(Nicole Hvidsten/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Friends Kevin Korbel and Jamieson Lindquist have lofty goals for their ice cream company, which just celebrated its first anniversary. “Our main focus is to not only have a great ice cream product that people love and enjoy, but to give back to farmers down the road,” said Korbel, a third-generation dairy farmer. Through the University of Minnesota’s Pilot Plant, the duo found the guidance and facility to turn their idea into a delicious reality.
Pints of Udder Buddies’ vanilla ice cream ($10) are available both in the Twin Cities and in a handful of stores surrounding their Lonsdale, Minn., farms. They have one flavor, vanilla, and aren’t planning to change that, preferring to keep it simple — “just real milk, real cream and all the good stuff.” The result is a clean, fresh, creamy, smooth ice cream that, while perfectly crushable on its own, is the ideal exclamation point on a late-summer fruit crisp.
“Life should be simple, you know? Just enjoy the simple things in life,” he said. Like this ice cream. (Nicole Hvidsten)
Available at several Twin Cities locations, including the Nokomis Farmers Market, Clancey’s Meats, Utepils Brewing and Eastside Co-op in Minneapolis and Mike’s Butcher Shop in West St. Paul. Follow Udder Buddies on Facebook or Instagram for updates.
