I thought I could make sherbet super gay…I was wrong…
It has always irked me that when you buy ‘rainbow’ sherbet, there are only THREE flavors. Over the years, I have noticed that, depending on the brand, rainbow sherbet has different flavors, and some sherbet flavors are never even included. So last summer, I came up with a brilliant idea. I would buy every varying rainbow sherbet I could find in the freezer aisle at my local store, as well as any individual supplemental flavors not included in rainbow containers, and make the ultimate rainbow sherbet. I came home with five containers of sherbet, including three rainbows with various flavors, plus a container of pink lemonade sherbet and a container of watermelon sherbet.
Once I’d scooped all the various flavors into one heaping bowl, I had created a concoction of orange, lime, lemon, pink lemonade, watermelon, raspberry, and wild berry…I anxiously delved in with a spoon for the ultimate burst of icy cold fruity goodness. Instead, I tasted pretty much NOTHING. It was such an overload of flavors that they all cancelled each other out and I couldn’t distinguish any one particular flavor! Before long, the melting sherbet started to form a nasty grayish ooze in the bottom of the bowl as the multiple colors blended!
So now I understand why three is the maximum number of sherbet flavors worthy of a single container of rainbow sherbet. But I’m still mad that Breyers took it’s phenomenal 5-flavor chocolate ice cream off the market in exchange for a mere ‘triple chocolate’…