ice cream, ice cream, ice cream. and not the store bought kind that comes in a tub or a box (yay! freezer burn!). Its a cultural thing around here.
Upside: you can find all these great family owned ice cream stands within a half-hour of my house. Its freshly made, there are more flavors than you can really choose from (too many choices), and its so smooth and creamy. and cheap.
Downside: who gets to go get ice cream from an ice cream stand by themselves? Its right up there with going to a playground without a kid. you HAVE to bring someone with you to get ice cream. going alone is just not done.
Its funny. Once you leave New England, for the most part, there are no great ice cream stands. The best you can do is a Dairy Queen, or a Stewarts (in new york). McDonald's soft serve. yuck. If you're lucky, you might find a Marble Slab- but thats way over priced, and their ice cream has a LOT of those ice crystals in it that eventually rub your tongue raw. There are very seldom any mom & pop ice cream stands. Its very sad.
Maybe there are some in Wisconsin - they have a lot of cows, so maybe they have ice cream stands too.
One of those homesickness things that will bring me to my knees is a lack of quality ice cream.
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Wisconsin also has frozen custard. It doesn't sound great, but it's delicious. Much creamier than ice cream too. The downside is that there are very limited options. Chocolate, vanilla, and one extra flavor that changes each day. That's because they're made that day- I don't really understand the whole process, but it's darn yummy!!
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