Will Run for Ice Cream: A Virtual 5K Fun Run Experience

Welcome to the sweetest virtual fun run of the summer—Will Run for Ice Cream! Whether you’re running, walking, or skipping your way to the virtual finish line, this episode is packed with everything you need to make your 5K a delicious success.

In this episode, we’re blending our love for running with the delightful world of ice cream. Here’s what you can look forward to: 🍨 Fascinating facts about the history of ice cream 🍦 Engaging activities and fun trivia to keep you entertained 🎉 Plenty of ice cream puns to make you smile 📸 Details on how to participate in our bingo challenge and win amazing prizes

We’re also excited to highlight this fun run for those that are part of the runDisney virtual series, bringing you themed fun runs all summer long. If you missed our previous Waffle Fun Run, don’t worry—you can still catch up by subscribing to the podcast. Coming up next, we have Minnie's Candy Apple & Treats Fun Run in August!

Not signed up for our newsletter yet? Don’t miss out! Join the fun and stay connected with the Stride Collective community by signing up here: Extraordinary Newsletter. Get all the latest updates, downloads, and links to make your virtual run a blast!

Here’s a sneak peek of what’s included in our newsletter: 📄 Downloadable bingo card for extra fun during your run 🍧 Recipe for a homemade Mickey ice cream bar to enjoy post-run 🎧 A specially curated “Will Run for Ice Cream” Spotify playlist to keep your feet moving

Get ready to lace up your shoes, grab your bingo card, and make strides with us while indulging in your favorite frozen treats. This episode is perfect for runDisney fans, ice cream enthusiasts, and anyone looking to add a little sweetness to their fitness routine.

Don’t miss out on this cool and refreshing episode that’s all about making strides, enjoying ice cream, and having a blast. Remember, whether you’re running, walking, or skipping, it’s all about the joy of movement!

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hey friend, welcome to Extraordinary Strides, where today we are celebrating Mickey bars, fun runs and ice cream with a virtual 5k. I'm Coach Christine and today we're scooping up the fun with an ice cream themed run, and joining me are members of the Mod Squad. We're going to sprinkle extra energy and encouragement throughout today. We're going to dive into the history of ice cream, sharing trivia and enjoying some ice cream puns and jokes along the way. And if you're asking, what does this have to do with running? Well, we are going to run for ice cream today. So let's get ready to get into our walking warmup in three, two and one. All right, my friend, we're here in our five minute walking warmup and I'm going to let you know what you can expect for today's audio companion for your virtual 5k while we're here. First and foremost, welcome, so excited to have you here with us because, again, it's all about connecting with community, no matter where you're at in the world, through movement and a little sprinkle or two of fun. So, whether you're running, walking, maybe you're dancing it out, doing all the above, we are really excited to have you here. A little bit about Extraordinary Strides is that we're huge fans of running. We're also huge fans of Run Disney, and we went ahead and organized three fun runs this summer to accompany the Run Disney Virtual Summer Series. You don't have to be signed up, though. You don't even have to be a fan of Run Disney, because today's conversation is going to be all about ice cream with a little side of Mickey bar treats, of course. If you haven't caught up, we did tackle our waffle fun run already. All you have to do is subscribe to the podcast. You can find waffles and strides, but today we are going to talk all about the ice cream themed fun and, of course, we'll have minis, candy, apple and treats fun run on the first weekend of August. You don't have to get registered, just join us at the Stride Collective, our podcast, facebook community page and we'll keep you up to date and, of course, our newsletter.

Speaker 1: 1:52

I want to give a huge shout out to all who participated in the Waffle Fun Run in June and a special shout out to our two selfie bingo winners. We have Kristen and Maya selfie bingo winners. We have Kristen and Maya, who knocked it out of the park. Great job, ladies. If you want to participate this time around and you want in on those prizes, remember you don't have to complete every single square on the bingo card, but if you do you will receive extra raffle entries. All you have to do is download it or screenshot it. Take those selfies when you find the items on the bingo card and then add them to the Stride Collective Facebook community page by 8 pm on August 7th and you'll be entered to win. I'll be announcing the winner in the Stride Collective on Monday.

