Spaghettieis: a plate of ice cream made to look like a plate of spaghetti. Photo (cc) flickr user orangebrompton

I may not be an ice cream person, but once the weather in Germany starts looking like summer I always find myself at the ice cream shop. And it’s all because of Spaghettieis, a German specialty that I insist you try if (when!) you ever visit the country.

So what is Spaghettieis?  Well, as the German word Eis refers to ice cream, I’ll give you just one guess.  That’s right.  It’s ice cream made to look like spaghetti.  The picture on the left shows a classic Spaghettieis with vanilla ice cream shaped like noodles on a bed of cream, strawberry sauce to take the place of tomato sauce, and either coconut or nut chips on top to resemble the parmasion cheese.  Even if I didn’t find the concept so funny I would love it—it’s a tasty combination.