Yesterday I was in town and decided to try out the new Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shoppe. Several people I know had told me that their ice cream is really good, and I had been given a coupon so I figured that was a good time to give it a try! I went inside and there was a very pleasant middle-aged man behind the counter, offering to help me. I explained that I had never been to any Cold Stone Creamery before and that I had no idea which flavors they even had. He immediately started giving me small sample spoonfuls of the different flavors that he had. The first flavor that he gave me was a flavor that he claimed was the best selling one – it was called cake batter. I agreed that it was very good, but I wanted a taste of the cheesecake flavor, which was even better. Then I saw that he had two different tubs of strawberry, and I asked him what the difference between the two were. He told me that one was ice cream, and one was frozen yogurt. He gave me a sample of each. The frozen yogurt was a lot more tart than the ice cream, so I like the ice cream better. I’m not a big fan of tart.

So I decided that I would ask for a small bowl with a scoop of cheesecake, and a scoop of strawberry ice cream. He took out a scoop of each and asked me if I wanted them mixed together. That thought had never occurred to me, thinking that the ice cream would be too hard in its frozen state to do that, but he managed to mix it nicely, and he added some fresh strawberries to the mixture as well. That concoction was extremely delicious, and I am certain to be on the look-out for coupons for the Cold Stone Creamery again!