Speaker 1: 2:40

We also have a few more goodies for you, friends. So again in that newsletter you should be able to find your We'll Run for Ice Cream Spotify playlist to keep those beats groovy and your feet moving, regardless of what you're doing this weekend. And there's a recipe for homemade Mickey ice cream bar treats so you can enjoy it at home from afar, or maybe even if you wanted to get your own and compare it with a Mickey ice cream bar from one of the Disney parks. And if you're thinking, wait, I don't know what newsletter you're talking about, I haven't looked at my inbox in like three months because there's too much in there. Again, just use the link in episode notes. Go join us over at the Stride Collective. We'll include all those attachments and links there for you to find very easily. Plus, we want to cheer you on, encourage you and see all of those incredible selfies that you're going to take.

Speaker 1: 3:31

Now, today's audio episode is going to walk you through quite a bit of history, but it's going to be fashioned in a progressive style. Run, but you're in control. So if you're using Runwalk, awesome. If you are going to try to make this a speedy 5k, that works as well. My friend, we have fashioned it kind of exactly how you would want to tackle a race. Where it's progression style, you start off a little bit more conservative. Each segment's going to get a little longer, but you're going to get a little faster and a little speedier all along the way.

Speaker 1: 4:04

Now, our first segment is going to feature Erin from the Mod Squad with the history of ice cream. We're going to follow that up with Sally. She's going to bring in some trivia and puns. Finally, we're going to make our way to officially Mickey Bar Land with Lynn. She'll share the history and trivia of Mickey bars, and Kimba is going to round out this episode with an around the world showcase of frozen treats. So she's our Epcot aficionado and will let us know what to grab there.

Speaker 1: 4:37

Now, my friends, if you haven't yet gotten laced up. Maybe you thought that you weren't really sure that you wanted to get into this conversation or that you wanted to get into this walk or this run. This is your friendly reminder. You can hit pause, go, get all of those little selfie bingo segments and participate with us, because we're going to get started in our first segment and bring on Erin with a little bit of history.

Speaker 1: 5:00

So I want to remind you, pace doesn't matter, it's all about the joy of movement. Keep that good posture and form, keep that bit of history. So I want to remind you, pace doesn't matter, it's all about the joy of movement. Keep that good posture and form, keep that smile on your face, have a lot of fun and join us on in. With that link in episode notes, you can see all the little conversation and chatter with those incredible photos. And, speaking of chatter, I can't wait for our official segments to get started. So, friends, let's get ready to move and groove and let's make this happen. Friends, as we go into our first official run segment of this virtual 5k, we are bringing in the one, the only, the official Extraordinary Strides historian Erin. Erin, welcome, how are you doing?

Speaker 2: 5:39

Very good, thank you, glad everybody's ready for this. It's gonna be fun.

Speaker 1: 5:43

Oh my gosh Friends, just so you guys know like even before we actually hit record, she's got so much in her noggin about ice cream that she's willing to share with us that I cannot wait to get started. So I feel like hit me with your best shot, erin, let's go, let's get into it with these folks.

Speaker 2: 6:00

Awesome, Okay. Well, we're going to start actually with where you know ice cream kind of began. We're going to be looking at China in the Tang Dynasty, which is about 618 to 907. First documented use of frozen dairy mixed with rice and spices, refrigerated by ice. Sounds like ice cream to me.

Speaker 1: 6:23

It does sound like ice cream to me, A little bit slushy, like I'm thinking. I wonder if it's like a full frozen but I'll take it.

Speaker 2: 6:26

Well, it will freeze and I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't use salt in there to make it cooler. That is a known property to keep your stuff cool. I know in medieval periods we do that as well.

Speaker 1: 6:42

So, speaking of medieval, I feel like we're going right into that. So we get ice cream from China, and then what happens next?

Speaker 2: 6:49

So in the Middle East they actually developed a type of ice cream made from milk, sugar flavored with rosewater, dried fruit and nuts. So it's kind of more of a rocky road feel to it without the marshmallow, but I love rosewater. I cook with rosewater when I do my medieval recipes all the time and it's such a subtle and nice flavor. You know, I think I'm going to have to try to make some vanilla ice cream with a little bit of rosewater and see how that turns out.

Speaker 1: 7:18

Oh, you have to report back and let us know how it turns out, and so you are. Actually, would you say that, like medieval period is your favorite time frame? I know that histories are jam all the way around, but it is?

