A Sunday Treat
The ice cream van comes round every Sunday afternoon during the warmer weather. We weren't expecting it today but it seems that this is the start of their season and they will now be round every Sunday until September or October. It was a lovely surprise. Niall went out to buy them and treated us to a mega 99 each, so three flakes instead of one!
It's the same family firm that we used to buy ice creams from as children. The family was originally from Italy and their product is still true to the recipe that they brought over from there.
It's changed now, but their van used to have a very distinctive tune. When we were very small, we were often told that the tune meant that they didn't have any ice cream left! Either that, or my parents and brothers would start singing as loud as they could so that we couldn't hear the van! When we were a bit older, I can remember queuing up at their red and green van with my sister and using the waiting time wisely to look through the menu on the side of the van to make our choice ... was it going to be a strawberry mivvi, a wafer, or a maybe a cornet? As a special treat, sometimes Mum gave us the extra money to buy 99s, but only one flake each then!
Happy Memories!
Same here! We have lived in our house for fifty three years. The children were three and eighteen months when we moved in.Sunday afternoon was always ice cream time, lots of excitement and anticipation. My husband still goes out and buys a very large 99 every Sunday. Thank you for reminding me. June
ReplyDeleteOh yum! I can't wait to have an ice cream with flake (even just one lol) but it will be until August before I have one. I think I have more ice cream in the three weeks I'm home than I do the rest of the year lol
ReplyDeleteOoh, those ice cream cones look delicious! We don't get flakes in our cones, here! We sometimes get an ice cream van driving down our street; but I haven't bought one from a van in years! Maybe I'll buy one the next time I see an ice cream van. :)
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