whoa nelly!

As Krystal Adventures moves forward from our week long celebration and memorial of Penny, I did have an interesting side note to pass along. Not many people know that at one time many years ago Penny worked at Krystal. Many times over the years Penny provided me with valuable insight into "life behind the counter." When I was in Macon this last time (May 2nd) after leaving the hospital where I visited Penny, I made my way over to Krystal. After all, I can't get THAT close to my old Krystal and not stop by. Of course I also had a few things I'd been planning since I stopped by the previous weekend. When I stopped by for breakfast the previous week to catch up with Bernida, I discovered that Krystal HQ is not only reading my blog, they are now using it against me. Apparently after reading my post with multiple references to the red haired waitress at Andy's, Krystal had gone out and located a cute little red haired girl and placed her at my old Krystal on Vineville Ave. I asked Bernida about her and said that if she'd been there a year ago I probably wouldn't have moved. Bernida then informed me that she (the cute red haired girl) was in management training and Bernida was going to try and keep her at the Vineville store once she finished training. So let's see, cute little red haired girl, working for Krystal, trained by Bernida, and just down the street from where I used to live. Well played, Krystal. Well played! I had planned on my return trip to get a picture with the cute little red haired girl, but she wasn't in. Much like in the Peanuts cartoons, apparent YOU are not supposed to actually see her. But I did. Well played, again, Krystal! But Krystal wasn't finished there. Oh no, they had more taunts in store for me. When I was there the first weekend I saw the sign for the two newest MilkQuake flavors.I'd heard about them on the Krystal Lovers Forum. When the preference poll went up I registered my vote for a peanut butter AND banana MilkQuake. Apparently that makes me strange. When I asked for one on my first trip there was plenty of confusion. At that time it was not because of the odd combination, it was because they hadn't started selling them yet, despite the signage. I declared I'd be back in a week to get one. On my return trip I told Bernida my plan. She also though I was nuts, but she made it anyway. Cause Bernida rocks!It was peanut buttery, and banana-y(?) The vanilla wafer crumbs are small enough to slide up the straw easily, thus avoiding cranial implosion. It was quite yummy and I was quite proud of my creation. Between the two trips south I was also able to finally try ALL of the Krystal Freezes (reviews to follow later). I felt I had finally caught up on all that was new and tasty at Krystal. Then I saw this:Sadly this was lunch time on the way back to NC so there was no chance I could wait til breakfast hours. I guess I need to head back to Krystal Kountry soon. I didn't want to fall behind on all the new Krystal Goodies. But then I got back home and read this: Look at some of the new Freeze Flavors that are just out of the test kitchen and tell us which one you would buy. Watermelon, Strawberry, Banana Popsicle, Lemon, Blackberry, Peach, Tropical Punch, Mojito The test kitchen has been busy coming up with new MilkQuake flavors: Smores (Graham Cracker crumbs, Choc Shake, Marshmellow syrup), French Vanilla, Key Lime Pie (with graham cracker crumbs), Banana Split, Cotton Candy, Peanut Butter and Jelly (made with real Peanut Butter), Triple Chocolate (Choc. Shake, Oreos, Choc. Whipped Topping) There you have it folks, the test kitchen is now cranking out delicious goodies faster than I can get to them. They're just rubbing it in that I live in Burgatory now. Maybe it's time I get back to the KrystalAdventures test kitchen and start cranking out my own delicious goodies and make those at Krystal HQ jealous of me!! I am, technically, on summer vacation. (Is this starting to sound a bit like The Summer of George?)