Speaker 2: 7:30

um, I yeah. For me it's about I'm getting into the Roman period, so that's one thing, but most of my knowledge comes from the 14th to 16th centuries. So, yeah, and I'm sure the Romans had some type of ice cream. I'll have to look that one up.

Speaker 1: 7:45

They have to. They have to. I would think, okay, so we've got some delicious rocky road without the marshmallows going on, and then I feel like, maybe more when we get a little bit further into time, maybe some stuff that you would resemble a little bit more often. What would you say is next?

Speaker 2: 8:02

Well, since I was talking about Roman, we can go a little bit later, into the Renaissance period, and they actually have, as probably most people know, gelato, which is, you know, a denser, richer form of ice creams. It was made it actually has eggs in it I don't know if anybody knew that and, of course, really heavy cream. So it was done by Italian chef being. They started using fruit flavors and developed the custard, like softness that we get in gelato. I love gelato, germans love gelato, europeans love gelato. It is so nice, but if you're vegan or vegetarian, you have to be aware.

Speaker 1: 8:44

Maybe not gelato. Okay, so that's so. Do you like gelato more than you like, I guess, what we think of as ice cream, ice cream.

Speaker 2: 8:52

I prefer gelato. I find it much smoother and richer in flavor. And of course they have crazy flavors. We had gelato in Spain when we were there last.

Speaker 1: 9:02

Tell me about a crazy flavor. What was a crazy flavor that you enjoyed?

Speaker 2: 9:06

I like Nutella flavor, so it's always a guaranteed at the store, for sure. My daughter prefers fruit flavor, so there was coconut and of course you had strawberries, raspberries and all those kinds of flavors as well. But sometimes you get lucky and they'll actually do mixes of some of the traditional flavors. Now, of course I can't remember what they were now, but they had some really nice soft, soft ice gelato. It was really lovely.

Speaker 1: 9:36

Ooh, okay. So I don't know that I am a huge gelato fan. I feel like maybe I've been doing it. I've been doing it not like a full justice and I need to try it again because I feel like I tend to gravitate towards ice cream.

Speaker 2: 9:48

Oh yeah, Definitely try gelato. Usually you can do cup or cone and I always get two flavors. So find two flavors that kind of work together. You want pina colada? You can usually find the coconut and the pineapple.

Speaker 1: 10:05

Okay, I'll make that happen. So where do we go on to next? I mean, I'm so curious how we got to our modern day ice cream.

Speaker 2: 10:09

Yeah for sure. Well, we're going to go into France. We're going to talk about Catherine de' Michi, who is in fact an Italian, and she brought the Italian gelato to France when she married the Henry II of France in 1533. So this is my favorite period, the 1530s. A lot of really cool stuff happens all over Europe, and so a lot of intermarrying, a lot of changes of stuff. Spain, a lot of Spanish traditions went to England and all kinds of stuff. So you know, it's kind of fun that we see gelato move up into France and, like I said, europeans love their ice cream and gelato.

Speaker 1: 10:45

So then after that, there's that phrase where they're like the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Is that what I hear Catherine's doing?

Speaker 2: 10:53

She's like here's some ice cream honey. I wouldn't be surprised. You know, to be honest, it's, and it would be very different because it would seem luxurious, especially, you know, going in from Italy, where it's a lot warmer and having ice on hand would have been, you know, very luxurious. So bringing it up to France would be like here, this is what we do, it's very lovely.

Speaker 1: 11:13

I feel like it feels very decadent the way you're describing it, and I'm down with it. Okay, yeah.

Speaker 2: 11:18

Yeah Well, and we have big castles and all this kind of stuff. So you know, it was all about conspicuous consumption, and very rich foods was very much all the rage at that time.

Speaker 1: 11:30

Okay, so I'm down with the 1530s as well then. If that's part of the 1530s, then I think we could all sign up for that.

Speaker 2: 11:37

Yeah, now we get really lucky. We're going to move into the 19th century and you know you're going to see a lot more innovations happening in that period. So you know we're looking at 1843. We have nancy johnson presented a hand-cranked ice cream freezer, making homemade ice cream easier. So I don't know, my parents had a wedding gift. They had an ice cream maker and I think they used it once. But in fact this is going back to the ice and salt to make it, now that you can actually do it at home and you don't need the big vats in the industrial sense that they were doing so ice cream at home.

