316- IT'S SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME, SUM-SUM SUMMERTIME....

What do red raspberries...watermelon...and licking ice cream have in common?

They're all three darn good for you! The RED raspberries improve blood vessel function and are checked full of vitamin C and fiber. Watermelon is 92% water and full fo vitamin C, also. The RED contains lycopene, an antioxidant.
And that leaves, by the way, the ICE CREAM. LICKING an ice cream cone IS more satisfying than using a spoon or spork! The flavor is IN the fat and is warmed to body temp when the lick meets the tongue...hmmm. Oh mi ga!

OK, how do all of you aficianados lick a cone of scrumptuous ice cream in the summer?
a) Carefully decide what kind of cone to use...regular or the sugar kind?
b) Lick very, very fast but methodically!
c) Twist cone around in a circle, to keep the ice cream equally in check as it melts quickly in the summer warmth?
d) If any cream does dribbles down over your fingers, lick them gently, too!
e- Bite into the white frozen elixir?
f- Bite and lick, one after the other?
g- And does the cone, now, become the bestest and last reward, trying to extract the very last drop of the cream inside?....or by crunching down bit by bit, making you a proud cruncher?
h- I remember one ice cream parlour that cleverly placed a couple of peanuts inside the bottom of the cone. Why? A surr-prise for that last bit of reward for consuming the whole thang!
i- Seconds? No way...another surr-prise another day gives you something to look forward to....! Hey, don't overdo it on the ice cream. Remember that "brain freeeze" factor when you overdo icy treats! Egads...haven't had a "brain freeze" since kidhood. Et vous?
Just thought of "snow cream" come the first snowfall of the season....another day. And any way, we don't get much SNOW in Williamsburg...anymore!