Cracking down on waste
Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour giving away free egg whites to customers
Customers flock to Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour in Summerside but not just to indulge in culinary pleasures.
Owner Ken Meister fills tubs with real, homemade custard-style vanilla and local blueberry gourmet ice cream in a setting infused with nostalgia.
“We make ice cream the old-fashioned way with egg yolks, so we heat up milk, cream and sugar together and to each batch we make, we add five dozen egg yolks,” said Meister, while working his way around a modern kitchen in the historic Holman Homestead on Fitzroy Street.
The flavours here are indeed sheer artistry.
S’mores, the most popular of the day, rekindles cookouts and family campfires with every bite.
“We can make up to four batches a day, so that’s going through 20 dozen egg yolks, and we don’t use the egg whites at all in any of our recipes,” continued Meister.
“Sometimes we use whole eggs in some of our cookies and brownies, but the egg whites were just being thrown away.”
To crack down on food waste, Meister is giving away dozens of fresh leftover egg whites every day.
“There’s been a lot of interest, and today we filled four orders of egg whites,” he said.
“People bring in their containers. Some of them are body builders, who just need the protein from the egg whites, and some are food co-ops, and others just want to cut back on cholesterol.”
Tracey Lauzon of Tyne Valley, knows several recipes for the leftover egg whites.
“I’m on a high protein diet,” she said. “And I’m using the egg whites given from Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour to make omelets for breakfast every morning. Chances are I will probably use the remaining egg whites for baking.”
Bancroft has spent his life as a biologist, naturalist, wildlife rehabilitator and forest steward.
He has been studying nature with a passion for almost 40 years and is an advocate for maintaining and rehabilitating forests, their wildlife habitats and waterways.
In 2007, he published “Wild Nova Scotia” and is well-known throughout the region for his work on CBC’s Radio Noon as their resident wildlife expert.
He has earned dozens of awards, both locally and nationally, for his work on behalf of wildlife and forests and is a member of the Nova Scotia Forestry Hall of Fame and the president of Nature Nova Scotia.
Admission is free, and registration is not required.
The workshop is part of an extensive series of activities at Macphail Woods.