Legendary TV chef Nigella Lawson courted controversy after suggesting Brits try out a breakfast-themed ice cream. But her suggested caught the attention of the English Breakfast Society
The English Breakfast Society has slammed Nigella Lawson after she suggested fans try a breakfast-themed ice cream.
Chairman Guise Bule blasted: “Any right minded Englishman instinctively knows that ice cream is not a breakfast food.”
His fury came after Nigella posted a recipe of the day for brown toast and malted coffee ripple ice cream with the famous chef saying she “adores” breakfast ice creams.
But the suggestion left a bitter taste in the mouth of breakfast aficionado Mr Bule who said he was personally affronted by the idea.
He fumed: “Nigella may be a national treasure, but even national treasures have their culinary misfires.
“Brown toast and malted coffee ripple ice cream? That sounds like what happens when your freezer defrosts into your breakfast tray.
“I’d humbly suggest she pop down to her nearest greasy spoon, order a proper fry-up with a side of real toast and builder’s tea, and remember that breakfast isn’t meant to melt.”
Nigella’s latest Marmite idea was posted out to followers last week.
Its ingredient list may raise eyebrows – it includes five thick slices of brown bread, four tablespoons of dark brown sugar, four tablespoons of milk powder, 50g of butter, 300 millilitres of sour cream, liquid glucose syrup,
condensed milk, sea salt, double cream, honey, espresso powder, malt extract and olive oil.
The star chef said: “I adore breakfast ice creams in every guise.
“Humphry Slocombe in San Francisco is famous for its Drunken Breakfast – a delicious combination of cornflakes and bourbon.
“I’m always mesmerised by the menu at Morgenstern’s in Greenwich Village,
New York, which has flavours like almond croissant, chocolate granola and blueberry-maple pancake.
“And the one time I ate at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck, its bacon and egg ice cream was a true highlight.
“My all-time favourite was a brown toast ice cream served at an unassuming dessert bar on London’s Brick Lane.
“My riff on it adds a syrupy malted-coffee ripple… ice cream for breakfast with an espresso kick!”
But Nigella did have some supporters.
Ice cream aficionado Phil Harrison, who runs Bears Ice Cream Imaginarium in Whitstable, Kent, and has been an ice cream ‘chef’ for nine years, said:
“You can go anywhere and get a strawberry or vanilla ice cream.
“The toast element is a really nice element and I don’t like coffee, but I like the idea of it.
“Life is too short for boring ice cream.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
