

Belgian Waffle

Belgian waffle with ice cream

Chocolate Brownie

Apple Pie

Apple pie with ice cream. That is another favourite food in the UK and USA. I remember in the Sixties going to the USA as a student and being puzzled by pie a la mode. It means pie with ice cream. 

Chocolate Chunk Cookie

Molten Chocolate Cake - sounds wonderful

Rockslide Brownie

What if it is too cold for you. The dark nights are starting earlier. What if you have a cold?

You can order a delivery through Uber Eats.

377 Uxbridge Road, Pinner HA5 4JN UK

In Hatch End, the corner of Tilbury Close, next to Tesco Express.

The Facebook page for Baskin Robbins says the company was founded by Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins, who were brothers in law. They have more than 6,000 stores in 35 countries.

Useful Websites

https://www.ubereats.com/

https://www.ubereats.com/gb/store/baskin-robbins-hatch-end/

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskin-Robbins

About the Author

I am Angela Lansbury, not related to the actress, nor the other people of the same name on LinkedIn. I am British born. I have lived in Spain (winter home) and the USA. My family has lived in or often visited the multi-racial USA where Spanish is an increasingly prevalent language, in multi-language Singapore which has signs in the four official languages which include English and Chinese, in Spain, and multi-language Switzerland where you see French, German, and Italian.. My interest in languages was helped by having long-term au pair girls from France, Germany, Spain and Italy. I have written travel articles for numerous magazines and newspapers and spoken on radio and TV in the UK, USA and Australia.

You can link up with me on Facebook and LinkedIn. See my books on Lulu.com and Amazon. Or speak to me at meetings of speakers' clubs which are part of Toastmasters International. I belong to Harrovians in the UK, and in Singapore to BHA and TCA as well as Singapore Online. 

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Kosher crackers and kosher Ice Cream? What is kosher ice cream? With Pork Or Without Pork? Where do you get it? Who cares about it? UK, USA.

Baskin Robbins, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex, UK, sells kosher ice creams. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Next door is Tesco Express which sells kosher food and kosher wine.

Tesco Express branches, and larger branches of Tesco, as well as other supermarkets in the UK, sell items with kosher labels such as these crackers (matzos) by Rakusens. Photo by Angela Lansbury

Here is the kosher symbol from rakusens crackers. You can buy kosher goods in Tesco in Hatch End, for friends or family or yourself, or a gift. But many people don't realise that next door to Tesco in Baskin Robbins you can buy kosher ice cream.

 I was in Baskin Robbins when I saw a sign about kosher ice cream. Afterwards I went online and discovered that Tesco online also sold kosher ice cream.

Tesco online sells several brands, Haagen Dazs, Ben and Jerry's, and Swedish (soy sorbet).

What could be non kosher in ice cream? Surely nobody uses pork in ice cream?

Yes, they do. In the USA. 

USA Ham Ice Cream

For example, Windy Brow Farms in New Jersey, USA makes a ham and French toast ice cream, salt with honey for sweetness, as well as vegan and other ice cream.

Pork in Ice Cream

Less obvious pork products can be ice cream. Stabilizers can contain gelatin from pigs or non-kosher cows.

Kosher & Halal

I looked up the differences between kosher and halal products. On both sides, kosher and halal, the strictly orthodox have different rules from more liberal groups. Among the differences, which were new to me, camel and rabbit appear to be halal but not kosher. The blood is removed from meat by Jews using water and salt, by Moslems by using vinegar.  

Shellfish & Alergies

Some people would be happy enough to buy a product which was not obviously containing shellfish. (Orthodox Jews and those with allergies.  I have allergies). 

Other might be concerned that the premises and production process should be check to ensure no cross-contamination of work surfaces and machinery. Or even handling by non Jews who might be idolators. 

Quite a few ideas which were totally new to me.

In addition to this there are the covid-19 regulations about how many in the shop, eating cones in the doorway.

We bought our ice creams, I chose pistachio, and we trotted home happily.

Useful Websites

KOSHER (& others not Kosher)

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/frozen-food/ice-cream-ice-lollies-and-frozen-desserts/ice-cream-tubs/all?dietary=Kosher

https://www.graeters.com/kosher-ice-cream (USA)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Islamic_and_Jewish_dietary_laws

https://www.kashrut.com/consumer/ice_cream/

Ham, or vegan, or other ice cream from 

windybrowfarms.com

About the author of this travel blog

Angela Lansbury is British born and bred but has also lived in the USA, Spain and Spingapore and visited countries around the worl

She is a semi-retired teacher of English language and literature and a member of Toastmasters International and five clubs, Harrovians in the UK, three in Singapore (BHA and TCA and Senja-Cashew), a club coach for Nee Soon South, and a member of online only club, Singapore Online Dynamic. To find a club go to Toastmasters International Find a club or look on Facebook. BHA meets the first Wednesday evening each month, login 6.45 for 7 pm start Singapore time (SGT), which is noon in London UK, during British summer time, until clocks go back the last Sunday in October when the UK reverts to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Fun Pun Of The Week - Sundae

Problem
How do you remember jokes when you are asked to tell a joke at a meeting?

Answer
Just take a photo of anything funny you see.

Story
I was passing the ice cream parlour, Baskin Robbins, and saw this pun. Make every day a sundae. I had to go back later and take a photograph.

Tips
Store funny photos in one place, such as in an album called COMEDY or JOKES.
Or email them to yourself and keep a folder called comedy on your laptop or computer.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.

Trick or Treat? What's Hot In The Ice Cream Shop?

Baskin Robbins have ice cream of the month for £1.50 in a cone. 

Trick or treat, they joke.

But for those of us who think it's too chilly for ice cream and want to warm up, there are six hot treats.

The two cheapest treats are £3.95, for hot waffle with a scoop of ice cream. Or chocolate brownie with a scoop of ice cream. If you are willing to treat yourself to a dessert costing £4.95, you can have Chocolate Fondant, American Style Pancake, Sticky Toffee Pudding, or Rocky Road Brownie. 

These are all from Baskin Robbins in Hatch End. You might find other flavours at other branches and in other months.