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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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Rescued by Ice Cream

August 24, 2021 janet@janetfletcher.com
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Add this ice cream to the short list of good things to emerge from this unrelenting pandemic. When truckloads of crème fraîche started returning to Vermont Creamery in March 2020 because supermarket warehouses were closed, creamery leadership got creative. “We had two weeks to move it or lose it,” recalls Adeline Druart, the company’s president. So they moved it. Joining forces with a nearby company that operated an ice-cream truck, they debuted Maple Crème Fraîche Ice Cream, sending all proceeds to the Vermont Foodbank. Dumping the crème fraîche would have been easier, but that’s not how they roll in Vermont.

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In From: U.S., Milk: Cow Tags Vermont Creamery, maple ice cream, maple syrup, crème fraiche, Labor Day barbecue, ice cream recipes
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