Saturday, October 4, 2008

Watching ice cream scooped in a Jamaican way

Went to i Scream in Devon House on Hope Road. It is a local business that produces and sells ice cream, and people queue up to get ice cream there. My vague memory tells me that perhaps I had ice cream there when I came to Kingston for the first time in May 2005. If I went there then, I had not been there ever since, and especially after one of my colleagues told me that their kids got sick after eating their ice cream, I never preferred to go there. At the request of another colleague, however, I was to get the flavour Devon Stout for a potluck party tonight.
The queue was not long when I went in today. When you go in, first, you choose the size, and then you pay. I chose the largest size they had, which was a quart container, which cost 800JMD. I thouht it was rather pricy, for Edy's ice cream would cost 678JMD for 1.75 qt. This is another instance where you are reminded that locally produced food is often more expensive than imported food in Jamaica.
When I paid, I got a ticket with number 18. I advanced to the right, at which point my number was called. I was asked which flavour, and said Devon Stout. The ice cream scooper mounted a LOT of ice cream in the quart container, more than twice the height of the container. As I wondered, "What is she doing? That is not going to fit in that container," she began pushing down the ice cream with a spoon, and eventually managed to fit all the ice cream in the container. Wow. I had never seen ice cream "scooped" like that.
The flavour Devon Stout was indeed rich and tasty.

No comments: