Jonesing for Ice Cream

I am not into ice cream. That's ironic considering I live in the sweltering armpit otherwise known as Florida. I go through little phases with food. I'll get really into something and eat it frequently for a spell. Then I'll get bored with it and move on to something else. I have my tried and true favorites that I will always go back to as well. For example, I will never get sick of bagels and lox, dark chocolate or pasta. Ice cream is something I usually eat once a year, maybe once every other year. I prefer the frozen delight in the cone. However I don't like big scoops because I like the crunch of the cone (sugar cones or waffle cones please, no wafer cones). If the scoop is too big I usually end up dumping some of it out and skipping ahead to the cone.

Several months ago I stood in the freezer section of my local grocery store staring at the offerings by Ben and Jerry's. (I actually met the real Ben and Jerry once around 1996 or 97. They were exactly what one would expect-cool, liberal, hippie types & I want to say one of them was wearing Birkenstock's but I could be wrong.) Of particular interest was the flavor "Vermonty Python". Proper geeks are usually, by default, Monty Python fans. I fall in that category. So I was immediately intrigued by the pint sized container. Then I read the description, "Coffee liqueur ice cream with a chocolate cookie crumb swirl & fudge cows" which sounded rather yummy and fun. Wait...fudge cows? How could one resist?! I kept thinking about the French guys in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I decided to give the flavor a whirl.

It didn't just sound yummy. It WAS yummy! (I must confess, the fudge cows were both cute and cool in my geeky sort of way.) It immediately became my favorite flavor. It was the beginning of a Vermonty Python ice cream phase. I bought it for about a month, 2 months tops. I can no longer find it anywhere! I am annoyed. The Ben & Jerry's website has a flavor-locator, which allows you to input your flavor and it tells you where it is sold in your area. None of the locations from the flavor-locator have it in stock. I've checked them all.

I am now lamenting the loss of Vermonty Python. Bummer.