Its been raining and/or cold and dreary here for quite a while. Complete downpour this afternoon.
I was all ready to have a boring day at work, expecting that no one would come to King Kone in the rain.
Wrong!
Why do people get ice cream when its raining? They have to wait in line in the rain, then eat in the rain, or in their cars, and its already soft-serve, so it melts by the time they've gotten to the dry safety of their cars.
So, answer me this: Do you get ice cream in the rain? If so, why? Its raining for crying out loud! (not that I don't appreciate your tips...)
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Hmmmm. We have indoor icecream parlours here in the rainy northwest. And if we waited for the sun to come out, the icecream makers would go out of business.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
We have indoor ice cream here too. Just, the place I work at is only a roadside stand. Granted we have the best soft serve in the state of NH, but I think if I really needed ice cream I would go to an indoor place to get it if it was raining...
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Well, can you turn it into a drive-through? Rather like a coffee stand?
Ooohh - I am having nice memories of being a teen on those required Sunday family outings, and finding the ice cream stands in upstate NY. There was some darned good icecream out there!
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
OO! They had a great one in Canton NY that served raspberry sorbet and they had this soft serve chocolate ice cream dipped in warm chocolate that i'd end up wearing while walking down the street eating it. Ah. Memories.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Hmm... Now I want ice cream. Badly.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
<-- doesn't like ice cream.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Maybe the people just need a bit of cheering up. What with the war, the economy, and the rain, you know, it's probably all they can do to just hold their personalities together long enough to drag themselves to your little roadside oasis. There, they watch as you perform the mystical hand motions that deliver them a bit of peace and cool, creamy softness in this often too-hard world.
You, and your cherished colleagues, are ambassadors. Blessed are the soft-serve ice cream makers (and purveyors, of course). A special place in heaven is set aside for you, rest assured.
Just think, one of the people you served in the rain went home or back to work just a little better prepared to handle the problems that life was ready to throw at them. That person thus reacted with kindness and consideration rather than with the short temper and unreasoned retort that might've come out instead. In turn, the object of their kindness had a better-than-expected day and went on to share that feeling with others they touched in turn.
Somewhere, a wheel clicked into place and the next great invention was born. Elsewhere, a small child blew bubbles and in them glimpsed the eternal. Is it mere coincidence that yesterday 14 senators banded together to bring that august body back from the brink of self-destruction? I think NOT!
It was a direct consequence of the sequence of events that started with you pulling a little handle (or maybe two if they ordered the swirl) and handing over a coneful of the best soft-serve in New Hampshire.
You ARE a hero.
Thank you!
Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
Bob, that was beautiful.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Wow. Thank you Bob.
( I was ed by Bob!)
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Dragon, you work at King Kone!?
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*whistles in appreciation for Bob's beautiful prosedy*
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I don't like soft serve, so no, I would not get it in the rain.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: I don't like soft serve, so no, I would not get it in the rain.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hey, look, Trevor's got 5007 posts! Since when?
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
I wish there were roadside ice cream stands down here in Georgia. That's something I definitely miss about New York (upstate and western).
-Katarain
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Yes, Mrs. Rubber Ducky.
Edit: KQ - I loaned my account out last month. That would explain the fluff posts. Like this one.
Kat- Depends on what part of Georgia - most roadsides are not kind to stands and small shops.
Gas stations and convienence stores, yes. Even the occasional boiled peanut and fresh fruit market. But no ice cream.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Yes, Mrs. Rubber Ducky.
And don't you forget it.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Ice cream in the rain sounds wonderful to me! I love ice cream and I love rain, so what could be better than both together? Sharing it with a friend, one licking on either side? <smiles>
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
quote:Kat- Depends on what part of Georgia - most roadsides are not kind to stands and small shops.
Gas stations and convienence stores, yes. Even the occasional boiled peanut and fresh fruit market. But no ice cream.
