Eddie's: June 2005 Archives
So Saturday we happened to arrive at Eddie's just as last year's ice cream eating champion was out-eating the competition yet again. Last year he ate five pounds of ice cream; I didn't catch the tally this year.
I did indulge in the next flavor on their list, coffee. I love coffee ice cream, but I'm still nursing so I've been avoiding caffeine. But coffee ice cream is one of those flavors that isn't too sweet, that has a nice edge to it, and Eddie's is a good, creamy specimen of this favored flavor. They also have coffee chip, which I'll have to try next.
One of the most impressive things at Eddie's are the huge bowls of freshly whipped cream that they pull out of the icebox when someone orders one of their big, messy sundaes. It's almost a perfect sphere, the round mound of whipped cream completing the circle of the colorful pyrex bowl.
What can you say about cherry vanilla? Eddie's has big pieces of cherries and is pink. I've had it in the past because it's one of the flavors I go for when I feel like having fruit ice cream.
A warning to my in-laws, who are coming to visit next week and want to go to Eddie's: The place looks like it has a split personality. To the left when you walk in is an old-fashioned soda-shop counter, with stools, a marble countertop and a board with a menu and all the flavors. There are tables in the back and ceiling fans spin lazily above. To the right, though, are dusty cases full of Beanie Babies, birthday dolls and other knicknacks, looking like they've been there since the early '90s. This flotsam gives the place a vaguely run-down, junky feel. But if it were purely a charming soda shop, it wouldn't feel like such a find, I think. You don't want it to feel like you're at Disney World, do you?
I wasn't really looking forward to this one. I always find butter pecan ice cream, like dulce de leche, too sweet, and this one was no exception. Didn't keep me from polishing it all off, though.
On June 25 Eddie's is having an ice cream eating contest. Who can eat the most ice cream in 15 minutes, which seems like a particularly dangerous thing to try with ice cream. (Ever experienced that searing pain in the head when you eat something cold too fast? I'm embarrassed to say it's not an uncommon sensation for me.) I guess the guy last year ate 5 pounds of ice cream. Anyway, you have to raise $50 to enter, for St. Jude's, the woman behind the counter thought.
I wasn't really looking forward to this one. I always find butter pecan ice cream, like dulce de leche, too sweet, and this one was no exception. Didn't keep me from polishing it all off, though.
On June 25 Eddie's is having an ice cream eating contest. Who can eat the most ice cream in 15 minutes, which seems like a particularly dangerous thing to try with ice cream. (Ever experienced that searing pain in the head when you eat something cold too fast? I'm embarrassed to say it's not an uncommon sensation for me.) I guess the guy last year ate 5 pounds of ice cream. Anyway, you have to raise $50 to enter, for St. Jude's, the woman behind the counter thought.
