My friend Dan and I went for a tasty treat on Monday. He was craving a Turtles encrusted Blizzard ice cream treat from Dairy Queen, where as I was likely to get the regular crushed Smarties. However, discovering the Red Velvet Cake Blizzard on arrival, we both opted for that one. Dan never cared for his as much as he loves his Turtles. Having a peanut/nut allergy, my choices are pretty grim and basic, at best, but I loved the Red Velvet treatment. So much so, I stopped for another today.
I must love the creamy taste of the treat as the price on this sucker is a gargantuan $7. Way more than a cheapskate, like myself, is usually willing to shell out for any sort of treat, let alone an ice cream / cake concoction, yet here I am. Taking small scoops between typing breaks, savouring all that the desert has to offer. Mmm. Creamy cake....
A common practice at all Dairy Queens before they hand over your thick ice cream delight, they have to turn it upside-down, to ensure it's thickness. After so many years, I don't know why they continue to do this, but they do and well.... Mmm. Creamy! Whatever floats their boat, is fine with me. Today, when the gal did it, I felt it necessary to share an experience a number of years ago at another location.
I must love the creamy taste of the treat as the price on this sucker is a gargantuan $7. Way more than a cheapskate, like myself, is usually willing to shell out for any sort of treat, let alone an ice cream / cake concoction, yet here I am. Taking small scoops between typing breaks, savouring all that the desert has to offer. Mmm. Creamy cake....
A common practice at all Dairy Queens before they hand over your thick ice cream delight, they have to turn it upside-down, to ensure it's thickness. After so many years, I don't know why they continue to do this, but they do and well.... Mmm. Creamy! Whatever floats their boat, is fine with me. Today, when the gal did it, I felt it necessary to share an experience a number of years ago at another location.
It was the girl's first night of working at Dairy Queen. I believe her name was Courtney or Whitney or one of those "Tney" names. She was cute as a button and what transpired only increased how adorable she was. I'd ordered my usual Smarties Blizzard and with her trainer at her side, the mixing of the product was done completely up to DQ standards. Only, when she turned around to present me with the fine refreshment, she flipped it upside-down, as per the practice, but the ice cream and the crushed morsels of Smartie, all vacated the cup, splashing down on the tiled floor with a tremendous SPLAT!
She was visibly panicked and horrified. Here she was, on her first shift of her new job, making a splash of another kind. She was nearly on the brink of tears, thinking that I was going to be upset, but was taken aback with my actual response. I started clapping and thanking her. I was very encouraging. "I've ordered these things for years and I've always wanted to see one fall out of the cup! Now I have! Thank you for fulfilling my dream."
She seemed to relax from that, even cracking a nervous smile, while her workmates burst out laughing all around her. She was quickly presented with a mop and bucket to clean up the sticky mess, while another, more experienced gal made my replacement Blizzard.
I got the girl's name and I did email the Corporate Office for Dairy Queen, and commended Courtney or Whitney or whatever her name was, on a job well-done. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit on that occasion. And I got to see what, I'd imagine, very few are ever privileged to see.
These Red Velvet Cake Blizzards are delightful. Mmm. Cake! It's like eating a sweet cloud, but Holy Christ!! I just sneezed and everything came out red. That's a scary thought if you're not ready for it.
She was visibly panicked and horrified. Here she was, on her first shift of her new job, making a splash of another kind. She was nearly on the brink of tears, thinking that I was going to be upset, but was taken aback with my actual response. I started clapping and thanking her. I was very encouraging. "I've ordered these things for years and I've always wanted to see one fall out of the cup! Now I have! Thank you for fulfilling my dream."
She seemed to relax from that, even cracking a nervous smile, while her workmates burst out laughing all around her. She was quickly presented with a mop and bucket to clean up the sticky mess, while another, more experienced gal made my replacement Blizzard.
I got the girl's name and I did email the Corporate Office for Dairy Queen, and commended Courtney or Whitney or whatever her name was, on a job well-done. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit on that occasion. And I got to see what, I'd imagine, very few are ever privileged to see.
These Red Velvet Cake Blizzards are delightful. Mmm. Cake! It's like eating a sweet cloud, but Holy Christ!! I just sneezed and everything came out red. That's a scary thought if you're not ready for it.
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