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Cold Comfort-Second Scoop
The role of an icecream scooper
is not a gig that's easy.
Especially on hot Summer nights
when the store
is super busy.
Customers uttering
dog day's mumbles,
lined up out the door
just to pick a number.
Believe me
icecream is like
scooping granite
when straight
from the walk-in freezer
and we could have used
a stick of dynamite
if someone
ordered Daiquiri Ice.
To prepare milkshakes
we'd slide the steel collar
into a paper cup
and mount it on the blender.
Mixing milk and icecream should be easy, but,
if one ordered
chocolate almond
or pralines and cream
the nuts would
often slice through the paper container
spraying forth the cold,
sticky contents
painting uniform,
floor, and counter.
So when you
frequent your
local icecream parlor
Consider the sore arms, of the servers
and the danger they face
so you can have
your nutty milkshake.
is not a gig that's easy.
Especially on hot Summer nights
when the store
is super busy.
Customers uttering
dog day's mumbles,
lined up out the door
just to pick a number.
Believe me
icecream is like
scooping granite
when straight
from the walk-in freezer
and we could have used
a stick of dynamite
if someone
ordered Daiquiri Ice.
To prepare milkshakes
we'd slide the steel collar
into a paper cup
and mount it on the blender.
Mixing milk and icecream should be easy, but,
if one ordered
chocolate almond
or pralines and cream
the nuts would
often slice through the paper container
spraying forth the cold,
sticky contents
painting uniform,
floor, and counter.
So when you
frequent your
local icecream parlor
Consider the sore arms, of the servers
and the danger they face
so you can have
your nutty milkshake.
Published 29th Apr 2024
Author's Note
NaPo2024 #28
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29th Apr 2024 5:34am
don't like nutty milkshakes or ice cream
but I note the unseen dangers
and won't mumble under my breath whole waiting
but I note the unseen dangers
and won't mumble under my breath whole waiting
29th Apr 2024 6:33am
Thank you so much, AP! I'm not partial to nutty shakes. However, there a creamy I had in Spain, called hot horchata that is made from nuts. The Mexican version is made with rice and is tasty too. I am glad you enjoy this piece.
29th Apr 2024 6:42am
29th Apr 2024 11:48am
I've often wondered about the prevalence of forearm/elbow injuries in ice cream scoopers! Must be high. I've had 'tennis elbow' (not from tennis, hence the quotes) and believe me I couldn't have even held a scoop then, let alone used one! But I never knew about the dangers of flying sliced nut chunks. 😆 Thank you for teaching me something new!
Yum.
❤️k
Yum.
❤️k
29th Apr 2024 5:15pm
Thank you, K💕 So glad to heighten your scooper awareness. I both played Tennis and scooped maybe they complimented each other. Sadly I no longer have those guns😿 I am sorry you suffered from "Tennis elbow."
