Aiskrim potong (traditional icecream)

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Long time ago, not everyone had electricity. Only certain homes had refrigerator. Therefore, getting to eat icecream was a luxury. Icecream or ice lollies were homemade with various flavours like red beans, sour plum, rose syrup, coffee, chocolates, orange and other basic flavours.

I remembered buying aiskrim Malaysia for 10 cents per stick. Nowadays, one can hardly find such icecream anymore. These icecream are filled in a longish plastic bag.

They were made with some flavoured syrup and milk or coconut milk. It’s texture wasn’t the same as the commercially produced icecreams which are creamy. The homemade ones taste ‘different’.

The above is a box of aiskrim potong or traditional icecream I bought recently. It comes in so many flavours like durians, jackfruit, passionfruit, orange, red beans and some other tastes I couldn’t distinct.

There is something that I dislike about aiskrim potong – the starchy texture when it melts. It doesn’t melt but become a glob of mush. Ewwws… I wonder why.

Posted by on July 14th, 2005 under Dessert

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No Responses to “Aiskrim potong (traditional icecream)”

  1. Jay Says:
    July 14th, 2005 at 8:30 pm

    Oooh I remember this, I used to eat them all the time in school. And I agree – when they melted everythng always turned into something a little… weird.

  2. boo_licious Says:
    July 14th, 2005 at 10:24 pm

    My mum is crazy for the Walls Kacang Merah one – she says it is nice and creamier.

  3. Evil Jungle Prince Says:
    July 15th, 2005 at 10:45 am

    Looks so tasty in those muted colors. Mmm, gonna try it when I finally get to Malaysia.

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