Speaker 1: 12:12

Yeah, you know that's exciting. I mean I've never made ice cream at home, but it clearly sounds like you have.

Speaker 2: 12:19

I have. I haven't done the hand crank one, I have a, a ninja ice cream maker, but but it's the same principles. You know, you and I do custards, I do gelato style.

Speaker 1: 12:30

Ah, yummy. Okay, so we're getting it. We're getting it to where it's going from a place of decadence and maybe an unaffordable luxury for the masses, and now we're actually able to see like you don't have to be royalty to be able to afford ice cream at this point.

Speaker 2: 12:44

Exactly Okay, and that's you know. I'm sure at this point you're going to start seeing more ice cream parlors and you know a lot of that as we move closer to the 20th century. But so ice cream, you don't have ice boxes at this point, right, like that's all you've got. You don't actually have a freezer, so keeping ice cream at home would be really difficult. You would need to be able to have the luxury of an ice box that's going to keep it and probably have to eat it pretty quickly anyway. But with the invention of that coming in, getting more freezer-like storage capabilities in 1851, you have Jacob Fussell. He started the large-scale ice cream factory in Baltimore. So that starts creating the mass production of ice cream. So as our technology gets better, you're going to have more and more opportunities to have ice cream at home.

Speaker 1: 13:40

Super exciting, okay, so we're getting a little closer to home now, and I feel like we're getting a little closer to where we can actually afford mickey bars as well or maybe they're considered an affordable luxury nowadays too, who knows?

Speaker 5: 13:53

it's true they are lovely we've

Speaker 1: 13:55

got. They're expensive. They are expensive, though. Okay. So we go forward, and we are now a little closer to ice cream shops. Maybe what happens next? How do we get to where we can just jump in our car and get some ice cream?

Speaker 2: 14:07

well, because now we've moved from ice boxes to more refrigeration. Um, you know, having that advent happen. Refrigeration revolutionizes how we do ice cream and allows us to store it, and then now that means stores and restaurants, and ice cream cone parlors are now coming all the rage in the 20th century. So in 1904, you had the St Louis World's Fair. It popularized the ice cream cone and though the origins are debated, with earlier mentions in cookbooks, this is where everyone started getting excited about having their ice cream.

Speaker 1: 14:43

Very cool, Very cool. I mean I feel like the summer treat, like it's just synonymous with summer, all the way around. So, and especially an ice cream cone. Okay, so we are moving closer to where it's more. It just it feels more common all the way around.

Speaker 2: 15:01

Absolutely so. So everybody gets kind of used to how we see it in the, you know, 19th and 20th and 21st centuries. Today, In the 20s, you're going to start recognizing the new brands are starting to come out. So you've got Good Humor. I'm sure our listeners are used to seeing Good Humor ice cream floating around. They introduced the ice cream bar on a stick to the infamous Mickey bars.

Speaker 1: 15:26

Yeah, I mean, we wouldn't have the infamous Mickey bars if we wouldn't have ice cream on a stick from Good Humor. So thank you, good Humor.

Speaker 2: 15:32

Yeah, and in Canada for us it was Dairy Queen. Now I think there's Dairy Queen.

Speaker 1: 15:36

We have Dairy Queen, yeah.

Speaker 2: 15:38

So Dairy Queen also has a lot of ice cream on a stick. You have your Dilly Bar and your Buster Bar and those kinds of things. So the Dilly Bar is just a swirl of ice cream on the stick and dipped in a hard chocolate, and then your Buster Bar is, you know, for us peanut and caramel lovers. You know, and they have origins starting a little bit later I think those were in the fifties, but same kind of idea. We're getting closer and closer to those Mickey bars.

Speaker 1: 16:05

So I know that here stateside in the United States, we have National Ice Cream Day. That was declared by President Reagan. But what do you have in Canada? Did you guys have an ice cream day? Do you have a national holiday?

Speaker 2: 16:14

Not that I can recall, but you know, erin, you're missing your calling. I know We'll just piggyback with what the states is doing. Oh, ice cream day yeah, we're in for that.

Speaker 1: 16:25

Well, with that said, friends, we are wrapping up this segment, but we want to definitely encourage you to continue putting a little pep in your step as you make your way to your own ice cream virtual medal here. And thank you so much, Erin, for this phenomenal history. Dive into ice cream.

