Talk:Neapolitan ice cream
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how do you pronounce it? is it 4 or 5 sylables?
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why??? I presume it's for marketing reasons, or maybe for people who like all 3 flavors?
"On most lists, it is the third favorite ice cream flavor in the US." Huh? Really? On most lists, what are the first two favorites?
"There can be other combinations"--other combinations of Neapolitan? Isn't it always chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla?? --LMS (lover of Neapolitan, but not therefore a Latin lover)
All this is such a crap! This ice cream (chocolate/vanilla/strawberry flavor) is called Fürst Pückler Eis and it has been created in 1839 by a Prussian chef! I can't believe how biased this article is! get the facts and then write an article! Don't write just down your chauvinistic dreams!!! --89.50.28.228 (talk) 14:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Neapolitan doesn't have to be those three, according to http://www.allrecipes.com/encyc/terms/N/7588.asp (I assume this is true because it says so)
and http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/Q4.HTM
This site says it is #5, though: http://www.makeicecream.com/15mospopicec.html ...on some other sites I found, it was #3, after vanilla (#1) and chocolate (#2): http://www.bayarea.com/entertainment/guide/summer/docs/icecream5.html
- is it 3rd thru 5th because it occupies 3rd, 4th, and 5th? ;)
"Marge, we need some more vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream!" -- Homer J. Simpson, Episode 8F11
Anybody have any idea what Neapolitan ice cream has to do with Naples? Also, do we capitalize Neapolitan or not? - montréalais
- I always assumed it was because of the resemblance to the Italian flag:
. I suppose it ought to be mint instead of chocolate, though. ;) --Brion
From what I can find, the article contains an error. "Neopolitan" refers to Naples, Italy. There is no reason as far as I can tell to infer that it is called Neopolitan because it was " Napoleon's favorite ice cream". (Which I had always assumed.) In fact, multi-flavored ice cream ("spumoni") blocks were popular around the early 1900's. Italians and Sicilians ran many of the confectionary shops in the U.S and so the combination became known as "Neopolitan" in the U.S. Because chocolate, strawberry and vanilla were the most popular flavors in the U.S. they are the traditional combination.
See http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodicecream.html for an excellent history of ice cream and an explanation of the Neopolitan connection. -Jonathan
I agree that the Neapolitan name does not come from Napoleon. While I understand how that association could be made, I have never heard of anyone mispronouncing Neapolitan as Napoleon. The article states that this is the case, and I don't think that it should. Any opinions? Also, I noticed that an edit from October of 2008 had a lot of info on the Dutch origin. Was this found to be incorrect? It seemed very informative. Hinspate (talk) 05:43, 10 June 2009 (UTC) Derek
- In the UK, I've never heard of it being called Napoleon. And I've never seen it in American books under that name, either. We were rather closer to the Napoleons, too. However, http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars ... Peridon (talk) 15:03, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
- there's a pastry called "napoleon"; I suspect somebody may be confusing that. but, no, I've never heard it for the ice cream eiither. i may have seen "napolitan" with the e missing, however -- there's quite a bit googling up under THAT spelling (oh, wait, even MORE googling up with "napoleon"!! i guess it's a common mistake.)
- as for the FLAG, it's pistachio, not mint, and it's still around. see section below -- you guys shouldn't be posting up here in unformatted areas! 209.172.25.94 (talk) 06:33, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
- In the UK, I've never heard of it being called Napoleon. And I've never seen it in American books under that name, either. We were rather closer to the Napoleons, too. However, http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars ... Peridon (talk) 15:03, 14 June 2009 (UTC)