Awesome.

[adam0408]

Dairy Queen Freezes are perhaps the best thing to happen to me on a hot day. Just wanted to share that with everyone at the grumpy party.

[ThomasDodd]

Previously, the place was an old gas station (the kind with two bays and a little office)

They used to call them service stations back then. They even had a mechanic that could service a vehicle

[kegmcnabb]

Dairy Queen Freezes are perhaps the best thing to happen to me on a hot day.

Dude,

Give the MooLatte a try. The capaccino one cools you off and gives you a boost. Yummmmm!

[Doug@GT]

Dairy Queen Freezes are perhaps the best thing to happen to me on a hot day. J

Dairy Queen overall is good times. Try the Misty Float sometime.

[TexTuba]

I can't believe they stopped offering caramel over here. I would ALWAYS get a caramel sunday but they stopped making them. PFFT!!!


Ralph

[Chuck(G)]

When I lived in California, there was a little shop near me that served shaved ice with a red bean sauce. It was really good.

If you're ever in San Francisco, don't miss trying Polly Ann's Ice Cream on Noreiga in the Sunset district. 50 flavors, including ginger, lychee, durian(!) and vegetable.

[ThomasDodd]

I can't believe they stopped offering caramel over here. :evil: I would ALWAYS get a caramel sunday but they stopped making them. PFFT!!!

I find it hard to belive that a DQ no longer has caramel. It's used on too many things to no have it. Now, it might not be on the menu but at DQ that doesn't matter. Most DQs no longer list the chocolate covered cherries Blizzard but you can order one and get it.

They have limited menu space, and much is reserved for new item and current promoptions. But the old standards are still going strong.
for a complete Blizzard flavor list go here

[Tubaryan12]

For good summer refreshments go here (if there is one in your area):


or if you are in the Cleveland, Ohio area, go here:

[JCalkin]

For good summer refreshments go here (if there is one in your area):


or if you are in the Cleveland, Ohio area, go here:

Back in Jersey (where I used to live) they call Rita's and the like "Water Ices". I know water ice also as Italian Ice. some places in that neck of the woods layer water ice with frozen custard and call it a gelato. Even though it is NOT a true gelato, it is possibly my FAVORITE summer treat bar none.

Mmm...

[Chuck(G)]

That has to be the freakiest, stinkiest ice cream on the planet! Even beats garlic ice cream!

Yeah, sort of like eating garlic ice cream in an open sewer.
Still, I suppose some folks really like it...

[Joe Baker]

They [DQ] have limited menu space, and much is reserved for new item and current promoptions. But the old standards are still going strong.
for a complete Blizzard flavor list go here

Also, you can still get a Peanut Butter and Fudge Malt at Sonic, even though it is also gone from the menu.

Before I started losing weight, my last five pounds were primarily attributable to these. I've not had one this entire calendar year!

For low-fat, BTW, try "Edy's" or "Dreyer's" low-fat at the grocery store (different names, regionally, for the same product) -- especially their Triple Chocolate and their Choc. Chip Cookie Dough (hard to find). Butter Pecan is also very good. None of these seem at all "low-fat" to me.
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Joe Baker, who may break down and have a Sonic malt next weekend after the yard work is done!

[Chuck(G)]

For low-fat, BTW, try "Edy's" or "Dreyer's" low-fat at the grocery store (different names, regionally, for the same product) -- especially their Triple Chocolate and their Choc. Chip Cookie Dough (hard to find). Butter Pecan is also very good. None of these seem at all "low-fat" to me.!

Joe, read the labels on these things. Yeah, they're low-fat, but not low-cal. And it calories that make ya look like a Teletubby! This is what makes the Seinfeld "Nonfat Yogurt" skit so funny...

In fact, eating fat instead of carbohydrates (which is what the fat gets replaced with) will make you less hungry than eating the nonfat thing. Plenty of folks got fat eating Snackwells...

[Joe Baker]

For low-fat, BTW, try "Edy's" or "Dreyer's" low-fat ...

