Ice cream epiphany!

[chicken]

Yesterday I had the most amazing ice cream-related epiphany EVER. See, I never really knew the right way to eat an ice cream cone. In thirty-six years, no one ever taught me the right way to do it, and as a result, I always got ice cream drippings all over my face and shirt, and never really enjoyed the Ice Cream Cone Experience.

But yesterday my sweet darling wife taught me the right way to eat one, and wow, that was the best-tasting ice cream ever. I know this seems silly and makes it apparent that I was in fact raised by Wolves, but it made me so happy. I'm a simpleton.

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[karenbear.livejournal.com]

Which of course makes me curious as to what is the right way to eat an ice cream cone, and what way were you doing it before?

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Well, most ice cream places here will plop a really huge scoop of ice cream down on the cone in such a way that it extends far beyond the actual border of the little cone (except at Ben & Jerry's, where they give you those enormous waffle cones so that the ice cream is completely contained within the cone). So the trick is to eliminate the "overhang" by licking in a sort of sideways spiral starting at the base of the overhang. Uh, gosh, that sounds really ... naughty. And, er, actually, not that dissimilar from something else that I as a lesbian am not supposed to know anything about. ARGH! I knew I'd walk right into this one.

Right. Anyway. Yes. This prevents dripping, because it keeps everything contained and gradually changes the shape of the ice cream so that at a certain point there is no overhang left, and then it's time for the stage involving pushing the ice cream further down into the cone, creating a smaller mini-overhang in the process that then can get folded back into the top part. It sounds complicated but is actually simple.

Perhaps someone else can explain it better.

Oh, also? The way I used to do it involved biting, from the top down. Very ow, very cold, not at all enjoyable for my cold-sensitive teeth.

[karenbear.livejournal.com]

No you're description was just... fine. ;-)

The way I used to do it involved biting, from the top down.

Oh man, no wonder you never enjoyed ice cream cones - it's all about the licking! :D

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Like I said, raised by wolves. At least my biting was limited to the initial removal of ice cream from the cone. Once it was in my mouth, I let it just melt down my tongue. My father, on the other hand, chews the ice cream, a lot. His teeth aren't as cold-sensitive as mine are, I guess.

[funkparadise.livejournal.com]

That's exactly how to do it. Bunny is genius.

Now, imagine a whole summer to enjoy ice cream this way. Yay!

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Yes, she IS a genius. No one doubts it. :-)