I've got a confession to make: I HATE chocolate ice cream. I know it's a weird thing to hate, believe me every time I tell someone they look at me like I'm crazy and then of course they ask me why. But the truth is, I just think it tastes bad. And the whole brown color thing? Yeah, not appetizing at all. So this will be the first, and last time I talk about chocolate ice cream in this blog.
Since I'm only doing one week of chocolate (and the creamery probably has 20+ chocolate flavors alone) I had to choose the one that causes me the most pain. Ironically, the name of the flavor is Death by Chocolate.
Death by Chocolate could not have anymore chocolate in it if the Creamery people tried. Not only is it chocolate ice cream, but it also has chocolate flakes AND fudge pieces AND chocolate swirl, aka, my worst nightmare. The sight of it repulses me, but clearly I am alone in this because it has got to be one of the most popular flavors. It reaches all age demographics. Little kids, college kids, parents, and super old people all enjoy the flavor. I guess being a chocolate-lover starts at a young age, I wouldn't know. So because everyone loves this flavor, it is ordered all the time which means it has to be scooped all the time, which is a task that I actively avoid.
When an ice cream is ordered at the Creamery, it is the person at the first (out of three) freezers job to "call out" what was ordered so that whoever is closest to the flavor can scoop it. To simplify the calling, the Caller (that's what we call them, because we're super creative) abbreviates the ice cream flavor and then adds "dish" at the end, if the ice cream is in a dish, if it's a cone, just the flavor is called. So in a case where Death by Chocolate is ordered, which, as I said, is all the time, the Caller yells "Death" or "Death Dish". Of course, every person who orders this flavor finds that hilarious and laughs and then turns to the person next to them and says something along the lines of "I knew my family was trying to get rid of me! A Dish of Death!" Man people are clever.
After these annoying comments are made, it never fails to happen, it's time for the ice cream to be scooped. If I am the one unfortunate enough to have to do it, I instantly am in a bad mood. It's a justified bad mood though, because Death by Chocolate on the scoopability scale? Yeah it's a 5. Terrible! I know, but it gets worse! As I struggle to get the scooper to break into the hard-as-a-rock ice cream, my arms become COVERED in chocolate sauce from the sides of the three gallon. You may be thinking: man that's disgusting and how can this happen all the time? Well yes, it is disgusting, but don't worry, no one eats the stuff that's stuck on the sides. It goes in the trash when the three gallon is empty. And how can I always get covered in it? I honestly have no idea. But every single time I scoop the deathly flavor it is at least half-way gone so the sides are just begging me to have my arms squish into them.
I'm truly sorry if I offended anyone with my hatred of chocolate ice cream, or repulsed anyone by telling them my arm gets covered in their favorite flavor. All I can say is, ice cream is delicious...unless it's chocolate.
Chocolate ice cream was my first solid food(not by my mother's choice), so I find it hard to believe someone could hate it. But your reasons for hating it are reasonable, so I understand.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to scoop ice cream as much as you did, I'd hate chocolate ice cream as well, so I can't blame you there. Death by Chocolate, if it can't kill you, it will get to you in any way possible, and for you that's getting chocolate all over your arms! Just a question, which ice cream is the easiest to scoop that isn't completely unpleasant to you? This way I know if I see you at the creamery, I will definitely order that!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you: chocolate=bleh! Hate it! And I am SO sorry that you have to deal with it everyday that you go to work. Maybe I'll come in sometime and not make you scoop me anything chocolate! :)
ReplyDeleteI think that if i worked in the creamery no matter what ice cream I LOVED i would hate by the end. Its just the simple fact of being around it all the time. But it does shock me that you hate chocolate but your not the first person that does so it doesn't shock me as much as most. I have to add tho that when i went to the creamery for the first time I did order death by chocolate and(i love chocolate) but it really was sooo much chocolate I thought my friend chris was just giving me huge scoops but thats just how it is served. Therefore I completely understand where chocolate could completely gross you out
ReplyDeleteWell I am one of those dreaded Death by Chocolate lovers, but even so I loved your post. Your writing is unique and the imagery and word choice is excellent- making for an enjoyable read even if I don't necessarily agree.
ReplyDeleteIt's really fun to read your blog. I worked at a restaurant called Cosi all summer (it's just like Panera) and I feel your pain. Working in the food industry is...painful. I actually laughed out loud, while at work, at the "Man people are clever" comment. When you're behind that counter preparing food for people, their lighthearted jokes are NEVER funny. But you have to pretend to smile or luagh anyway because it's part of your job. I enjoyed reading this very much!
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