"ice cream treats" news and stories

Photo: Caitlinator, Flickr

• Farmer's market etiquette dictates not shucking that ear of corn to hunt for imperfections: Pulling off the husk quickens the loss of sweetness, and is, in one writer's opinion, rude to farmers.
  
• Adding herbs to cocktails can perk up everything from whiskey to margaritas.
• Forget lemonade stands: Two tykes make ice-cream treats to sell to neighborhood friends.
• A taste test of low-fat cottage cheese.
  
• Good Stuff discovers tasty tortillas, a celebration for Olga's Kitchen, how to loosen caps with nutcrackers, and some delicious Fair Trade chocolate, vis-à-vis the Equal Exchange Chocolate Bar.
• Recipes: Lavender Cookies, More-Vegetable-Less-Egg Frittata, Whole-Grain Rotini with No-Cook Tomato Sauce.

Creamsicles: the forgotten ice pop treat?

Of course, that's just personal opinion. I'm over 40 so I'm not exactly the demo for popsicles, but do people still eat these in the same number that we ate them when I was a kid? I remember some people hated these things, because they were more traditional popsicle kids. But I liked them once in a while, though I think I would have reached for a popsicle or Fudgsicle first.

Anyway, today is National Creamsicle Day (not to be confused with a Dreamsicle!), and it sounds pretty good, considering the heat wave that a lot of the U.S. is going through right now. And if you're outside the U.S., do you have these things or a similar product?

And if you're an adult, maybe you could try this.