Should ice cream be hard or soft?

[WDWFREAK101]

Like most people, I have sensitive teeth. I HATE biting into Ice Cream and I HATE the sound of biting into Ice Cream. I like is frozen but more mushy than frozen. I picked Mushy

[Stan]

Thanks for all the comments.

1) "Ice cream" is a fairly generic term to me, and includes frozen custard, sherbet/sherbert, soft serve, frozen yogurt, even that nasty mellorine stuff my Dad used to buy when I was a kid. I draw the line at a slushy or other frozen drink thingy- that's not ice cream. Kind of arbitrary though, since some of those frozen drinks are a lot like sherbe(r)t.

2) Even though I generally prefer melty ice cream, a cone or bar requires it to be firm or you've got a mess in the making. I've always loved chocolate ice cream sodas (which must be made with vanilla ice cream) when I can find them (Plaza Restaurant MK? Beaches n Cream? Kings in PA?). But I used to get them at Farrell's in TX and FL, and they'd always serve them with a big old scoop of vanilla hanging halfway over the side of the glass. And the glass was too full to hold the scoop without overflowing. I'd get served that and I'd immediately be in a panic- took half the fun out of the soda. Anything else served that crazy? Of course a 2 or 3 scoop cone is just as difficult to deal with.

3) Sometimes when a homemade ice cream freezer isn't run long enough, or the ice/salt never got cold enough, or you just didn't get it served fast enough- you've got soupy ice cream. That never bothered me- I'll take it anyway. That makes me remember some wonderful family times at my aunt and uncle's place in Ringgold GA circa 1965. You really can't go home, can you?