Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 24 Aug 2008 02:52:07p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>
>> sarah gray wrote:
>>
>>> Gloria P > wrote in news:7ZednYQ-6
>>> :
>>>
>>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>> The Dulce de Leche Haggen Daas (sp?) is The Bomb. One hit of that
>>>>>> and you're hooked. And when that pint's gone, you go get another...
>>>>>
>>>>> Since I went to the supermarket after reading this, I looked
>>>>> for this ice cream. I saw Dulce de Leche Cinnamon. Is that
>>>>> the stuff you're talking about?
>>>>>
>>>>> nancy
>>>>
>>>> No! NOt cinnamon, plain dulce de leche.
>>>>
>>>> gloria p
>>>>
>>>
>>> yeah, the cinnamon is too cinnamon-y to eat a whole pint of it. 
>>
>> ...and heaven knows that it's an insult to the Ice Cream Gods if you
>> don't eat that pint in on sitting, as is The Plan.
>
> Such is the way of "progress". Back in the 1950s a 6 ounce Coke was the
> norm, and a pint of ice cream was usually purchased shortly before
> consuming it because few people had real freezers, just those small ice
> cube tray compartments at the top of the refrigerator. A pint of ice cream
> often served 3 or 4 people. Today, soda is usually a minimum of 12 if not
> 16 to 24 ounces, and serious ice cream eating requires at least a pint. :-)
The fridge in this apartment when I moved in had one of those tiny freezer
shells suspended from the ceiling of the refrigerator; it held a couple of
ice cube trays and the rest of the space was probably only the equivalent
of three or four more trays. I hate defrosting; at one point, it was
frozen completly solid. Couldn't even get the door open to work on it.
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