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Jonathan Leblang's avatar

As a former Carvel ice-cream scooper/maker, I can say that in the olden days (summer of 1981 when I worked at Carvel in Suniland, making the chocolate chip by sprinkling a layer of mini-chocolate chips—not too many, they're expensive—between layers of soft vanilla that we would put in the freezer to harden, and listening to Y100 play “The One That You Love” by Air Supply, “Who’s Crying Now” by Journey, and "Urgent" by Foreigner on an endless loop), chocolate chip ice cream was one of the stalwart flavors. We alway had extra, because it always sold (though I was a fan of chocolate-chocolate chip myself). I hadn't thought about carvel in years, but this brought it all back to life.

Loved this essay. Now I want some ice cream.

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Now I’m craving ice cream. But I eat homemade, non dairy, agave sweetened ice cream. My favorite is vanilla with Hu dark chocolate chips. I highly recommend investing in an ice cream making machine. It’s fab.

That picture of the rocket!! I could almost hear it.

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