The Orange Cow - Orange Sherbert-Colored Ice Cream Truck in DC

[Pat]

Impulsively, I bought ice cream from The Orange Cow ice cream truck today.  It was parked by Eastern Market.  I've seen it in the same spot before, on NC Ave. just to the east of 7th Street, and today I succumbed.  There was a rabid fan of the truck and its products in front of me in line, raving about the peanut butter ice cream sandwiches they'd had at some event.  It turns out they only have those for special events.  Today's menu had ice cream in cups, floats, and sundaes, as well as frozen bananas, and (I think) smoothies.

I went with mint chocolate chip in a cup.  It was two medium sized scoops for $4, which seems reasonable.  The consistency of the ice cream was good, but it didn't really taste like mint.  I don't care whether the ice cream is dyed green or not (this was), but I like my mint chocolate chip to taste like mint.  It didn't have a strong chocolate punch either.  The chips were mini, so with each bit, I got chocolate.  As ice cream it was good, but it didn't really remind me of the mint chocolate chip I loved in childhood.  I guess that's my benchmark.

While I used to eat a lot of ice cream when I was younger, I very rarely eat it now.  Dessert at Christmas dinner was the last ice cream I'd had.  Getting ice cream and not having it wow me was a bit of a disappointment.  Maybe I would have liked another flavor more.  They seem very popular.

[Pat]

Tried again.  Liked the Butter Brickle.  It was very creamy and had a nice butterscotch flavor.

[Pat]

Stopped at the truck at Eastern Market for the first time since last year. Ordered the butter brickle again, in a cone.  They have cake cones, which I much prefer to sugar cones.  I doubt it saves many calories getting a cup instead of a cone, but the time since I'd had an ice cream cone can be measured in decades.  Very satisfying on a hot sunny August day.  I felt like a little kid again, eating my ice cream cone as I walked down the street.

To keep up with their stops around town: @orangecowdc on Twitter.

[DonRocks]

Stopped at the truck at Eastern Market for the first time since last year. Ordered the butter brickle again, in a cone.  They have cake cones, which I much prefer to sugar cones.  I doubt it saves many calories getting a cup instead of a cone, but the time since I'd had an ice cream cone can be measured in decades.  Very satisfying on a hot sunny August day.  I felt like a little kid again, eating my ice cream cone as I walked down the street.

To keep up with their stops around town: @orangecowdc on Twitter.

Tried again.  Liked the Butter Brickle.  It was very creamy and had a nice butterscotch flavor.

I don't know why, but "Butter Brickle" just made me laugh out loud - I haven't had this in years.

How can anyone prefer a cake cone to a sugar cone? (Something tells me this could start an extended debate. )

[MsDiPesto]

I've always preferred the wafer "cake" cones. Light and airy, with a nice, yet delicate crunch to add contrast to the last bites. 

[saf]

How can anyone prefer a cake cone to a sugar cone? 

I also prefer sugar cones, but my weirdo husband prefers cake cones, although he calls them wafer cones.

At home we eat ice cream in bowls, so no need to keep both cones in stock.

As for the Orange Cow - once I got a graham cracker milkshake from them. It was delicious. But I don't work downtown any more, so I never am where they are. Also, I think it was a special, so maybe they wouldn't have it if I went.