I stayed up until midnight last night only to see Sasha Cohen blow her chance at gold. Dear Sasha, America hates you. Think about what you did-ten minutes in the corner. Arakawa totally deserved to win, she was absolutely flawless.
All that ice got me to thinking about Rita’s Water Ice back home in Pennsylvania. Since most people have no idea what I mean when I saw “water ice,” let me break it down for you.
A water ice is sort of like a more solid version on your standard 7-11 variety slushy, but without the little bits of ice and it must be eaten with a spoon. Rita’s goes one further and throws in some chunks of real fruit in certain flavors like strawberry and blueberry. If you want to get fancy, you can put 2 different flavors in one cup. I’ve always been a straight one-flavor kind of gal, or I’ll get a gelati. A gelati is soft serve custard (like gelato) on the bottom of the cup, topped with water ice, then crowed with another dollop of custard. My favorites are strawberry and rootbeer gelatis.
Every year, Rita’s has a free water ice day to kick off the water ice season. This was a huge deal in Collegeville, PA. We would skip lacrosse practice to take advantage of this amazing offer. Everyone in town was there waiting to dig into the first water ice of the year. It’s that good people!
The water ice conundrum is a good one! What is wrong with these Olympic sized Ice-haters? I think you should come up with an “Icy Continuum Spectrum” so people can see where the water ice lies. I skipped cross country practice on the freebie day! Oooohhh Pennsylvania.