Dr. Freeze (and Pam!)

Despite having eaten almost a pound of steak, and salad, and soup, I had to make haste to Macon. I had several people to see and some Krystals to eat. Next stop: Pooler, GA. There it was:A Sign! Oh yes, it was brain freeze time! I hurried inside and placed my order. So many flavor options, but I had already decided to start with pomegranite, on Brian's suggestion.I had to get mine to go, as my steak snack had put me way behind schedule. Upon arrival in Macon I went and visited a few people, including a stop at my Krystals for an orange flavored Freeze. I again got it to go, as I headed to my hotel to check in. As soon as I checked in, I placed a call to Dr. A. Ever since my post about him we'd been emailing about catching up with each other. In yet another Krystal Koincidence, I was heading back to macon anyway, so we made plans to do dinner on Friday. On my long drive to Macon it slowly occurred to me: Who would know more about Brain Freeze than "Dr. Freeze" himself? (If you've watched his video, linked from the post above, you'll understand the nickname.) I met Dr. A and his wife Pam for dinner at the super gigantic chinese buffet out by I-475. I hadn't seen Pam in ages and she's lost a lot of weight since then. (Don't worry Pam. I found it. Or it found me!) Dinner lasted a coupe of hours as we talked about the old days, and the days in between. So much has changed and yet so much hasn't. After dinner, we made our way, where else, up to Krystal on Zebulon Rd. With a couple of Krystals and Freezes in hand (cherry for me), we got a few pictures. I also decided to spring my question at that point. What did Dr. A think was the secret to the Brain Freeze and more important, how would one avoid it? After a long discussion I think the answer we came up with was: I don't know. Apparently more research would be needed. Sadly, I was unable to make off with my own bucket of liquid nitrogen, so I am having to come up with a slightly less lethal test for Brain Freeze. Of course the results will be posted here eventually (if I survive!) As a side note, had I been paying attention to the Krystalist blog, I may have seen that they linked to my Straw Poll post that studies straw sizes as a possible reason for brain freeze. Had I seen the post it might have reminded me to bring my Bubble Tea super straws. Sadly, I forgot them at home and Macon doesn't have a bubble tea place that I know of. But I didn't let the lack of a super straw stop me from the persuit of brain freeze. In fact, over the entire weekend I managed to try all seven Krystal Freeze flavors, and got brain freeze on 3 different occasions.This is my blueberry freeze at Pooler again as I headed back home on Sunday. Contrary to Brians flavor rankings, mine are as follows: Green Apple Grape, Cherry, orange (tie) Pomegranite Blueberry Coke As Brian said the Pomegranite is the only one of the fruit flavors that doesn't taste like a popsicle. I happen to love fruity popsicles. I have never been a big fan of frozen Cokes. It just somehow loses the fun factor when you freeze. There is sure to be more on Freezes, and my Brain Freeze research in the future. But lets not get too far ahead, there's plenty of weekend recap left.