Conference rdvax::grateful

    Scott,
       Thanks for the offer to ask Ben&Jerry what the story is with 
    White Russian, Peach, Wavy Gravy, etc.   The world needs more 
    people like you!  ;-)  And keep us informed!!
    
    PeterT
    
    hmmm, while I liked the concept, I was never a big fan of cherries, 
    so Cherry Garcia left me a little cold.  Ice karaumba!
    
    

    Anyone ever been on the B&J factory tour?  I hear it's pretty cool.  It
    costs $3 but it goes to charity.  You get lots of samples too.
    
    How far west can you get B&J?  Is it national yet?
    
    I bought some Cherry Garcia for my father, he thought it was great but
    didn't "get" the name.
    
    Scott
    

memories of ice cream?....

I remember my very first triple decker cone when I was a way little girl.
I remember it in my hand in the middle of Baskin Robbins, and then on the
floor within 10 seconds.  ;^(  That was my very last triple decker cone too.  

;^(

    
    So has anyone tasted the Wavy Gravy flavor?  Is it good?  What's in it?
    Is the carton tie-dyed?  
    
    

    
    I've been to a Ben&Jerry's in Atlanta.....they told me that the ice
    cream gets shipped down there in freezer trucks from Vermont.
    
    Hogan who is WAAAAAYYYYY overdue for a trip to Kimballs

    
    Well I think you best get yourself to Meola's tonight
    then, Hogan!!!!
    
    

he said he has to "workout"

imagine??

harumph!
    

Wavy Gravy flavor has rainforest crunch in it ... I think maybe pralines
too?  He mentions it in his new book (which also mentions the Blue Plate
and Tiny!).

-dc

CU@Meola!

	Just rode the new bike out to Parker's for some ice cream (they carry
Farr Farr's).  The last hill on Mason road was a bit of work, but with ice
cream at the top, I made it. :) They were out of the interesting flavours,
though, so I settled for Mint Chocolate Chip (It was green! :( :( I hate it
when they do that!) and Oreo.

	Ben & Jerry's has lots of good flavours.  I always have a hard time
deciding between Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey, Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Mint
Chocolate Cookie (it's not green :) :), and they don't use Oreo's any more),
and Coffee Heathbar Crunch.  The Blueberry icecream they do is also good,
I hope it comes out soon.

	One of my favourite flavours, which I haven't been able to find in
years is Cinnamon Nutmeg.  I used to get this at Herril's (sp?) in
Northhampton, Mass, but I haven't seen it there in years, though I don't
get down that way as often as I used to.

Mark

    
     There is a place nearby where I live called "Pinecroft Dairy",
    it used to be great, but then "Bergson's" bought it out and it's
    never been as good, although it is still pretty good...it's in
    West Boyalston.
     I've been to Kimball's.....that place is great, I can't believe
    how big their super sundae is!!
     I've also been to B&J in VT.  took the tour and everything, way cool!
    they have stuff that they don't sell in the stores.
    
    
    Sean

    I haven't even gone this year and I only live 3 miles away!!  I guess
    a trip to Kimballs is in order this weekend.
    
    Had the B&J Chocolate Fudge Brownie last night!  Mmmmmmmm!
    Definitely a good choice with the marinated swordfish! (And by
    the way, Dave is a *mean* cook!)
    
    Hope I worked off the B&J at Truffle, even though I didn't do
    nearly enough dancing due to exhaustion and sore knees!
    
    Sparky_who_thinks_it's_probably_much_too_early_to_be_thinkin'_
    about_ice_cream_but_has_decided_Coffee_Heath_Bar_Crunch_would
    go_great_in_this_cup_of_coffee!
    

    Kimballs sounds like my kinda place.  I'm a sucker for a sundae. :)
    
    Rob
    

    
    Speaking of Kimballs...  Deane and I are meeting there at
    noon today... if anyone is interested please join us!!!
    
    MJ

    Rich chocolate ice cream and an equally flavorful cup of coffee, true
    decadence!
    
    Coffee I can see another topic in that. 
    
    Yum!

    
    Noon!  (12:00)!!!  
    
    
    
    

    I've been to the original Ben & Jerry's, but didn't take the tour. 
    They have one dish called the "Vermonster" that consists of 20 or so
    scoops plus all the extras you could think of.  Sick!
    
