ice cream

[adrian_turtle]

Years ago, the local chain of ice cream parlors called JP Licks* used to have Coconut Almond Lace ice cream in their rotation of non-dairy specials. It was based on coconut milk, as was right and proper, and it might have been my favorite** non-dairy ice cream ever. Then they took the good stuff out of rotation. Lo, for 7 long years, every time "Coconut Almond Lace" was among the monthly specials, it was a snare and a delusion made with real cream. (WHY? JP Licks seemed to be getting better at vegan treats overall. Hempity Hemp Hemp*** can fade into deserved oblivion.) Then a couple of days ago, I walked into the store in search of a raspberry lime rickey and discovered the good stuff was back!

I'm sure it will vanish at the end of the month, because that's what happens with flavors of the month, but I hope it won't vanish for years again. I had an unpleasant medical procedure this afternoon, with needles, so Redbird got me ice cream on the way home. With some for the freezer, just in case.


*JP=Jamaica Plain
**Jenni's chocolate pudding flavor tastes amazing, but contains enough coffee to be a migraine trigger. Alas.
***Hemp milk ice cream with crunchy toasted hemp seeds, just like it sounds. Alas.

Comments

[otter]

***there is a point at which trying to please vegans goes a step too far. That sounds awful.

I'm glad they had your (almost) favorite this time. Medical procedures are no fun.