Jul12

flavors.

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who doesn’t remember these?

the school treat 

vanilla 

with

chocolate or strawberry swirl

ice cream sundae

in a little cup

after finishing off 

your slice of school pizza

but the best part 

wasn’t

the icy crystals on top

after being  

frozen and refrozen

in the old school fridge

or

the little lid 

you had to pry off

to reveal the treat

or

the pockets of flavor

running through it like a river

no

the best part

was 

the little wooden spoon

that came with it

tearing open

the wrapper

using it to scoop out

every drop of ice cream

 the flavor ribbons

right on

the inside curve

of the little cup

something

about it

didn’t taste

the same

without

that little wood spoon

it 

added to the flavor

made it perfect

i can still

taste

that spoon

even now.

—

‘i was eating some candy and looked on the wrapper,

and it said:

made from natural and artificial flavors.

you could just say flavors.’

-demitri martin

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  1. We call them ‘Tubs’ in the UK. I never got them at school, but when I went to the cinema with my parents, mum would buy me one during the intermission. Usually vanilla with a strawberry swirl.
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  3. I don’t remember these from school, but I do remember them from other times. I only remember plain vanilla or chocolate. “Dixie cups.” Yes, I can taste that wooden spoon, too!

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  12. Oh my, you really nailed it with this one. I don’t remember having ice cream money for school often but the times I did made long lasting memories. That wood spoon did something magical with the ice cream!

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  18. The 1 litre plastic ice cream containersyou get now in supermarkets are like gigantic versions of the little ice cream “tub”. I never buy them, if I did….. i would get home,.. sit down…… and scoff the lot!

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  23. I don’t remember them but that is because I grew up in a country with a different food culture. However, it was a fun poem. About “made from natural and artificial flavors” I remember a label for Christmas tree lights “for indoor and outdoor use only”

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  25. wonderful, Beth; I have the same feeling towards the little wooden fork that comes with the ‘Melon Mix’ at Woolies; other stores have them but without the fork ; it’s not the same without that little wooden fork —

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