Popsicles? Yes please. Fudgsicles? Absolutely! Creamsicles, not so much. But freezies? Oh, I only WISH they were available all year round.
However, my favourite frozen treat to eat all year is ice cream. I love lots of different flavours of ice cream. My favourite is probably cookies and creme, but I like french vanilla, and chocolate, and mint chocolate chip, and peanut butter. Really, the only flavours I'm not a fan of are strawberry and neopolitan ice cream, and that's because I am allergic to strawberries.
And of course, I always look for ways to enjoy ice cream other than in a bowl or a cone. I used to dip chocolate chip cookies in ice cream when I was kid. And I admit that after seeing an episode of "Beverly Hills 90210" where Donna put microwave popcorn on top of ice cream, I tried it...and kind of liked it!
Well, in this story, ice cream is the star of the show as Archie's carelessness leads to many ways that ice cream can be enjoyed. And it doesn't even have to be frozen either!
You know, even though this story first appeared 47 years ago in "Archie #217", it's still relevant today, and I wouldn't be surprised if readers of this story actually tried some of the suggestions brought forth in this story. Today's story is called "Freezer Plan", and it features artwork by Harry Lucey.
I'm guessing it must be a quiet night in Riverdale because instead of Archie going on a date with Betty or Veronica, he's in the kitchen getting himself a large bowl of vanilla ice cream. I suppose the flavour of ice cream matches the excitement of the night at the Andrews family. But you know what? I love vanilla ice cream. And so does Archie because he makes himself a large bowl of it to eat while he watches television with his parents. Must be an exciting episode of "Hawaii Five-Oh". The original with Jack Lord, and not the remake with Alex O'Loughlin.
It's such an exciting show that as soon as it's over, everybody is yawning and wanting to turn in for the night. It's quite the Waltons like experience where everyone says good night to each other, changes into their pajamas, and goes to sleep.
Like the ice cream Archie ate, it's very vanilla.
The following morning, everyone is up and ready to eat breakfast, but a catastrophe is about to take place.
Yeah, in Archie's haste to get back to watching television before the commercials came back on because TiVo didn't exist back in 1972, he forgot to put the ice cream back into the freezer. As a result, three-quarters of the ice cream has now melted inside the carton and partially all over the kitchen counter. Of course, they could just re-freeze the ice cream. It wouldn't have the same consistency, but it would still taste all right. But Mrs. Andrews decides that nobody would want melted ice cream and she decides that she will pour it down the kitchen sink.
What Mrs. Andrews doesn't count on is the extra sensory perception that Jughead has when it comes to food. He happens to be walking by Archie's house, and his spidey senses start tingling, and barges in just as Mrs. Andrews is about to dispose of the melted vanilla ice cream. Jughead decides that this will not do, grabs the container out of her hand, and chugs some of it right there and then. Now, to most people, this would be considered a shocking event. For the Andrews family, it's a standard day.
Besides, Jughead absolutely LOVES melted ice cream. He describes it as rich, creamy, and delicious. And he won't rest until he makes everyone else see it too.
While all this is happening, Mr. Andrews is asking his wife to put some cream in his coffee. But instead of half and half, Jughead decides to pour some melted ice cream into his cup.
It ends up being a huge hit as Mr. Andrews finds the combination delicious, as does Mrs. Andrews. Archie even gets into the act by pouring ice cream over top of his bananas, peaches, and strawberries. Who knew that melted ice cream could provide a number of different taste sensations?
After breakfast, Archie and Jughead go for a walk, and both of them talk about how a little melted ice cream made breakfast so much more delicious, and they brainstorm other ways that they could use melted ice cream to enhance other foods. Sure, covering the top of a cake with melted ice cream could be a yummy experience. And I imagine that melted ice cream would be delicious over top of a slice of apple pie. But then the idea comes that they could take melted ice cream of one flavour and pour it over top of a frozen flavour of another. And with that idea, they take it and run to the Chocklit Shop, where Betty, Veronica, and Reggie are sitting.
You know, I have to say that Jughead has always had the greatest street smarts of all of the Archie gang, and his sharing his melted ice cream ideas with his friends is genius. Archie and his pals have some new tastes to enjoy, and I imagine Pop Tate is excited for this idea as people are now buying two bowls of ice cream instead of just one!
In fact, I might do this myself! With the flavour combos I listed underneath the last panel!
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