Saturday, May 24, 2014

Carmen and David's Creamery

In college David Hommel majored in ice cream. 

Well, not exactly. But he did take Penn State University's renowned Ice Cream Short Course.

The result has been a dazzling parade of 30 exotic flavors through downtown Lancaster display cases, in every season of the year. Kind of a frozen fireworks display, before Frozen meant spellbinding princesses with big eyes. 

David's "standard" flavors are molasses, toasted coconut, dark chocolate, cherry vanilla and ten others. Which should give you an idea of the rotating flavors—things with names like Zombie Nuts, Aztec Hot Chocolate, Spicy Praline, Holy Mole—and actually those are just four signature recipes that marry something spicy hot with something cold and sweet.

Yes, they also have vanilla, strawberry and milk chocolate. Collectors editions. And "we always have one peanut butter flavor, one sugar-free flavor, three sorbets and three sherbets," they say.

As Margaret Mead might say with her mouth full, "Never doubt that a small collection of exceptional dairy products can change the world."

http://carmenanddavidscreamery.com/

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