    The best ice cream used to be from Bishop's in Bethlehem, NH.  They
    moved to Littleton (1/4 mile from my house -- yikes!), and went
    slightly downhill a few years later.  My inside source tells me that
    they use Lotta Rock vanilla as a base instead of making their own now. 
    :^(  Supposedly, almost all of the "homemade" shops do the same.  Ever
    wonder how the Mom & Pop operation could serve 500 lbs. of ice cream a
    night with hardly any factory space?
    
    Jamie

    Ben & Jerry's? Pshaw! :-) I'll take Barts homemade ice cream in 
    Northamton any day. *Nothing* beats Barts! ;-)

> Dave is a *mean* cook!

"Mean"???

I was very nice to that fish before I threw it on the flaming hot grill!

:-)

Dave

I wonder if Rummles is still around (Waterville, ME)??

    Ok, you're an "extremely good cook".
    
    Better?

Kimballs, by far, has my vote for the best ice cream around.   I remember
going there in our old station wagon while growing up.  I remember small
cones, equivalent to what they serve today, going for 27 cents!  I could never
finish those suckers as a kid - too much ice cream.

There used to be an ice cream place in Harvard called Stones.  One of our
local dairy farmers said that Stones ice cream was always better quality
then kimballs, yet, for some reason, everyone preferred kimballs.  he used
to supply those types of places w/ dairy products.

does kimballs still make their ice cream on the premises?  i also remember
when they used to have cows, etc.  now, they replaced them with an ugly
driving range (sorry all you golfers!).....

    I used to go there when I was short like lisa, I was maybe 5 or 6 :')
    the last time I went there they had cows and they made their own IC but
    I've heard that is no longer the case...no problem JC I don't like
    driving ranges anyway....I don't believe in practice ! Im damn good
    with out it :') I don't like to waste a good drive on them when I could
    do it on a fairway instead ! gee should I start a DEChead golf note
    now, huh ? ;-]
    
    Chris 

To: The Little Ones...

	Sorry I was no show last night: Its a long un-innerestin' story...	

Rilly!!

Fog

    
    Once upon a time someone said "Hey Fog, wanna go see little feat
    tonight?"  And Fog said, "Sure".

I know, my eyes are bigger than my, er, um, nevermind...

Anyhow, I'm doing the single-parent thing this week; as an anniversary present, 
DEC sent Rache to Snata Clara and Dallas, so I've rilly rilly got a good 
excuse!

Please pass the DJRR...

    Farfar's is good, but they do tend to be overly colorful.  I remember
    Mike (of Mike's) telling me that people complained that his mint ice
    cream wasn't green.
    
    A few other good places:
    Goldenrod - on the 28 bypass south of Manchester.  It used to be run by
    an older man, made their own ice cream and various food (their onion
    rings are excellent, and you have a choice of coatings), then he sold
    it so someone else and they took shortcuts like using factory ice
    cream.  Last year the old guy was back making ice cream, although he's
    no longer owner.
    
    Carter's in Bradford Mass (south of Haverhill).  Like a scaled down
    Kimball's with very much the same flavors and huge servings (their
    small is 2 huge scoops! and cheap!!). I'm not sure what road it's on
    but if you're familiar with the Bradford section of Haverhill (by
    Bradford College), head south of the green with the church.
    
    I remember seeing zucchini ice cream somewhere.
    
    Scott
    

    homemade Ice cream is the best!! once made vanilla in December,
    outside, ina  blizzard during a Turkey party, threw
    in some whole cherries....now we know why commercial makers don't do
    that. Kinda hard on your teeth, those frozen balls of fruit....
    
                                                  rfb

    I took the tour of B&J's factory,.. the one thats pretty close
    to Stowe... If you're into ice cream (which I'm not really,.. not
    into sweets much at all but Alicia is) its like a slice of heaven...
    
    Checking out the free samples of the "experimental" flavors still
    under development at the secret B&J's research center was fun. Got
    to try "cookie dough" before it was an official flavor (now that was
    really rilly sweet,... blech!)
    
    Also wen to the original B&J's before they went big,.. that was in
    Burlington where you could slurp up a Sunday while Watching a movie on
    the side of the wall of the building next door on I think it was
    Saturday nites,...
    
    I used to like sweets back then (what happened?)
    
    							/
    

    Just got back from Kimball's.
    
    Strange, the guy told MJ there was no Chocolate Chip Cookie
    Dough left . . . but I got some with my hot fudge sundae!!
    Hmmmm . . . I think MJ should get her money back!
    
    Definitely worth the 5 minute trip, the sugar rush is kicking
    in and hopefully I'll make it through the rest of this day
    on my 2 1/2 hours sleep.
    
