There are three kinds of ice cream flavors: the first kind is named so that you know exactly what to expect when you take a lick or spoonful. Think chocolate fudge, strawberry, or coffee (which ). The second type are the ice creams that have curious names but are so popular that most people know exactly what's in them.
An example would be Rocky Road, which gives no hints as to its contents, but everyone knows it's chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and crunchy nuts. And then there are the ice cream flavors that make many go, "huh?" Case in point: tin roof ice cream. If you ever spot tin roof ice cream in the grocery store or at an ice cream shop, you can expect vanilla ice cream with chocolate or fudge swirls and chocolate-covered peanuts.
The combination is pretty delicious — a classic blend of vanilla and chocolate flavors and a nutty, salty crunch from the nuts. Several major ice cream brands offer or have offered the flavor including Blue Bell , Turkey Hill, Baskin-Robbins, and Breyers. What's interesting is that this particular ice cream flavor was inspired by a creative ice cream sundae created in a tiny Nebraska town, inside a soda shop with a tin roof.
The history of the Tin Roof Sundae Potter, Nebraska is home to approximately 300 people, and The Potter Drug Co., which opened in 1916. James Earl Thayer originally owned the pharmacy and soda shop and lived with his family on the floor above it.
By the time the 1930s rolled around, Thayer's son, Harold Dean "Pinky.
