It was an ordinary day. Sunday lunch was a sandwich, chips, peanut butter & honey crackers and a glass of cranberry juice. My wife had the same thing, except she opted for a glass of iced tea instead of the cranberry juice. After lunch we decided to head out for some ice cream. Now...if you have been a loyal reader of this blog, you probably know of my love for ice cream. One of my stories on this site told about my friend Jere and I ordering a banana split for lunch on the Caribbean island of Antigua while another story told about Jere and his wife Sue, as well as Carol and I, heading to "The Creamery" in State College, Pennsylvania for a scoop of Peachy Paterno ice cream in a cup, while yet another story told of my visit with my grandson Caden to The Turkey Hill Experience in nearby Columbia, Pennsylvania where the two of us made our own special flavor of ice cream. Caden called his "The Baseball Crusher" while I named my "LDub's Delight." Now, this is just a sampling of stories, since there are many more, but I think you get the idea of my love of ice cream. Well, today I opened my email and found a story sent to me by one of my local favorites, The Brickerville House Ice Cream Shop.
Part of their email asked me if there is such a thing as too much of a good thing? Bet you knew as soon as you read that last sentence that they meant ice cream! What followed were four speciality ice cream desserts from other parts of the country. And...you know I am about to share them with you, right?  |
| The Humongous Banana Split |
The first treat was a 9 pound Humongous Banana Split that is made in Fairmont, West Virginia. The ingredients are: Nine 1 pound scoops of ice cream in vanilla, chocolate and strawberry on a whipped cream base, topped with chocolate, strawberry and pineapple sauces, more whipped cream, sprinkles, cherries, nuts and bananas. The cost was $18.99.  |
| The King Kong Sundae |
The second speciality dessert was something called King Kong Sundae which was made in both Florida and Illinois and included 24 scoops of ice cream covered with hot fudge, caramel, strawberry sauce, sliced bananas with toasted marshmallows, Reese's Pieces, chocolate chip cookies, crushed waffle cones, Gummi Bears, white chocolate strawberry shavings, toasted walnuts, whipped cream, giant lollipops, and sparklers. Please leave out the walnuts on mine! The cost was $99.00.  |
| The Great Pyramid |
The third dessert was called The Great Pyramid which was made in Newtonville, Maine. It had more than 60 pints of hand-scooped ice cream, including scoops of coffee, Oreo, strawberry, cherry vanilla and chocolate with 12 quarts of toppings from about 40 choices, whipped cream, marshmallows, nuts and cherries. It can serve up to 175 people. The cost was $259.99.  |
| The 3 Golden Opulence Sundae |
The fourth speciality dessert was called The Serendipity 3 Golden Opulence Sundae from New York City. The ingredients were: 3 scoops of Tahitian and Madagascar vanilla ice cream, 23 carat gold leaves, chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, exotic candied fruits from Paris's Fauchon, chocolate truffles and a tiny bowl of Grande Passion caviar sweetened with passion fruit, orange and Armagnac. This was topped with a gilded flower and sprinkled with pure 24-cart gold edible dust. The cost....$1,000 which is in the Guiness Book of World Record's as the Most Expensive Sundae! Think you could handle one of these desserts? Now...I love ice cream, but not to the point that I get sick and after reading about these desserts, I'm not so sure I could eat one of them by myself. Maybe not even with the help of my friend Jere. Maybe not even with the help of my family! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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