    :)sparkomatic_feeling_a_bit_loopy_now
    

    
    Yeah, I think that guy perferred blonds.  
    
    oh well...  the carmel cashew nut was good in my hot-fudge
    sundae!   AUGH...  I feel sick.  ;-(
    
    MJ

There is a Ben and Jerry's ice cream store in little old Stamford, CT.  opened
up there about 2-3 years ago.  I couldn't believe it when I saw it.  They were
just starting to really expand around that time.

The last time I went to Kimball's it was after a DEChead dinner at the Yangtzee
River and the flies were out worse than any camping trip I've ever
experienced!  Very uncomfortable!  But the ice cream was grate! :-)

adam

	Ahhhhh another Kimballs sponsored lunch....

	MJ-

	"No more Tollhouse icecream".....My ass!
	
	But then "my ass" really got it when I sat 
	in that chocolate sauce on the bench...yukkkk

	not to mention that all was quiet til
	Jen showed up ;-)  and everyone started
	tooting their horns at her.....
	as she stumbled around the parking lot ;-)

	SPARKY! go and get some sleep before you 
	collapse!

    But!  I love being here . . . drudging over vaxdoc's that won't work,
    crawling under my desk .. . 
    
    Now, if that lady had been using her directional --
    &^%$%$$%^^&^&*&^*^&*  Peoople like that who are so impatient,
    ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M IN A GRUMPY MOOD, URGH!!!
    
    Calm, cool, collected.
    
    Tell my boss you gave me permission & I'll leave %-@
    
    unsparked_but_still_loopy

    Turn her into a snake or something sparks
    

> Three Fold Law won't let me.  Sorry.

Oh yea.  I forgot. ;-) ;-)


tim

    earth to sparky,.. come in sparky,. come in...
    
    

    Too bad I couldn't go to Kimball's!  I LOVE ice cream.  But...I don't
    have a car, don't know where it is, and had to go to a silly luncheon.
    :)  Oh well.  Some other time.
    
    Rob
    

    WHADAYAWANTNOW /SOKO????!!!!
    
    Three Fold Law:  Any evil you expel will come back to you three times.
    
    (And yes, it works for good you expel too -- just not as quick it
    seems.)
    
    Now I'm wishin I'd saved that goopy mess that I couldn't finish today.
    Drinkin' more coffee and yick!  it's disgusting.  Definitely could
    use some of that CCCD ice cream, hot fudge and WHIPPED CREAM mixed
    in!!!!
    
    sparky

    WHATIWANTTOKNOWIS....
    
    nuthin'
    
    :-)
    
    Just making sure you were still within ear shot of the planet
    surface...
    
    That three fold law makes a lot of sense... but who said turning
    that lady into a snake would be an "evil" act? :-) :=-)
    
    						/difficult
    

    actually /Soko, a practicing Wiccan is probably more in touch with the
    planet than the average person...  wouldn'tchasayso, oh sparkly one? :^)
    
    					da ve

> oh sparkly one? :^)
  
Okay!  Who's been shinin' a flashlight in Jen's ear???

Dave (who-just-can't-resist-a-cheap-blonde-joke) :-)  

    I tend to agree.
    
    But of course, I'm biased.
    
    Erickson's Ice Cream in Maynard/Stow is really good too!
    
    			sparkometer

    re.45
    
    >    Dave (who-just-can't-resist-a-cheap-blonde-joke) :-)
    
    
    I think it's more like:
    Dave (who-just-can't-resist-a-cheap-blonde)
    
    ;)
    
    Rob
    

    HOW ON EARTH DID I GET ANOTHER NEW NAME?????
    
    
    

    How far away is Kimball's from here? (TAY)
    
    And...who's gonna be the lucky person to take me there? ;)  Just
    kidding! :)
    
    Rob
    

    What are you implying Rob??????????
    
    
    

	Where did you grow up Rob?  I was under the impression that
	you grew up around Littleton/Maynard area....  if ya did,
	someone kept you in a big time shell RE: Kimballs!!

    Kimball's is 10 minutes away tops.
    
    I'll take you next week -- assuming you didn't mean that I
    was a cheap blonde.
    
    I agree about being more in touch with the planet.
    
    And I still don't know what my name is.
    
    sparkomatic?

re  <<< Note 279.52 by LJOHUB::GILMORE "A Fly can't Bird but a Bird can Fly" >>>
                            -< Because I'm so nice >-

>    And I still don't know what my name is.
>    
>    sparkomatic?


	flareomatic?
	torqueomatic?
	smileomatic?
	hugeomatic?