-Trevor
Yeah... but they should be. It's supposed to be down home country south, right? I want my ice cream... instead of the commercial stuff.
I really miss CHERRY dip on a soft-serve vanilla cone. YUM.
Did you know that they don't have cherry dip down here? Dairy Queen is the only place that has dips down here--but up north, you can get cherry dip at DQ AND at the roadside stands. the only thing you can get here is chocolate... and sometimes butterscotch. They look at you like you're crazy when you ask for cherry.
*sigh*
-Katarain
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Whats up with Dots-the ice cream of the future. What exactly do they do to it to make it ball up like that? I'm waiting for the survay to come out in five years or so that says it causes cancer or makes us sterile or something.
Posted by His Savageness (Member # 7428) on :
Here's what the Dippin' Dot's website has to say:
quote: Yes it really is ice cream!
In fact, Dippin' Dots® is the world's coldest ice cream and certainly the most unique frozen dessert.
We start with the finest dairy ingredients, then we add natural flavorings to produce all our delicious flavors and flavor combinations.
Dippin' Dots are then flash-frozen using a special patented process. This super-cold freezing allows our products to maintain their individual "dot" consistency. Dippin' Dots are then transported coast-to-coast and around the world by truck, train, plane and ship.
I think their "special patented process" means they add a little liquid nitrogen and Amazing! they've got Dippin' Dots.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
quote:Sharing it with a friend, one licking on either side?
Kat - yes, I am aware. I live in Atlanta
It's a regional thing - in Montana, I tried to find a Coca-cola flavored slushie and they looked me like I was nuts.
And don't get me started trying to find grits for breakfast in Connecticut...
-Trevor
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Not too far away from Atlanta myself. I can't tell you where, because then the spies would see and come and kill me because I'm THAT important. (And my husband would be cross.)
Now I'm all thinking about cherry dip. No fair.
-Katarain
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
*grins* I understand entirely.
There are actually several of us in the Atlanta area - Morbo, Olive, Ben and Lindsay and...another guy...whose name escapes me at the moment.
You might try some of the "mom and pop" ice cream parlors that specialize in homemade ice cream. I don't know if they have specifically what you're looking for, but it couldn't hurt and you'll have fun in the process.
-Trevor
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Trevor, if you want grits in Connecticut, just mix some sand in with cream of wheat and there you go.
Posted by arevoj (Member # 7347) on :
*ahem* Grits are nothing like sand in cream of wheat - not if they're done right. (Personally, I think the name does them in every time. It creates such an expectation.)
As for ice cream - in the rain, in the snow; whenever, you know.
edit: wordy and forgot ice cream!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:It's a regional thing - in Montana, I tried to find a Coca-cola flavored slushie and they looked me like I was nuts.
It must be, because they've had Coke flavored slushies in at least some stores everywhere I've been. Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Mmmmm... Cream of Wheat. Yummy! And pancakes...and eggs... and hash browns.. and french toast.. and orange juice! and dangit. I'm hungry.
-Katarain
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I hate Cream of Wheat. I do, however, enjoy a good plate of grits. Especially with fried ham or sausage.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
quote: Dragon, you work at King Kone!?
Why yes Jamie, I do. You should stop by sometime!
(and Katarain, we have cherry dip... )
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I dunno Ketchup - I stopped in the Bozeman mall and tried to get a Coca-Cola slushie.
They might have been added since I was there last.
And Mac? *stab*
In fact, I may stop by Awful House at 03:00 tomorrow morning just for some truly bad breakfast food.
-Trevor
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Where's King Kone??
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Merrimack NH...
Nowhere near Georgia.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
quote:Originally posted by Katarain: Where's King Kone??
Apparently, New Hampshire =( (since that's where both mack and Dragon live...) I'm guessing close to Manchester? I wonder if my friend Will has ever taken his boys there, he lives in Hooksett... someday I'll get back up that way
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Argh. Way to get my hopes up. The way you said that, I thought you were indicating that you were in Georgia!
