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Spring has sprung...and so have the ice cream stands

Posted by ayersian , May 11, 2008 20:19

 

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For those individuals lucky enough to live in eternally-warm locales, ice cream is often a year-round staple. In New England, however, local ice cream is more often a seasonal indulgence constrained by days on the calendar such as Memorial and Labor Day. With the recent sprouting of the leaves on the trees, however, has come the season openings of some of our favorite local ice cream shacks and stands. As a result, the past two weeks have been a mad ice cream frenzy highlighted by a decadent Chocolate Lace and Rich Chocolate sundae at Dr. Mike’s in Bethel, a hefty helping of Toasted Almond (on the CT Meet and Greet) at Big Dipper in Prospect, and a double scoop of Maple Walnut and Grapenut at We-Li-Kit in Pomfret. Pictured above are before and during shots of our Dr. Mike's sundae with everything (meaning gobs of hot fudge and a small mountain of freshly whipped cream!).

Comments

5/11/2008 8:26:22 PM #

Chris & Amy, y'all are making me frown at my salad!

Nancypalooza |

5/12/2008 9:12:49 AM #

Rich Farm in Oxford is open too.   8-)

Roy Harvey |

5/13/2008 8:03:06 PM #

Chris & Amy,

That looks Dyno-mite!  Thanks for the chocolate lace at Ted's.  I can only fantasize about what that must do to ice cream!

Billy |

5/20/2008 6:29:26 AM #

Hi!  I was reading your article about your ice cream tour of New England.....yummy!!!  I would just like to suggest one more (as will other readers i'm sure!)  The Scoop in Granville MA is a dairy farm that makes their own heavenly ice cream.  It's so rich you can just taste the milkfat in it.  And their flavors are wonderful!  If you are on the Mass Pike, get off at exit 3 in Westfield, take rte. 10 south to Southwick (about 15 minutes), head west on rte. 57 about ten minutes to Granville, turn south onto rte. 189, and the Scoop is on the right about two minutes down.  You won't regret it!  Then you could take a scenic route to Lee by way of Rtes. 57, 8 and 20....same amount of time but more picturesque than the pike.  Thanks!  deb

Deb |

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