	I do like sparkle though...

    we'll just call you earthy crunchy sparkly woman,...
    
    :-)
    
    and its easy to get new nick names in here Sparkstation,.. all it takes
    is for yourself or someone else to write a reply about you and call
    you by your nickname of the moment,.. sparksly
    
    How do you think I got "/" ???
    
    							/
    
    
    			

    Nah, I grew up in Tewksbury.  Not really in the Littleton/Maynard area.
    :)
    
    (smile)  No, Sparky, I didn't mean that you're a cheap blonde. 
    Certainly not!  I was talking about all the other blondes Dave knows.
    :)  Or...maybe not.  Sheesh, I've got to learn NOT to do things like
    this. :)
    
    Rob

    Stop picking on my butt!!!
    
    
    :)

Well reading your notes is almost as fun as driving a Volkswagon..

I think I'm experiencing...    

Sparkenwiccan 

;^)   

>   I think it's more like:
>    Dave (who-just-can't-resist-a-cheap-blonde)

Hmmmm.  Perhaps....
Have a hard time resisting the expesive one's, too!

(this is just gonna go downhill from here!  I can tell it's Friday afternoon!)

> sparkly names...

witchy-woman?
drowsy-o-matic?
veg-o-matic?

Dave-o-matic!

    David doesn't quite seem like the cheap blonde type.
    
    Of course, I could be wrong.
    
    8-@
    
    I really like the Colombo frozen yogurt.  It's actually kinda creamy.
    
    Daveego -- why aren't you defending yourself?
    
    			el sparko

    You've gotta buy him a few beers first!
    
    
    harharhar

> Daveego -- why aren't you defending yourself?

What???  Am I being picked on??? :-)

Looks like we had note-collision!

(OUCH! her skull's pretty hard under that blonde hair)

:-)

Dave

    re.59
    
    >>>    Daveego -- why aren't you defending yourself?
    
    He's not defending himself, because....because....he knows it's true! 
    YES!  That MUST be why! :)
    
    Rob
    

    Yup, you're right Rob, it is true.  The truth comes out!
    
    
    Sparkorotor

    Cheap as in Easy,
    
    He is good for a beer or two.
    
    
    		spark

    Dave's cheap, huh?  Or is he easy?  I wouldn't know, definitely!!!
    
    Rob
    

    
    
    Ben&Jerry's Chocolate Chip cookie dough.....
    
    yuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm!!!!! :^)
    
    Hogan

    sounds like there'll be more of Hogan than there used to be :-)
    
    

As mentioned elsewhere, it's opening day.  I don't know
if they're open at lunch, but I intend to find out. 

If anyone's interested, I'd welcome the company (around 
noon)...nice day for it...

tim

    
    
    I can't make it...  :-(  :-(  :-(  
    Maybe Friday though... Kimball's tends to become a regular
    occurance for me in the nice weather!  :-)
    
    MJ

I actually lost five pounds between the Albany and
Nassau shows (didn't drink enough beer, I guess), so I
feel obligated to make it up...lest I start to waist
away! ;-)

I miss the daily ZKO Ice Cream bar, since my group moved 
south, and Kimball's is only slightly further away
than the ZKO Cafeteria was last year. ;-)  Dave W., do 
they still do that up there?  That used to be a staple
of my diet...

tim

> Kimball's is only slightly further away
> than the ZKO Cafeteria was last year. ;-)  Dave W., do 
> they still do that up there?  That used to be a staple
> of my diet...

They sure do.  Kimball's is probably closer to you than
the ZKO caf is from me... :-)

Dave

So tim, how was it mon?

Big crowd - stood in line for 10 minutes at around 12:30.
Saw Mrs. Mystery, and lots of DEC badges..

Chocolate Frappe.

Yum....

Gotta go back - probably tomorrow...this time I may even
bring the kids! (they have tomorrow off)...:-) :-)

tim

    
    Hear ye hear ye....
    
    Deane and I are hitting Kimballs tomorrow at noon if anyone
    is interested in joining us....  
    
    maybe even hit a few at the driving range afterwards if
    there's time...  
    
    (hopefully it won't rain!)
    
    MJ

    The best ice cream in the whole world (and I've tried it in enough
    places to qualify as a judge) is in Moscow. They don't have a lot of
    treats over there but the ice cream is WONDRFUL! 
    
    
    So is the bread. Anywhere in Russia you go, the bread is always
    world-class. 
    
    Strangely enough, the domestic vodka over there is pretty rancid...
    
    ...mike "Popsicle"Head