In the two-and-a-half years that the Ice Cream Journal has been around, we’ve received almost 20,000 comments from our readers. That’s a lot of comments. You may wonder if it’s even possible for us to read all of those comments, but we do. In fact, many of us in the Turkey Hill offices read the comments and take great delight in hearing from so many fellow ice cream fans. We giggle at some of the funnier ones and pass around some of the most inspirational ones.
We’ll probably comb through those 20,000 comments at some point soon and compile our all time 10 favorite comments. That won’t be easy at all! Speaking of comments, here’s one that was left on our recent entry about seagulls who steal ice cream cones. It has to be one of the funniest comments ever left on the Ice Cream Journal!
MEGHAN S. WRITES:
I must admit, my first reaction was to laugh. Laugh at the man’s horrified expression at the audacity of the birds…but then I had to stifle my giggles and think how I would feel if that happened to me. Truth be told, I did have a similar experience. And this is a little graphic, and a little gross but please don’t judge because it is just a tribute to how much I love my ice cream.
To set the scene, I am sitting on a picnic table bench in the hot August sun at my family’s usual vacation place at the beach. My Dad just treated us all to ice cream for an after lunch treat and I was first in line and first to sit because my family knows my love for ice cream. As I am just about to take my first bite, a white and brown swirled liquid drops from the sky and land in my ice cream bowl. Yes, it was bird poop. I was horrified!! And you may be horrified by this…I scooped the bird poop out of my ice cream, and a small layer underneath and threw it away, then got a new spoon and ate the rest of the ice cream! I wasn’t going to let my ice cream go to waste!!
Now THAT’S a love of ice cream! We’re not sure how many people would have made such a difficult decision, but we applaud Meghan’s quick thinking. (A poll around the office reveals only a few who would have done the same thing.) Thank you for your very entertaining comment, Meghan. And thank you to everyone who leaves comments here on the Ice Cream Journal!
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If you’ve got a technical question about the ice cream making process or some other inquiry about the nuances of America’s favorite treat, chances are Ernie has the answer. He might not be able to answer all questions, but he’ll try his best and some may be featured on the Ice Cream Journal.
NEXT STOP: 30,000!
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009For awhile now, the Ice Cream Journal has been creeping up on 20,000 total comments since it was created in November 2006. That’s a lot of comments. When we first started the blog, we never dreamed we’d get 1,000, much less 20,000.
In all the excitement of the spring, we forget to keep checking to see when the magical number was reached. We usually read the comments the same way you do (on each individual entry), but when we looked at the comment log today, we realized number 20,000 had arrived almost a month ago! It was posted by Lorraine P. on the entry about visiting your local ice cream shop. Here’s what Lorraine had to say:
“We do have many local ice cream shops. In fact we just visited one this past weekend. Water ices and Cream ices are a big thing on Long Island. Lots of ice cream in the freezer. Always a staple in our house. Thanks Turkey Hill for making a “great” product.”
Thanks for helping us reach our milestone, Lorraine! In honor of your place in ice cream blogging history, we’ll send you coupons for a one month supply of Turkey Hill ice cream! Thanks also to those of you who left the other 19,999 comments. We read every single one of them and appreciate them all!
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