I put the bowl in the freezer beforehand. I do have a trick to compensate somewhat. very quickly! Elsewise, the ice cream soon melts into sweet milk and you need a straw rather than a spoon to consume it. When they were younger and would come down for the summer to visit, I had to train them on how to eat ice cream in the tropics- basically. I live without air-conditioning for various reasons, among which are high cost of electricity and not wanting to become dependent upon a/c when the whole point of being here is to be outside. I wonder if that is what you refer to as green plantain? The differences in the food terminology across the islands sometimes astounds me!) (And, while we're on the subject, we never put ripe plantain in the fridge, although we tend to refrigerate green banana. It was only reading your post that I realised that this was a cultural hangover. When I found out more about bread bins, I thought it was a thing upper middle class white people had. It took me a long time to realise that it was strange for us to keep our potatoes and bread in the fridge.
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