Some Mister Softee Trucks are More Equal than Others

Last month Blondie and I discovered the wonders of the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Piloted by bassonist and all around awesome guy, Doug Quint, The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck operates out of a standard Mr. Softee truck, but along with the regulation chocolate and rainbow sprinkles and the various chocolate and cherry dip, he also rolls cones in Nilla wafers, dulce de leche and smothers ice cream sandwiches with organic peanut butter and nutella. A couple weekends ago, Lawman and I discovered another Mister Softee truck in Prospect Park South with its own unique ice cream offerings...

Yes! A Mister Softee Truck that offers "hard" ice cream in addition to soft ice cream and Grape Nut ice cream to boot. For those of your who like ice cream trucks, but aren't big on the soft serve, according to Peter, the truck's operator, he's out daily on Church Avenue from about noon until 7:00ish. On Saturdays and Sundays you can find him on Church and 16th Street outside of Bobby's Department Store and Monday through Friday he's usually a block up on Church at 17th Street.

As a New Englander, I grew up loving Grape Nut ice cream and Peter affirmed that Grape Nut ice cream is popular is very popular in Jamaica and there's a big demand for it from his customers. The base of this Grape Nut Ice cream sort of had a rumlike flavor, so if you're looking for a plain vanilla base is probably not be for you, but if you love rum ice cream (and Grape Nuts) this might be just what you're looking for.

I was sad to discover that this season, Uncle Louie G seems to have stopped carrying Grape Nut ice cream, so I'm glad to know there's another place I can get my fix. Speaking of getting my fix, I am a bit concerned about the declining sales of Grape Nuts. I'm buying a box tomorrow! Perhaps some Grape Nut pudding is in my future...