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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...)
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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.
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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...
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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>
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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.
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Trevor, if you want grits in Connecticut, just mix some sand in with cream of wheat and there you go.
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*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!
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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. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I hate Cream of Wheat. I do, however, enjoy a good plate of grits. Especially with fried ham or sausage.
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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
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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!!
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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.
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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.
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Annie might say it was. After all, they only just got Ghiradelli Double Chocolate Chips in her store! Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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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!!!
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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.
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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. Posts: 14745 | Registered: Dec 1999
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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