I have never met a person who didn’t like ice cream. There are some people who can’t eat it or some who are too busy counting calories and suck the sad artificial sweetener out of popsicles instead, but these people do not count. Ice cream is versatile, and therefore, everyone can find a way to enjoy it; whether it be, vanilla or chocolate, cup or cone, or sprinkles or soulless. Although the smooth consistency of ice cream during a humidly hot summer day is irresistible, the best quality of ice cream is how the experience of eating it evolves as people age.
When I was a kid, ice cream meant endless opportunities. The cases holding the ice cream, which were taller than I was, stretched from one end of the …show more content…
When it comes to the differences between novelties and ice cream, research from The National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association says that “Ice cream and novelties are the second- and third largest categories in the frozen food department, with $6.3 billion and $4.5 billion in sales, respectively” and this noticeable gap between the sales of novelties verses ice cream demonstrates the broader audience that ice cream attracts (Dudlicek 148). Beginning to enjoy ice cream as food more than a gimmick, I could relate to other’s experience of eating ice cream more …show more content…
In elementary and middle school, I rode on a school bus with mostly Hispanic peers for many hours a day; with this experience, I learned a lot about the differences between our cultures whether it be the shows, music, or foods that we enjoyed. Knowing my love for ice cream, one of my friends brought me her family’s guava cheesecake ice cream. She explained that like how my traditional southern family baked pound cakes for people, her family made pints of ice cream in the same fashion. Having never had guava but loving cheesecake, I was optimistic that this odd combination would work. The creaminess of the cheesecake based ice cream contrasting with the grittiness of the graham cracker crumbles made for an interesting texture on the tongue, but it is the swirl of fresh guava preserves that counteracts the slightly savory and tangy aspects of the cream cheese flavor. Ice cream is more than just a dessert; it is an insight into a person’s