Monday, April 14, 2008
Brian's chillin' with Krystal Freezes
Recently, Brian took my Krystal BrainFreeze challenge to heart. Here is his emailed report:I have officially tried every Krystal freeze offered!And if that report isn't enough for you, here is his video report (required viewing for all former Mercer folks as Brian gives us a Papa Joe and Trimble update): I actually knew the answers to Brian's pomegranate queries. As luck would have it, the night before I caught Brian's video, Alton Brown had covered Pomegranates in his Good Eats episode Fruit 10 from Outer Space. (You can catch it again as it repeats later this month on Food Network.) Also, be sure to catch Alton's Man Food Show tonight at 11 and again at 2am. Alton makes "Mini Man Burgers" which are sort of like Krystals, until he smears mayonnaise on them and I throw up. As always, Alton delivers tons of interesting facts on pomegranates. I already knew that many people feel that the "forbidden fruit" that Eve gave to Adam was not an apple, but a pomegranate. I do wonder, though, if someone was influenced by the story of Persephone, Hades, and the Pomegranate Seeds. I knew that pomegranates and hand grenades had something in common as well. I did not know, however, that grenadine was originally made from pomegranates. I, like apparently most folks, believed that grenadine was made from cherries and came from the island of Grenada. (It doesn't.) Anyway, due to a "scheduling quirk" (that's a fancy way of saying my job) it appears that my next shot at a Krystal Freeze will be in roughly 2 weeks in Macon. Mercer's Computer Science Department has an annual seniors and alumni banquet and while the distance has drastically increased (9 hours instead of 9 minutes) I am going to try and make it. It's going to be a whirlwind trip and with Krystal Freezes everywhere, you might even say it'll be a blizzard! I won't say that, though, cause Dairy Queen already makes those.  |
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