Speaker 2: 16:40

Oh my pleasure, History anytime and ice cream anytime too. Friends, oh my pleasure, history anytime and ice cream anytime too.

Speaker 1: 16:44

Friends, we are going to keep the fun going and, while we've learned quite a bit of history, we've got Sally from the Mod Squad joining us because she is our trivia queen and she's going to drop in quite a bit of trivia and maybe a couple of puns or two, because she's also I've learned that she is quite punny in a different regards, so I've been cracking up with some of her messages. So welcome Sally. How are you doing? Great, how are you? I'm good. I'm excited to learn. I do love trivia. I just don't think that I have the vast amount of trivia knowledge that you do, and you seem to be able to just retain it. So I can't wait to learn more about ice cream and our favorite frozen treats. What do you want to drop off for us first?

Speaker 3: 17:26

All right, so I'm going to start with the largest ice cream sundae. It weighs over 24 tons and was created in 1988.

Speaker 1: 17:36

Okay, I can't even fathom what that's like. So 24 tons? Give me an example Like I don't even know. It just sounds like a metric of of ice cream.

Speaker 3: 17:46

So it'd be about like 12 elephants or 48,000 pounds of ice cream.

Speaker 1: 17:54

I can't even imagine this, like I just truly can't. So if you could make the world's largest ice cream sundae, what would you base your ice cream Like? What would the ice cream base be for you, or would you want to use all the flavors at that point?

Speaker 3: 18:06

probably use all the flavors because you get so sick of just one flavor. So I'd just be like put all different flavors on, get the syrup, get the, get the whipped cream, get the sprinkles and I would want the rainbow sprinkles and chocolate sprinkles like, like the difference. But by that point, I mean I'm with you by that point I'd be like, if I see another ice cream, the rest of my life I'm going to throw up, I'm going to send it to my worst enemy after eating that much ice cream.

Speaker 1: 18:42

I'm still amazed by the amount of how much it is, and I wanted to like kind of look up to like what exactly would that look like? So for friends that maybe you don't have an elephant in your mind or like you can't remember the last time we went to a zoo, it's about half the size of a football field which is in. It must've been in a football field where they built this together. But anyway, let's keep going. What else do we have, knowledge-wise All?

Speaker 3: 19:05

right. So the next one I have is that it kind of goes with last year's or the last run we did with the waffles. The waffle cones were invented by an ice cream vendor in 1904. I can't remember if we talked about that on the last run, the last virtual run of the bed.

Speaker 1: 19:24

I don't think we did. I don't know if we did, no, we didn't. But I mean, I think it all goes hand in hand. So we know now that waffle makers make delicious breakfast treats. They make ice cream cones and, of course, the Nike shoe yes.

Speaker 3: 19:40

The next one I have is what's your favorite ice cream?

Speaker 1: 19:45

Oh my goodness, I think I am more of like a lot of different flavors. So I'm a big Ben and Jerry's kind of gal because I want all those little flavor explosions being mixed together. But if I had to pick just a regular flavor, oh my goodness, I would probably like strawberry. I think I'm that person because I remember like when Neapolitan was a thing and people got more of that, I would always scoop out the strawberry section, the first.

Speaker 3: 20:10

Yeah, I always feel like it's a tie for me between strawberry and chocolates, but I like them kind of together with the Neapolitan, if it was just chocolate and strawberry.

Speaker 1: 20:21

I would be like buying gallons of that, but I bet you, I bet you that ben and jerry's is gonna come a calling.

Speaker 3: 20:29

Yes, but despite class like catalyst options out there there's probably I don't even know how many options out there the one that remains still like the most popular is the classic vanilla flavor, which I'm assuming I could see that I could see that because of like going with the sundaes, like a lot of people get like like sundaes or, you know, if you're doing a milkshake, I can kind of see why that would be the most popular flavor still.

Speaker 1: 21:00

I'm curious if anybody just eats plain vanilla. I.

Speaker 3: 21:03

I don't, I can't, I like it. Like I said, I like the like. I got something on top Like even if it's like mixed with a little bit of strawberries or something I can't do plain vanilla ice cream.

