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Ice cream memories
Jul. 1st, 2016 03:56 pmOn one of the Ravelry groups I read, the question of the day was, "What’s your favorite treat from the ice cream truck?" and for once I had an answer (edited slightly from the original).
Can I go back in time?
When I was a kid in Morton Grove (suburb of Chicago), it wasn’t just a generic ice cream truck. It was the Good Humor truck, selling only Good Humor ice cream. For most of my childhood, my favorite treat was Chocolate Fudge Cake , which had some sort of crumbly outside coating, and layers of chocolate cake and ice cream inside. When I was older (early teens, maybe, which means late 1960s/early 1970s), Good Humor came out with a bar that was very similar but had a chocolate bar inner core. That was the very best ice cream bar in the world -- or at least, I thought so back then. I think it cost all of $.45.
The Good Humor truck drove quickly enough that if we (I have two younger brothers) hadn’t got money from our mother before it showed, we wouldn’t be able to stop the truck, ask Mom if we could have ice cream , and get money from her. So it took planning, which mostly we didn’t do. As a result -- and because money was tight -- Good Humor bars were only a very occasional treat. That may be part of why I remember them so fondly.
I believe Good Humor trucks are no more, and I've never dared buy any of the Good Humor bars I occasionally see in the grocery. I don't want to taint the memories.
Can I go back in time?
When I was a kid in Morton Grove (suburb of Chicago), it wasn’t just a generic ice cream truck. It was the Good Humor truck, selling only Good Humor ice cream. For most of my childhood, my favorite treat was Chocolate Fudge Cake , which had some sort of crumbly outside coating, and layers of chocolate cake and ice cream inside. When I was older (early teens, maybe, which means late 1960s/early 1970s), Good Humor came out with a bar that was very similar but had a chocolate bar inner core. That was the very best ice cream bar in the world -- or at least, I thought so back then. I think it cost all of $.45.
The Good Humor truck drove quickly enough that if we (I have two younger brothers) hadn’t got money from our mother before it showed, we wouldn’t be able to stop the truck, ask Mom if we could have ice cream , and get money from her. So it took planning, which mostly we didn’t do. As a result -- and because money was tight -- Good Humor bars were only a very occasional treat. That may be part of why I remember them so fondly.
I believe Good Humor trucks are no more, and I've never dared buy any of the Good Humor bars I occasionally see in the grocery. I don't want to taint the memories.
