Does anyone know what happened to ben and jerrys wavy gravy ice cream?!
Does anyone know what happened to ben and jerrys wavy gravy ice cream?
i havent seen it for awhile and was wondering if anyone knows what happened to it.
Answers:
Ben and Jerrys have a flavor graveyard you can view at http://www.benjerry.com/our_products/fla...
The Death of Wavy Gravy Ice Cream
I've noticed something about Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream; they seem to take away only the best of the best flavors when you really don't want them to take them away.
Wavy Gravy
This happened with their Wavy Gravy line, it was single handedly the best mix of flavors I had ever had in ice cream before and then suddenly it was all taken away. Just thinking about the ice cream makes me drool. It had just the right mix of caramel, cashew's and Brazil nut's. Mixed all together with vanilla ice cream the stuff was just heaven. I would find myself buying 3 at a time and saving them as long as I could in the freezer, needless to say I absolutely loved it.
The origins of Wavy Gravy ice cream are pretty simple. The ice cream was named after 60's hippie and clown icon Wavy Gravy aka Hugh Romney who has had the distinction of mc'ing all 3 Woodstock's and also runs Camp Winnarainbow in an area outside of Laytonville, California which is about a 3 hour drive north of San Francisco. The money Wavy would receive from the sales of the ice cream would go directly to his camp to help fund scholorships for homeless and under privilaged children who lived in the Bay Area. The children were given the chance to enjoy a few weeks during the summer in the wilderness with kids their own age.
But somewhere along the line Ben and Jerry decided the ice cream wasn't making the kind of sales it once was and decided to discountinue the line around 2003. I haven't seen it around here since 2000 though, but 7 years later I still have great memories of this amazing concoction. I really can't sing it's praises enough and anyone who missed trying this really missed out.
Another favorite I have found though is Phish Food which is dedicated to the band Phish who have used the proceeds from the sale of the ice cream for The WaterWheel Foundation which the band founded in 1997 to oversee their charitable activities. Initially, the Foundation included The Touring Division, The Giving Program, and the Lake Champlain Initiative. As the band has stopped touring though The Touring Division and the Giving Program are now defunct. The Lake Champlain Initiative continues to donate proceeds from the sale of Phish Food to support the environmental well-being of Lake Champlain and its watershed.Ben and Jerry's likes to add certain names or bands to it's ice cream flavors and give back as much as they can in the sale proceeds to the charity of the honoree's choice. This is a great way for the company to give back while allowing multiple charities to benefit from the sales.
But I still can't help but feel a little sad for the flavors that have gone to the great Ben and Jerry graveyard such as S'mores and Urban Jumble, both of which were just as good as Wavy Gravy.If you ever get a chance to try Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavors, remember to savor them because they could be here today and just as easily gone tomorrow.
An old Vote to save Wavy Gravy bumper sticker
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