Borklog: One entry


4 May 2001

One of the downsides of living where we do is that there is a soft-serve ice-cream place within walking distance. It's called "Bonnie's", and they have the usual 97 varieties of soft-serve goodies, as well as an assortment of tasty and high-fat comfort foods. One thing that's been mildly disturbing is watching the physical properties of the soft-serve. It has some adhesive / elastic properties that one would typically only find in truly artifical "food" forms like twinkies and Cheeze Whiz.

Fer instance. The "small" size at Bonnies is a regular ice cream cone with a stack of swirls about the size of a small squirrel. Having witnessed a medium, it's a stack of soft-serve swirls about the size of a small rat. I haven't witnessed a "large" but I can imgine it's at least the size of a well-fed weasel. Dipping the cone (in a chocolaty substance) involves inverting the cone, dipping, and letting it drain for about 30 seconds. During the course of this operation, the cone contents do not shift. Nothing stretches or breaks off. You can hold the cones in a horizontal plane and they're remarkably stable. if it weren't so enjoyable, I'd almost be worried what it does to my innards.


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