As expected, the Indian Pudding was unavailable at the day, as the company that provided Rota Springs stopped making the base. But the good news, Rota Springs successfully made their own base, so I may be back there in a week or two to have my indian pudding ice cream.
Usually, I have a cone with the Indian Pudding on the bottom, and something else or a specialty flavor on the top. But because there was no special flavors, no indian pudding, and it was too cold for a cone, I instead ordered a brownie sundae with Maple Walnut and reverse chocolate chip. It was so cold that despite the warm brownie in my hand, my hands were freezing as I ate this.
Kimball Farms opens their ice cream stand in about four weeks, with the activities shortly afterwards. As far as Jim's Ice Cream Barn is concerned, it's on life support. They are adding new ice cream dishes out there and recently added a balcony. The problem they are facing today is the Jay Gee's ice cream place accross the street that has it's customers that know their place in Methuen, and that place, unlike Jim's place, is open year round. Speaking of which, Moe's Deli restaurant has recently closed up shop there, and was replaced by a pizza parlor. But unless Jim appeals to Jay Gee's ice cream customers, or even knocks on the doors and yells to the customers eating Jay Gee's ice cream, they may become like the deli place and lose business. Oh, well, maybe go to Blake's ice cream north of here.
Speaking about Jay Gee's, it was so cold, that they delayed the Methuen's opening daye for a week. Oh, well, but Salem is open anyways, and they have Jake's Wayback Burgers and other stuff around, unlike the Methuen location, which has nothing.
As for posting, I am doing less of it here, and more on Facebook. But maybe I will post a few new ice cream places. Likewise, I haven't been to Crescent Dairy or Bliss Bros. Ice Cream, but I know that Bliss Bros is the one supplying Great Brook Farms. Hey, if Great Brook Farms can't sell ice cream, I go to Bliss, because it's the same ice cream. It's like, if they close Mad Willies or The Ice Cream Lady at Douglass, I go to Richardson's.
