Literary Ice Cream
source: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/07/tasty-de-lit.html
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"The libraries of the world are feeling under-appreciated, it seems. And it’s not because folks are ignoring them en masse, or talking loudly in their aisles—all they want is an ice-cream flavor they can call their own. A Facebook group called “People for a library-themed Ben & Jerry’s flavor!” has attracted nearly four thousand members, and is bent on petitioning the ice-cream company into submission. The logic behind the cause is unassailable:
(1) Libraries are awesome;
(2) Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream is tasty;
therefore:
(3) A library-themed Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream would be tasty awesome.
The suggestions are, indeed, tasty awesome. Among them:
Gooey Decimal System: Dark fudge alphabet letters with caramel swirls in hazelnut ice cream.
Sh-sh-sh-Sherbet!: Key Lime or a chocolate/vanilla combination.
Rocky Read: Vanilla with chocolate-covered nuts, chocolate chunks and raisins.
And because such an opportunity presents itself but once in a lifetime, we came up with a few of our own:
Writer’s Block: Coffee with fudge chunks and nicotine stains.
Chick Lit: Fat-free Peach-Mango swirl with pieces of Chicklet chewing gum.
Chexy Librarian: Demure vanilla on the outside, chocolate-covered cherries and Chex cereal pieces on the inside.
Twilit: Pale-white lemon sorbet with red shoestring licorice and the hair of Robert Pattinson.
Over-Goo Fudge: Chocolate with marshmallow and fudge.
Bookworm: Vanilla with gummy worms and annelid chunks.
Periodicals Cream: Glossy strawberry syrup, some eye-popping sprinkles, but mostly regular vanilla.
Chocolate Chip Bookie-Dough: Banana with chocolate-chip cookie dough. Decent odds.
Of Ice and M&M: M&Ms, Chocolate powder, Vanilla, Fresh bananas. It’s a good plan, but it never fully works.
Out-of-Print Pistachio: Even the nuts have freezer burn!
Reading Rainbow: PBS-sponsored Rainbow sherbet.
Do you have ideas for bookish ice-cream flavors?"
(1) Libraries are awesome;
(2) Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream is tasty;
therefore:
(3) A library-themed Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream would be tasty awesome.
The suggestions are, indeed, tasty awesome. Among them:
Gooey Decimal System: Dark fudge alphabet letters with caramel swirls in hazelnut ice cream.
Sh-sh-sh-Sherbet!: Key Lime or a chocolate/vanilla combination.
Rocky Read: Vanilla with chocolate-covered nuts, chocolate chunks and raisins.
And because such an opportunity presents itself but once in a lifetime, we came up with a few of our own:
Writer’s Block: Coffee with fudge chunks and nicotine stains.
Chick Lit: Fat-free Peach-Mango swirl with pieces of Chicklet chewing gum.
Chexy Librarian: Demure vanilla on the outside, chocolate-covered cherries and Chex cereal pieces on the inside.
Twilit: Pale-white lemon sorbet with red shoestring licorice and the hair of Robert Pattinson.
Over-Goo Fudge: Chocolate with marshmallow and fudge.
Bookworm: Vanilla with gummy worms and annelid chunks.
Periodicals Cream: Glossy strawberry syrup, some eye-popping sprinkles, but mostly regular vanilla.
Chocolate Chip Bookie-Dough: Banana with chocolate-chip cookie dough. Decent odds.
Of Ice and M&M: M&Ms, Chocolate powder, Vanilla, Fresh bananas. It’s a good plan, but it never fully works.
Out-of-Print Pistachio: Even the nuts have freezer burn!
Reading Rainbow: PBS-sponsored Rainbow sherbet.
Do you have ideas for bookish ice-cream flavors?"
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Nettle
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OMG! This satisfies my ice cream fetish and my want to become a librarian. This is amazing!
My vote is for Bookworm, although I'm not a huge fan of gummy worms. Second would Chocolate Chip Bookie-Dough.
Also, I'm surprised no one came up with Overdue. Devilish chocolate with sprinkles of doom.
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