No. I’m not.

I didn’t think you were! I hate Pop Goes The Weasel, too. I don’t really want an ice cream truck in the neighborhood. I would be eating ice cream all the time~skt

I liked him when I was little. Maybe he doesn’t come around if there are no kids?~skt

A favourite story of my mothers is that when I was a toddler, I would demand an icecream everytime the ice-cream van came to our street (mr Gallones as I recall).

When presented with the ice-cream, I would cry and refuse to eat it! After much confusion, my mother worked out that I actually wanted the biscuit cone that the ice cream came in, NOT the ice cream!

Savoury things have always been my nemesis – I know remember why – I started early!

Thanks for the reminder!!

Brain freeze is the pits. And have you ever noticed how, when you get it, and then it passes…you dig right in and eat more?? Did Mr. Gallones have gallons of ice cream? Yes, and the cones are pretty wonderful. When we were kids, we would sneak the box of cones out of the cupboard and eat them like candy.~skt

I’ve also had Italian Ice, and Irish Ice.

The funny thing is I’ve been to Italy plenty of times, but never seen Italian Ice as we know it there. They do have a wonderful drink a lot like a Slurpy (or Ice-y, as we also call it here), which they call Granita.

My favorite Granita was a mint flavored one, although some people say it was like drinking a mouthwash flavored Slurpy.

Thanks for the great post!

I don’t think I would like a mint flavored one either. Can’t imagine what “Irish Ice” could be. Does it have whiskey in it?:lol:~skt

We used to have what is called a cikee-dee ice-cream man. They pedaled little carts of ice-cream around to all the neighborhoods, ringing their bells to get the attention of all of us kids.

I think my favorite was the Drumstick or the Fudgsicle….mmmmmmmm!

Nowadays we don’t have them coming around – it may be for some of the reasons you’ve listed as well in our city these poor grown men trying to make a living pedalilng away were robbed often..sad!

Now when I want an ice cream fix I go to the Milky Way. They are so popular that on a hot day there are line ups around the block. They make different flavors of soft ice cream. I heard recently that they had Nanaimo flavor – too bad I was on my way out of town when I found out. I have to settle for a Revel.

Must be Canadian stuff you are talkin’ bout, cause I have no clue what Nanaimo or Revel is. I imagine that it would be easy to rob an ice cream truck, I’d never thought of that! Could be a good reason for them not to be on the road~skt

My god, it’s like a taste paradise!

I’ve never had a toffee crumble…but if it tastes like “paradise” I need to try it!~skt