Joe, read the labels on these things. Yeah, they're low-fat, but not low-cal. And it calories that make ya look like a Teletubby!

Actually, they don't call this "low-fat", but "No Sugar Added". Look for the blue-striped lids.



Triple Chocolate (choc ice cream + choc swirl + choc chips) has 100 calories, 2.7 grams of fat in a 1/2 cup serving (okay, true confession: I usually eat closer to a cup, but less often than every other day -- probably twice a week).

True, many low-fat ice creams are LOADED with sugar, and many sugar-free or low-carb ice creams are LOADED with fat. This represents, I believe, a good balance. Edy's/Dreyer's has a first-rate product for folks who are trying to lose weight but still want a treat now and then.

It DOES contain a bit of Maltitol, polydextrose, and sorbitol, but it must be very little. These usually give me gas in sugar-free candies I've eaten (it is known to cause other gastric side-effects in some people, which I've not experienced) but I've never had any problem with the ice cream.
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Joe Baker, who has lost 30 pounds in 5 1/2 months, while eating ice cream a couple of times per week.

[elimia]

For good summer refreshments go here (if there is one in your area):


or if you are in the Cleveland, Ohio area, go here:

Back in Jersey (where I used to live) they call Rita's and the like "Water Ices". I know water ice also as Italian Ice. some places in that neck of the woods layer water ice with frozen custard and call it a gelato. Even though it is NOT a true gelato, it is possibly my FAVORITE summer treat bar none.

Mmm...

I'll second that - Rita's Italian Ice gelatos - man they're filthy good. It has been one of the best surprises when I moved to Pittsburgh and is now my favorite summer tasty. Brusters chocolate mint ice cream is another fav of mine, beats the pants off Baskin Robbins!

[TMurphy]

Yeah, the Rita's Gelato is pretty wicked. The frozen custard also reminds me of Kohr Brother's on the Jersey shore....good times!

FWIW, as a lifelong resident of NJ, I've only heard Italian Ices (which is what I've known them by my whole life) called "Water Ices" in the central Jersey area...my best guess is it's a regional thing.

Tim Murphy, who's always marveled that a state as small as NJ has such distinct regions...

[Wes Krygsman]

I just started working at TCBY(This Country's Best Yogurt) last week. They seem to offer some really nice treats, I haven't had many of the menu items, but it seems like a good place to be. They offer many low fat, non fat, no sugar, low carb ice cream and frozen yogurt flavors for the "health conscious." So if you're in the Clifton area, stop by the TCBY on the corner of Clifton ave and Allwood road, I should be there alot starting next week. The owner/regional manager is a tuba/sousaphone player also, so you'd be supporting a fellow player.

[TMurphy]

Wes,

Perhaps I'll drop in some day, if I'm on Rte. 3, or Rte. 46. I'm still waiting for Cold Stone Creamery to open in Hoboken (right on Washington Ave...such great ice cream!).

-Tim Murphy, who probably lives 20 minutes from Wes

[Wes Krygsman]

We should try to get together sometime to play duets or something, maybe a double tuba excerpt onslaught would be fun. We'll see. Nice to know of another North Jersey tuba player.

[MaryAnn]

I just started working at TCBY(This Country's Best Yogurt) last week. They seem to offer some really nice treats, I haven't had many of the menu items, but it seems like a good place to be. They offer many low fat, non fat, no sugar, low carb ice cream and frozen yogurt flavors for the "health conscious." So if you're in the Clifton area, stop by the TCBY on the corner of Clifton ave and Allwood road, I should be there alot starting next week. The owner/regional manager is a tuba/sousaphone player also, so you'd be supporting a fellow player.

The "health conscious" part cracks me up...because "no sugar added" really means "artificial chemical sweetener added" and I wouldn't touch one of those with the proverbial pole. If I want sugar, I'll just eat sugar!!

MA, who favors the chocolate-dip vanilla DQ cone

[TMurphy]

Wes,

Sounds cool to me. Send me an e-mail/pm sometime.

-Tim Murphy