A scoop of ice cream is undoubtedly a popular summer dessert. We all love conventional flavors like chocolate and vanilla. However, rather than choosing a beloved standard, check out some specialty ice cream flavors!
In Colorado, US, there is a vendor of honey jalapeno pickle ice cream. This flavor has a sweet cream base mixed with honey, chopped jalapeno peppers and pickles. It has the most common pregnancy cravings in one flavor, as it blends sweet, salty, and spicy tastes. Although this flavor is only available in summer, it’s very popular with mothers-to-be.
Those who prefer milder tastes will appreciate the lobster ice cream from Maine, US. Legend says a patron at a dessert shop joked that it offered every flavor except lobster: a famous Maine food. Since then, the shop has been selling this lobster ice cream. The mix of buttery vanilla ice cream and lobster chunks gained popularity with tourists. Now, many people bring home souvenir T-shirts that say: “I tried lobster ice cream and survived!”
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If you like sweet ice cream with a crunch of lean insect protein, you’ll like the cicada ice cream from New Jersey, US. Every 17 years, thousands of Brood X cicadas emerge from underground. One shop wished to take advantage of the 2004 cicada plague. It collected, cooked and ground up cicadas before blending them with chocolate ice cream. It’s too bad it can only make this every 17 years.
These are just three ice cream flavors with weird ingredients. Take a chance and indulge in some other strange options, if you dare.
一球冰淇淋無疑是熱門的夏季甜點。我們都喜歡巧克力和香草等傳統口味。但是，與其選擇備受喜愛的標準口味，不如試試一些有特色的冰淇淋口味吧！
在美國科羅拉多州，有一間賣蜂蜜墨西哥辣椒醃黃瓜冰淇淋的商家。這種口味以甜奶油為基底，它混合了蜂蜜、切碎的墨西哥辣椒和醃黃瓜。它把最常見的孕期渴望混合成一種口味，因為它融合了甜味、鹹味和辣味。這種口味雖然只有夏天才有，但是很受準媽媽們的歡迎。
偏好較不刺激口味的人，會喜歡來自美國緬因州的龍蝦冰淇淋。據說，一家甜品店的老顧客開了個玩笑，說該店除了龍蝦這項知名的緬因州美食外，其他口味都有供應。從那以後，這間店就一直在賣這種龍蝦冰淇淋。奶油香草冰淇淋和龍蝦塊的混搭受到了遊客的歡迎。現在，很多人帶回家的紀念衣上印著：「我嘗試過龍蝦冰淇淋，還活了下來！」
如果你喜歡含有昆蟲的瘦蛋白並帶著清脆口感的甜味冰淇淋，你會喜歡來自美國紐澤西州的蟬冰淇淋。每隔十七年，就會有數以千計的Brood X蟬從地底下冒出來。一家商店希望利用西元2004年的蟬災。這間店收集蟬，煮熟並把牠們碾碎，然後將牠們混合進巧克力冰淇淋。可惜每十七年才出一次！
這些只是三種帶有奇怪成份的冰淇淋口味。如果你敢的話，不妨冒險品嚐其他一些奇怪的選擇！
MORE INFORMATION
vanilla n. 香草
jalapeno n. 墨西哥辣椒
pickle n. 醃黃瓜；醬菜
craving n. 渴望
chunk n. 厚塊；大部分
crunch n.（嘎吱作響的）咀嚼聲；碎裂聲
cicada n. 蟬
plague n. 禍患；災難
KEY VOCABULARY
1. scoop n. 勺子；一勺的量；獨家新聞
Joe ate one scoop of delicious chocolate ice cream in a cone.
喬吃了一球美味的巧克力甜筒冰淇淋。
2. undoubtedly adv. 無疑地；肯定地
The new policy has undoubtedly improved morale around the office.
這項新政策毫無疑問地提高了辦公室的士氣。
3. blend v.（使）混合；交融
Wayne let the soup’s ingredients simmer for an hour, so their flavors would blend.
韋恩讓這鍋湯的食材燉煮一小時，好讓它們的味道融合在一起。
4. spicy adj. 辛辣的；含香料的
Celine avoids Korean and Thai cuisine, because she doesn’t like spicy food.
席琳避免食用韓式和泰式料理，因為她不喜歡辛辣的食物。
5. lobster n. 龍蝦
At this seafood restaurant, there are live lobsters in a tank, and you can pick out the one you want to eat.
在這間海鮮餐廳，魚缸裡有活龍蝦，你可以自行挑選想吃的那隻。
6. patron n. 顧客（尤指老客戶）；贊助人
The special offer at this fancy restaurant is only for regular patrons.
這間高級餐廳的特別優惠僅適用於常客。
7. protein n. 蛋白質
Pat doesn’t eat meat, so he mainly gets protein from eggs, nuts and beans.
派特不吃肉，所以他主要從雞蛋、堅果和豆類攝取蛋白質。
8. emerge vi. 出現；興起；顯露
After the storm, the sun emerged from behind the clouds and the weather became nice again.
暴風雨過後，太陽從雲層後方探出頭來，天氣再度晴朗。
9. indulge v. 沉迷；放縱；享受／indulge in 沉迷於……；享受
A lot of people indulge in good food during Chinese New Year,
so they often start dieting after the holiday is over.
許多人會在農曆新年期間大快朵頤，所以常常在假期結束後開始節食。
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