Tastes certainly do change over the years. When I was a kid going out to the ice cream parlor meant that I was going to get Bubble Gum Ice Cream. I mostly just wanted the gum. The frozen solid gum that I would cover in my saliva and then spit out into a napkin. And when I was done with my treasure hunt for gum, I would wrap it up in the napkin to eat later. Of course by the time I got it home to eat, the paper napkin had stuck to all the gum. So there I was eating licked, paper covered gum balls. Mmm. Yummy. And eat them I would, paper and all. Of course logic would have told me to buy a bag of gum balls and then get a different ice cream flavor. But what is logic to a little kid. :P Now back in those days they didn't offer Bubble Gum Ice Cream at the store. So when my mom brought home ice cream she usually brought home Neapolitan. More bang for your buck. Not only were you getting ice cream, but you were getting vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate all rolled into one. Strawberry was … [Read more...]