Favorite Meal

What was your favorite meal when you were a child? What made it your favorite?

Homemade ice cream was my really favorite meal. In many cases, my parents brought in snow right after it had fallen, then made delicious ice cream in our simple way. It was fun to stand over the register and feel the warmth from the furnace while we ate our snowy ice cream.

In summer our parents made ice cream in a regular ice cream maker. In either case, the product was "a bit of heaven on earth."

Helping to bring in the snow, or in summer helping to grind the ice, made this food preparation a family affair. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why home-made ice cream was a favorite meal. But letting that delightful delicacy melt slowly in our mouths lengthened the time of our delight. Perhaps this also explains our preference.