Talk:Neapolitan Ice Cream

how do you pronounce it? is it 4 or 5 sylables?

''why??? I presume it's for marketing reasons, or maybe for people who like all 3 flavors?''

"On most lists, it is the third favorite ice cream flavor in the US." Huh? Really? On most lists, what are the first two favorites?

"There can be other combinations"--other combinations of Neapolitan? Isn't it always chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla?? --LMS (lover of Neapolitan, but not therefore a Latin lover)

Neapolitan doesn't have to be those three, according to http://www.allrecipes.com/encyc/terms/N/7588.asp (I assume this is true because it says so) and http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/Q4.HTM

This site says it is #5, though: http://www.makeicecream.com/15mospopicec.html ...on some other sites I found, it was #3, after vanilla (#1) and chocolate (#2): http://www.bayarea.com/entertainment/guide/summer/docs/icecream5.html

-dreamyshade


 * is it 3rd thru 5th because it occupies 3rd, 4th, and 5th? ;)

"Marge, we need some more vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream!" -- Homer J. Simpson, Episode 8F11

Anybody have any idea what Neapolitan ice cream has to do with Naples? Also, do we capitalize Neapolitan or not? - montréalais


 * I always assumed it was because of the resemblance to the Italian flag: [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|125px|]]. I suppose it ought to be mint instead of chocolate, though. ;) --Brion

Banana split
I thought the banana split added something to the article. Also, is there any coumtry correlation on the flavour ordering? I noticed the UK and US ones were in different orders. Maybe that would be a reason to have the country labels? I think someone needs to go out and buy several different brands to see if there is order dependency there. No, wait, that would be violating WP:NOR!!! + +Lar: t/c 02:18, 9 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Lar, actually I went out and looked and all the brands in the US were different. Different order, different arrangement, (horizontal vs. vertical). So i got the one in a square block so I could unmold it and take a nicer picture. Its more a brand thing than a country thing.  As for the "split" the whole point of neapolitan is that it is molded together. The split didn't show that, its could be three random scoops of ice cream.  Also, it was an unappetizing picture with a random black spot in the middle. Much better suited to illustrating banana split.  Anyway, I wouldn't object to a better pic that showed the flavors combined in one scoop, but that particualr one didn't lend much. Later dude. :)   psch  e  mp  |  talk  12:13, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Well isn't neapolitan a term for combined flavours too? I've seen banana splits badged that way. (see for example this unofficial Disney menu reference under heading "classic Neapolitan Banana Split") Also... glad (scared?) to hear you have already researched the important order/shape/sequence question in some depth. Later, dudette...  + +Lar: t/c 13:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)