Bad you for getting my hopes up. Now go eat a cherry-dipped ice cream cone, post about it, and torture me. Go ahead!!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I dunno Ketchup - I stopped in the Bozeman mall and tried to get a Coca-Cola slushie.
Did I say I had been to Bozeman? Or any part of Montana?
And technically, the correct place for a "Slushie" is 7-11, I believe. That might be part of your problem right there. Although I have seen Coca Cola "Icees" at movie theaters in TX, AZ, and CA.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I will point, however, that I was simply qualifying my answer in reference to a specific location in Montana and therefore should not be taken as an indication that all of Montana was as bereft of the civilized comforts.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Annie might say it was. After all, they only just got Ghiradelli Double Chocolate Chips in her store! Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Hooksett is further north than Manchester. King Kone is just north of Nashua and about 15-20 minutes south of Manchester.
And I've HAD grits IN the South and still don't like them.
Or cornbread.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Well, whenever I finally make it to Hooksett again, I'm making him take me to King Kone, no matter how far away it is, and I'm absolutely demanding a meet-up!!!
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Ok!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
And technically, the correct place for a "Slushie" is 7-11, I believe. That might be part of your problem right there. Although I have seen Coca Cola "Icees" at movie theaters in TX, AZ, and CA.
BZZZZZZT! Nope, that is incorrect. 7-Eleven sells Slurpees. I think "slushy" is a generic name.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Oh, okay! I was thinking it started with "S". My bad. *doesn't spend too much time at 7-11*
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Then you have to meet up with us, too, since we live on the north end of Manchester and are five minutes from the Hooksett line. Posted by Makerofthings (Member # 3979) on :
I own a frozen custard shop but it is "real/Wisconsin style"scooped custard like Kopps or Ted Drews.
I can affirm that folks eat custard in the rain and the snow. In Wisconsin we joke that you need to eat your custard quickly because it will get too hard to eat if you go outside. New England eats the most ice cream per capita than any other region followed by the midwest.Thye also eat more in the winter than summer.
The South and West eat the least. This totally dispells conventional wisdom that folks mostly eat custard/ice cream when it is hot. To find frozen custard places in your state go to www.custardlist.com
I eschew soft serve except for that pretty good stuff they have in Vermont called a creamy? which is maple syrup flavored. Do you have that in New Hampshire,Dragon?
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
quote:Originally posted by mackillian: Then you have to meet up with us, too, since we live on the north end of Manchester and are five minutes from the Hooksett line.
That's the plan!!!
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
I have had maple soft serve, but only in VT. We only have 4 flavors each day, but they rotate so there's a variety. No maple though.
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
Is it hard to find good ice cream in Georgia?! *rethinks her decision to go to Valdosta*
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
*grins*
Define "good."
I don't know if Valdosta has artsy, homemade ice cream shops or not, but you can get the standard selection at Publix or Kroger as well as Dairy Queen, Zesto's, Baskins Robbins and most recently Cold Stone Creamery.
-Trevor
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:I don't like soft serve, so no, I would not get it in the rain.
Would you like it on a train?
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
lol
(hey! I think this is the first thread that I've started that has made it to 2 pages! *party* )
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Allegra, I'll probably be going to Valdosta in about a year to get my masters in library science. They're not accredited yet, though, so I can't graduate until around 2007. I don't know if that means they're not accredited at all, or just for the librarian degree. So you might wanna check that out.
I'll be attending mostly online, as it's about 4 hours away.
-Katarain
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
The sun is out!!!!!
Its going to be a busy night tonight...
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Oh... and the Cold Stone Creamery... and the Marble Slab Creamery...and basically any shop that lets you pick your flavor of ice cream and mix in ANY mixin's you want is SOOOOO good.
Georgia's got tons of those.
