Grandson David and I were longing for barbecue, so John took us to Dickie’s after church. Dickie’s pulled pork might not measure up to the meat at our favorite BBQ place in Virginia, but it was certainly better than another favorite, Haywood Smokehouse, because it is closed on Sunday. We enjoyed our meal and choreographed getting the free soft ice cream. David, being the “professional” in the family working at Burger King, would load the cones, and John would bring ours to the table. He brought mine first, balancing it carefully. I had it securely in my hand, and then it toppled onto my tray. SPLAT! By the time I thought to take a picture of it, I’d already gotten a spoon and taken a bite or so.
John brought his cone to the table and sat down without incident. Two couples were sitting behind us at one table, and their four children at another table began watching David. By their dress and behavior, we assume they had just come from church, too. As David walked carefully to join us, he heard the children say things like, “Ohh! Look! I want one like that. It’s so tall! How did he do it?”
The fellows were man enough to finish off their cones without losing a drop. John’s success was because of speed and David’s because of being extremely careful. David said he has been told to limit the ice cream to three swirls per cone at Burger King.
Many of you can afford to envy that dessert. Several months ago we heard a person behind the counter tell a customer that the frozen part is dairy free. The cone is gluten free, as well. You can’t lose, except if what you are trying to lose is weight.
Mehrling Muse 
Oh well done David, those are cones to be proud of.
xxx Humongous Hugs xxx
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David seems to have a steady hand with the soft ice cream machine.
xxx Swirly Hugs xxx
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That ice cream cone rivals the “ice cream dinner” cones Lise and Pete and I had in Copenhagen.
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I’d love to have an ice cream dinner cone in Denmark!
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That cone looks like a wonderful treat. The size and form is perfection. Mine generally ends up like yours, but it sure does taste good 😊
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I think I enjoyed eating the ice cream with a spoon more than I would have licking it. That was a surprise discovery today.
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Wow, ice cream 🙂
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Oh now o want ice cream!
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And you could have it there!
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I told my nephew I’ll pay for his help with ice cream, so I think we’ll go back to Vashti Rose
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My human would love, love, love that. She’s gluten and dairy-free and usually has to eat cardboard.
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I’ll bet your human would share ice cream with you.
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I usually wait until she’s not looking and take what I want. I find that works best.
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You are a sly one!
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Now that is talent.
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My first job when I was in high school was at a Dairy Queen. There is an art to making them look good. I am not sure I ever mastered it. We were supposed to weigh the cones. Each size (small, medium, large) was to weigh a certain amount.
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That is picky!!! What if you had too much ice cream or too little? Add a dollop of take one lick before handing it to a customer?
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We were trained to use weights then could usually eyeball it but if the boss noticed it not looking right we would have to start weighting them again. Too little ice-cream got put in the freezer and somebody probably got it as a freebee. Too much ice-cream went to the customer but the boss was not happy. I only worked there one season.
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Seems like you had to be careful with the ice cream all the time.
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That, is a tall swirl! Amazing they could finish it, without a splat.
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The guys were extremely neat, unlike me.
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Now there’s lifeskill that deserves to go on a resume! Yummy looking cone.
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I’ll tell David to put cone filling on his resume. He will laugh.
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That is more ice cream than I can eat! I have a lactose sensitivity and I can eat ice cream from McDonald’s while the specialty ice cream stores with the rich stuff are off limits! Go figure.
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Our tall swirls of ice cream were lactose free. I think you could have joined us in eating it.
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That ice cream cone is a work of art!
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The observant children certainly admired David’s cone.
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Remember “helping” the kids with ice cream cones when they started dripping down the sides? That was a trick I learned from my mother.
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We hardly ever had cones for ice cream, because I preferred a dish. It was less messy.
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You were tidier than I was.
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I was probably not tidier than you when it came to chocolate!
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Aha!
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The cones look wonderful!!! That David has some serious cone building skills!
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David has a steady hand and good balance.
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Oooooo! Now I am craving ice cream!
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Love your last line! Well done, David, and yay you for rescuing the fallen by utilizing the spoon option.
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I’m still grateful that the ice cream fell onto the tray and not in my lap. Guess I would have had to lap it up.
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Haha
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That cone is top heavy and it’s amazing David’s cone didn’t break from the weight. We have Calder’s Dairy store near me and while they make all their dairy products at the farm about 30 miles away, they do a thriving business scooping ice cream for cones. They also do milkshakes and banana splits but cones are their specialty. My friend worked Summers while attending college. When I went in and she was on, I’d come out with cones like that – one time I lost an Oreo ice cream cone in the parking lot – it just toppled over due to the heat, much as I tried to contain walking to the car. 🙂
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What a disappointment to have a cone topple over! At least I could still eat mine.
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Yes, a melting pool of Oreo bits and full fat ice-cream, a travesty to be sure!
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Oh my, no wonder it splattered….it’s the taller ice cream I ever seen😱😋
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It was smooth going down.
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