Homemade Chocolate Sauce

A short video (60 seconds) drizzling homemade chocolate sauce on cups of vanilla bean ice cream

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZcAr393ZopQ?si=OVM947M2gt4mV1IA

Peppermint Stick Ice Cream an Annual Treat

There are bits of actual peppermint stick in the ice cream. My mother always enjoyed this flavor which would be in stores around Christmas.

I’m in Ohio overnight and this afternoon Laura texted me from the store. “Do you want anything?”

I said Peppermint Stick Ice Cream!

She didn’t just buy any old container, oh no, she bought the premium brandGraeter’s

Extra smooth and rich. I find it refreshing and totally satisfying. Nostalgic, too.

I know that Penn State Creamery has Peppermint Stick Ice Cream in stock now. It’s seasonal. You can order for delivery to 48 states. I only know this fact because my dear knitting friend Terry, orders up this flavor and has it shipped to her. She has a nice supply in her freezer.

Lego tree by Laura

The Gift of a Peach

On lemon blueberry ice cream

Ice Cream Sandwich

Ice Cream Sandwiches vary around the world.

Recipe for Classic Homemade Ice cream Sandwiches

A gift from my friend Barbara
How did she know I enjoy an ice cream sandwich?

“Yummy Pockets are 3D photo printed storage pouches that look like real food”

A darning egg and darning yarn
for wool sock repair
Laura bought a box of mini ice cream sandwiches when I visited last week

Coffee Ice Cream

Ever since that Howard Johnson vintage ad post, I’ve had the thought of a coffee ice cream cone in the back of my mind.

Look what my dear daughter Laura brought home from the grocery store last night. Just the right amount. There was even a tiny paddle spoon in the lid.

Just 3.6 Fl ounces 210 calories if you’re counting
Talk about portion control !!

Howard Johnson’s Vintage Ad

The 28 Flavors

“Howard Johnson’s restaurants originally started as a single location opened by Howard Deering Johnson in 1925 and grew into a substantial restaurant chain in the decades that followed.” Click his name to see what he looked like

…, his favorite food was ice cream, which he maintained was “not fattening.” He ate at least one cone a day, and he kept 10 distinct flavors in the freezers of his seven-room Manhattan penthouse and at his home in Milton Massachusetts”

The 28 flavors as this sticker shows. Available here Teepublic

I would choose coffee.

No more Howard Johnson’s ice cream!

Crossing 38th at Butler Street

I’d parked on Butler Street in Lawrenceville. Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream opened at two.

October afternoon shadow
Coffee ice cream in a cake cone at Millie’s After the Lawrenceville Library stop for a cozy mystery

Dairy Queen Yes or No?

Dairy Queen High Street Columbus Ohio

The number of Dairy Queen locations “4,455 (US domestic, 2018)
6,800 (global)”

The first Dairy Queen June 22, 1940 in Joliet , Illinois.

Wordless Wednesday

Last week Laura drove me to Arlington OH to
The Original Goodie Shop to buy Hot Cross Buns

Fridge Door Clutter

A magnetic pad shopping list, Xmas cards, photos from childhood- I had to get a new fridge cause there were no new or used parts available for my old model. A fridge has to have a good seal.