-Katarain
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I just had my first ever cone of "birthday cake" ice cream on a waffle cone at a little place called Brewsters (don't know if it's a chain or not) and oh man it was so good! I wanted to go back and get another one as soon as I was done, though I restrained myself. Still I've been dreaming of it ever since. Highly, highly addictive. Tastes just like a yummy yummy birthday cake, with icing and sprinkles all through. Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Brewsters is a chain. Great ice cream. Closest thing to a roadside stand they have....
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Valdosta has a Master's in Library Sciences?
Hmmm...
-Trevor
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
Thanks for the advice Katarain. I might ask about it during orientation. I am so glad they have decent ice cream. I couldn't stand being in a warm place and not being able to get good ice cream.
I think nearby Georgia Hatrackers should all come visit when I get there. We can have an AllegraCon and eat ice cream.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
*grins* My track record with meeting real, live Hatrackers has been less than sterling.
That said, you might tweak Olive's motherly instincts to arrange a clump so you can be welcomed properly to Georgia.
-Trevor
Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :
Dragon,
I use to live right by that King Kone. It's on DW highway, right? I would go there after work and get an extra thick chocolate milk shake. Soooooo good... Oh how I envy you. Ice cream out here is crap. Ben and jerrys is considered to be high end.
Posted by johnsonweed (Member # 8114) on :
If it is Baskin Robins Baseball Nut I will eat it anytime!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Ice Cream is good anythime, eevn if it IS raining....
And when has it not been this spring, huh?
Kwea
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Trevor, yup. And I get to go tuition free, as an employee of the state.
Now I just gotta decide if I WANT my masters in library science. And I think I do. That way, I can either go back to teaching high school, be a media specialist in a high school (aka high school librarian), or be a university librarian--teaching library courses. I like the hours...and the job is cool. And hey, two masters=more money.
Allegra, what degree are you going to valdosta for? And it's about 4 hours away from me. Thus the need to do all classes online.
-Katarain
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
I am going to Valdosta for Music Performance. I know the Bass professor that is down there and I really want to work with him.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
That's awesome. Where are you coming from?
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Hmmm...I'll have to look into that.
-Trevor
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
foundling, yep, DW highway... too bad you moved, or I'd have met you by now!
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
Bloomington, Indiana. In the same town as one of the bast music schools in the country. Sometimes I am not exactly sure why I am leaving.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Well, make sure you have good reasons. I had a full 4-year scholarship to the public university where I lived, instead I went to the private SDA college, and got into a LOT of debt. But you know, learning from Christian professors was really good. I got a good education.
But it's also the reason that I decided to go to a public university to get my masters. Let's me get a more balanced education--see what the crazy world thinks. But I do wish I had thought about moving somewhere else. This English masters program is pretty boring. There's not much customization and choice of classes each semester.
So just be sure--and be willing to transfer back to Indiana if the school sucks.
-Katarain
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
I am sure that I do not want to go to Indiana University for my undergrad for many reasons, but sometimes it strikes me as odd that I am not going to the fabulous music school that is 10 min away from my house.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
That is a bit odd, but you can always transfer if you decide later that you'd rather be there...
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I don't know your reasons for not wanting to go, but let's face it - a lot of kids want to get away from the folks and jump headlong into the wild unknown when they head out for college.
Granted, I don't know that Valdosta is all that exotic and exciting unless you have an onion fixation, but the idea has a certain appeal.
-Trevor
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I don't know all of her reasons, but IU is known for not picking home town kids for their music program. Plus it has to be warmer.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Definitely warmer - it'll be a rare winter when you actually see snow.
And Florida is just down the road a ways.
-Trevor
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Today I ate ice cream in the rain. And first I thought "What a perfect start to summer!", and then I thought of this thread.
Does this mean I'm officially a Hatrack addict?
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I found out that Brusters gives you a free extra scoop if it's raining. How about that? I think that's awesome. As much as it rains here in the summertime it must cost them quite a bit to maintain that policy.
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