rmarkc
New Reader
7/1/09 9:08 p.m.
I'm sure I am way behind the crowd on this, much like everything else I "discover", but I found an amazing treat this week at Food Lion.
[backstory]
Maybe it is just a southern thing but when I was young snow days meant 2 things, no school and snow cream.
Fresh snow + evaporated milk + sugar + a dab of vanilla extract = snow cream.
[/backstory]
While browsing for a frozen treat this Sunday, I saw the box. I didn't think it could match up but I was wrong.
One spoonful and I was back at home with mom and dad, near a hot wood stove and watching game shows and syndicated sit-coms on a 26" Zenith console.
Mayfield is the brand. Snowcream is the flavor.
I just started my second carton. It is nummy.
cxhb
Reader
7/1/09 9:53 p.m.
Ive heard of it and im not a southerner. But Ohio is kind of hickish...
alex
HalfDork
7/1/09 10:10 p.m.
My girlfriend talks about this. Since we live in a metropolitan area, I don't let her explore that nostalgia.
She grew up in Ohio, too (and I think she'd agree with your assessment, cxhb).
southern and snowdays.........does not compute....
Snow? Where did you find that in the south? It hasn't snowed around here in years. I thought they stopped importing it.
rmarkc
New Reader
7/2/09 7:36 a.m.
Toyman01 wrote:
Snow? Where did you find that in the south? It hasn't snowed around here in years. I thought they stopped importing it.
Aha...Mayfield's icy memory enhancer takes me back to the 70s.
A time when my mom drove a yellow Gran Torino.
A time when we only got 6 channels on the TV and 2 of those were PBS.
A time when I still had a full head of hair.
A time when it still snowed at least a couple times a year in the south.
something something Michael Jackson something something.
cwh
Dork
7/2/09 8:33 a.m.
Raised in NE Ohio, but the only similar memory was freshly made, right out of the kettle, maple syrup over snow. Pretty tasty. But I HATE snow.
vladha
New Reader
7/2/09 8:46 a.m.
This sounds really interesting to make for my kids, even the ingredients are doable. Except, what's snow and where do I find me some?
Mark
cwh
Dork
7/2/09 8:53 a.m.
Ship it in UPS Overnight from OHIO!
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