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Skriven 2008-06-29 22:59:12 av DAVE SACERDOTE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Friday 2
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After Northampton Brewery, we set out on foot to Thorne's Market, a
former three-story downtown department store that had been transformed
in the 1980's into a funky sort of mall filled with small, locally-owned
stores.  While there, we visited Herrell's Ice Cream - founded by the
same Steve Herrell who had previously started Steve's Ice Cream, then 
sold the company and found that he no longer had the rights to his first
name.

The ice cream is rich and satisfying, and we had scoops or tastes of
several varieties:

Burnt Sugar and Butter - Delicious caramelly burnt sugar swirled in
veins throughout the ice cream, like threads of toasted cotton candy;
combined with the subtle saltiness and mellowness of butter.  Win.

Pappermint - no crunchy candy bits here, just icy minty peppermint
freshness.  Kind of like the center of a York Peppermint Patty, without
the overwhelming candy sweetness.

Jalapeno - Fail.  The primary flavor was "green" and there was no
spicy kick at all.  It might just as well have been "Tall Grass"
flavor.

Coconut - Rich and creamy, but still rather an ordinary sort of
coconut flavor.

Vanilla Malt - Wonderful - just like a scoop of hardened malted
vanilla milkshake.

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We left Northampton and crossed the Connecticut River on Route 9
to drive into South Hadley, destination Trader Joe's, where Lynn 
bought chocolate covered sunflower seeds (good, nutty, decent-quality
chocolate with hard candy shells sprayed on, like tiny, seed-shaped
M&Ms), Trader Joe's Ultimate Vanilla Wafers (disappointing, not much
vanilla flavor, but made with real butter and so they were a very
good butter cookie with a misleading label), and Trader Joe's Chocolate
Chip Cookies (excellet, loaded with chips and very tasty.)

After Trader Joes, we were mindful that the dog was waiting 
for his dinner, and so we headed back home.

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