Screaming for ice-cream

Shrieks could be heard from the Style editorial office when news broke that Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream had hit our sunny shores.

For years now, I've listened to friends and family rave about this iconic American ice-cream brand, and now I've had the opportunity to try it, I know what all the fuss is about. It's good – really good. And I may or may not have just polished off the last of the Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough in the Style freezer (hello, eight months' pregnant... resistance is futile). Sorry guys.

With the arrival of Ben & Jerry's being the talk of the town, it's become apparent that ice-cream is a highly contentious subject. After taste-testing Phish Food, two Stylers controversially denounced the brand (we didn't argue with them because we wanted to eat their share).

My husband has also flat-out refused to try it, claiming there is no ice-cream brand that can compete with the mighty Home Ice-Cream ("It's made in Toowoomba!"). He's obviously biased though, seeing as his first job was as a Home Ice-Cream delivery boy. His uniform comprised a Home Ice-Cream shirt with matching short-shorts, and the old ladies in Mackay used to stop him just so they could pinch him on the bum as he climbed into the refrigerated van to retrieve their order. So clearly there's some fond memories affecting his judgement.

Haters to the left, I say. The proof is in the pudding, and as far as this ice-cream addict's concerned, Ben & Jerry's is the bomb.

What's your favourite ice-cream brand? Tell me in the comments below.