Spring is just around the corner. Bringing flowers, warmer weather, lots of rain and of course Easter (or Pascha if you're an Orthodox Christian like me). With Easter comes the seven preparation weeks of Lent where, if you are a practicing Christian/lent-doer, you give up something to get ready for the holiday. At my church, we all give up meat and dairy for the entire lenten period. I am no vegetarian, and I have to admit cheese and ice cream are staples to my diet. Lent is a hard time for me. When I got my job at the Creamery last semester I did not even think about the lenten period that would come in the Spring...so of course I didn't take the time to realize that I would be surrounded by one of my favorite foods for seven weeks without being able to eat it. Woops. Monday was my first day scooping ice cream without the ability to eat it, and let me tell you it was rough. It will be interesting to see how the rest of Lent plays out.
Now back to the flavor of the week....
Strawberry Cheesecake is cheesecake flavored ice cream with strawberry swirl. It's easy to scoop and looks incredibly delicious, though I have never eaten it so I'm not sure how good it actually is. Maybe you should give it a try?
Nobody orders Strawberry Cheesecake and it is shocking to me! It sounds like such a good flavor, where can you go wrong with cheesecake and strawberry? I don't even know. But the good news about no one eating it is that since it's not being eaten, we will have the three gallons for a longer time. Which means I may potentially get to try it after Pascha! Oh hope, hope!
I'm surprised that nobody has tried that yet either. It's odd. It sounds interesting, but at the same time it holds the potential to be really good or completely lethal. And you gave up ice cream AND meat for lent?! May God be with you, I could never!
ReplyDeleteThat happens to be one of my favorite flavors! It sucks that you have to be around it, but I think you'll hold up! I still have to swing by to visit soon :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know that that flavor existed. Maybe I'll try it next time I visit the creamery. I love strawberry's and cheesecake. It can't be a disaster since those are combined all the time.
ReplyDeleteStrawberry cheesecake is always in the commons they probably just want everyone to try it so that they can sell more. It really does look amazing I haven't tried it yet either but maybe Ill try it just for you. Stay strong through lent and then just eat tons of ice cream haha thats what I would do :-)
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