The Frozen Chocolate Malt
Why does eating a frozen chocolate malt on a wooden spoon taste so good?
I found myself contemplating this question after I bought one early in the 4th quarter of the USC v. Ohio State game. The Trojans had impressively put the game away so I was no longer nervous about the outcome when the malt guy came up the stairs bellowing “Malts, get your frozen chocolate malts here.” My mouth watered, I had to have one, and all of a sudden I was transported to a time that I was a kid sitting with my Dad at another Trojan game or was it a baseball game long ago eating a frozen chocolate malt.
I peeled the paper off the wooden spoon, lifted the tab on the lid, pulled it back, and dug in. The malt was rock hard. I would need to be patient. Damn those über-efficient over the neck freezer contraptions the vendors wear. They do too good of a job keeping things frozen!
Fearful of breaking my wooden spoon, I let the malt melt for a while and when I couldn’t wait any longer, had my first bite. By that time it was perfectly melted around the sides. I finished within minutes. Sitting next to me, Ed shook his head in disbelief and gave me grief that I didn’t save a bite for Dad!
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