Italian Ice
While it is
still warm, every night Mrs. C and I share a cup of Italian Ice, “Marino’s” Italian Ice. They come at the store in three flavors,
strawberry, lemon, and cherry. All good,
but cherry is my favorite.
We share the
cup spoonful by spoonful. I feed Mrs. C
alternating spoonful’s which she opens wide for like a hungry baby bird. If I sneak a spoonful of shavings out of
turn, she spots it right away.
About two
thirds of the way through the cup, Mrs. C declares she has had enough. This is much to my great relief. If you are a connoisseur of Italian Ice then
you know the bottom third is always the best.
I don’t know
how they make the stuff, or what the science is, but the flavor syrup of the
ice tends to seep to the bottom third. The
top two thirds have plenty of flavor, but the bottom is always the best.
I may be a
bit selfish, so I hold my breath as the ice works its way down to the extra
good, extra gooey, syrup. Mrs. C always calls
it quits before we reach the good part.
The other
night I was feeling a bit guilty and as we reached the bottom third of the cup
I said,
“You do
know the best part of the Italian Ice is the bottom third of the cup, right?”
“Yuuck! The bottom third is always ruined by the
gooey syrup that seeps through.”
My wife has
some unusual tastes, and unusual ways of doing things. For instance, she does not eat tomatoes or
garlic, and she is Italian! Even stranger, she dips her pudding and does not
scoop.
I have been
known to make fun of her weird food habits.
I think I will just let this strange aversion to the best part of an
Italian Ice work in my favor.
"She does not eat tomatoes or garlic"?? I can't process that. As for the syrupy ice, yeah I had a girlfriend who always scraped the frosting off a slice of cake before eating it... craziest thing I ever saw!
ReplyDeleteIt does look refreshing on hot days!
ReplyDeleteBetty
I've never had Italian Ice (unless that is Gelato?) but I imagine I would love the gooey syrupy base third.
ReplyDeleteJim loves Italuan ices but one spoonful is enuf for me which makes him extra happy. I dont eat tomatoes but I love them in a sauce and especially in catsup. Or ketchup. Or soup or chili or . . .
ReplyDeleteYou are a lucky man, Joe, that Mrs. C shares.
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of Rita’s Italian Ice. They have many flavors and most summers we visit often. The lines are always long outside their stores and this year is no different so we have only been there once (during a rain storm).
Never had one nor seen one in the store. Will look. Gosh that was sweet as you shared. Lucky you she leaves the best for you.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what that is like? We have in the UK something called Slushy. It is ice just like you show in the cup with different flavours, strawberries, raspberries and so on.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
You can say what you want about being Cranky, the fact that you feed your wife alternating bites of Italian ice means you are a hopeless romantic and it's no wonder Mrs. C married you!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have Italian Ice around here, but I guarantee I would fight for every rightful bite of the bottom 1/3. You and Mrs. C are a perfect match, like Jack Sprat and wife!
ReplyDeleteI have had Italian Ice and yes it's yummy! But I'm not nice like you..I didn't share. I think you and Mrs. C are a match made in heaven! Have you had Hawaiian shaved ice? Holy Moly..it will change your life. We had the best out in Oregon and haven't found a good one here yet. Again, I didn't share that either!
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