Frozen Friday: Take 2

My life is terrible, right? I sit through classes, do fun stuff for work, then celebrate my insufferable week by taking myself out for ice cream (ise keem!!).

Whoa is moi.

So, I had this super awesome idea on Friday and thought I would finally update the blog on Friday. On location. (That's so Jim Cantore of me.) Unfortunately, the score of the battle between me and Penn State's campus wireless network is Wireless: 1, Me: 0. What that means is that it's Sunday and I'm updating the blog entry that's supposed to happen on Friday. Makes total sense.

For the first time since my love affair began with the Berkey Creamery, I had to wait on a line. This quasi-Disney queue went out the door and put me through 15 minutes of hell as I endlessly debated: Death by Chocolate or Espresso Fudge Pie. Death by Chocolate won... and oh, did it win.

As the dear, sweet ice cream boy scooped my ice cream from the bottom of the tub, he expressed concern. Apparently a lot of fudge had made its way to the bottom. He offered to rescoop my cup and suggested there was too much fudge. Really, kid?! Too much fudge?! Who in their right mind thinks there is anything called "too much fudge." Balderdash, says I. So, I kindly told him it was OK and I was fine with the additional fudge. He made a crack about it killing me, then we har har har'd about it being Death by Chocolate and finding me slumped over my laptop under one of those beautiful blue and white umbrellas.

My friends, I lived to tell the tale.

Holy mother of everything that is good about goodness and Ryan Miller... that was the best freakin' thing I have ever consumed. (I feel like I keep saying this every week.) I am going on record to prematurely claim this as my favorite Berkey Creamery ice cream. Death by Chocolate (n): Chocolate Ice Cream with Chocolate Flakes, Fudge Pieces and Chocolate Swirl. I'M JUST SAYIN'. And that dripping you see happening down the side of that cup is as messy and glorious and delicious as it looks. I have no idea how I'm going to continue Frozen Fridays because I will be seriously tempted to buy this every week. I mean, I have to walk by the Creamery daily and know that this ice cream is in there. Life, you're so unfair.


In other news, the weather has been stunningly gorgeous, so I sat outside and enjoyed my treat. That picture is my ice cream enjoying its last moments in the warm shade.


With all that said, I have to get back to work. I leave you with a picture of the seating area outside the food science building.


- Mel(li) :)

ETA: I totally forgot to mention that the Creamery was named the top ice cream parlor in Pennsylvania (and listed in the top 51 in the U.S.) by local experts approached by USA Today. Yaaaaay for living five minutes away from the Creamery!