Speaker 1: 21:14

I'm with you Again. That's why I tend to go more towards like. Ben and Jerry's is my go-to. Which I have to ask you have you ever gone to Ben and Jerry's, like their factory or their graveyard of flavors?

Speaker 3: 21:31

No, I haven't. There's none near me. The only one that's closest to us is a Richie's ice cream. That's like about 30 miles from my house, like we do not.

Speaker 1: 21:39

I feel like you would have great ice cream places, because I feel like that's something that's synonymous with Pennsylvania.

Speaker 3: 21:45

We have a ton of ice cream stands, like you just drive up and you go. I want a large cone of vanilla ice soft serve ice cream. We have a ton of those. We have like for every five miles you go there's an ice cream stand. Oh my gosh, there's like that's wild In my town there's two. There's two in my town that I live in and I go down further. There's like one, two, like three in the next town over at least, so like ice cream stands are popular.

Speaker 1: 22:16

So is that? Are you guys, the ones that are pulling up the quota of the amount of, like amount of pounds of ice cream that the average american is consuming, because I feel like we don't have anywhere near that many ice cream stands.

Speaker 3: 22:27

I know and I'm surprised because, like with Florida being hotter, like you would think ice cream stands would be so much popular. But yeah, what would be your guest? I found the fact about the average amount of ice cream consumed. What would your guest be for one person?

Speaker 1: 22:41

For one person in a calendar year. Yes, I mean, I can't imagine that. It's more than like thinking a pint size how many pints are in a pound? Captain Math, pints in a pound is okay. So one pint equals a pound. Okay, that changes things. I would say 12, because I could see most people probably having like a pint of per month so the average american consumes about 23 pounds of ice cream per year. Okay, so people are having about two pints per month. That's fascinating to me.

Speaker 3: 23:19

Oh my goodness, I mean like I can probably do that over the summertime like two points a month. I can't eat that much ice cream over winter time. I mean that it's.

Speaker 1: 23:30

How do you feel about frozen yogurt, or are you like frozen yogurt is just a bad version of like ice cream? Are you more?

Speaker 3: 23:36

of an ice cream gal. I'm more of an ice cream gal like I'll eat frozen yogurt, but like if I had to choose between the two, I would have to go with ice cream all the way.

Speaker 1: 23:45

Okay.

Speaker 3: 23:46

Very cool. So the next one. So speaking of like ice cream stands and everything, so this one was about the first ice cream truck. The first one was launched in the 1920s by the Good Humor Company Launched it.

Speaker 1: 24:06

Which makes sense because we learned again in the history that Good Humor was kind of the people who helped make all sorts of different ice cream treats.

Speaker 3: 24:13

That makes so much sense, I know.

Speaker 1: 24:16

I feel like Do you guys have ice cream trucks in your?

Speaker 3: 24:17

side of the world. No, well, there was one when I was a kid, but not anymore.

Speaker 1: 24:23

I've seen one as an adult and it was when I was running kid, but not anymore. I've seen one as an adult and it was when I was running and I did run it down and I didn't have any cash. But they take Venmo nowadays, which I. I know that you are the trivia queen, but I did have to ask just add this because I was curious, since it sounds like Pennsylvania has quite a bit of ice cream. Um, friends, do you want to, do you want to guess which state actually has the most orders of ice cream? And by that I'm going to say that this was compiled by grubhub and they said, okay, through our app, so I can't say that they consume the most ice cream. I can just say that grubhub said, through our app, this state specifically orders the most ice cream texas, I don't.

Speaker 1: 25:03

Oh, that's a good one. It wasn't. Actually it was Wisconsin, and then Massachusetts, colorado, new York and New Mexico. So I'm not sure, like it doesn't make any sense to me, like you would think Texas, florida, places in the South would be more, more focused on ice cream, but it doesn't seem that's the case.

Speaker 3: 25:24

No, I mean like with us, like with us with all the ice cream stands, like they're only open from May to October. So I'm like, why would you have an ice cream stand if you're only open for a couple months of the year and then you're closed the other nine months of the year?

Speaker 1: 25:39

But I think I'm so glad that we're doing this, because I'm going to have ice cream this entire weekend. Okay, what else do we know?

Speaker 3: 25:48

from ice cream no-transcript increase production, which I can understand. Like that time of year like you, or that time period like you needed something to kind of boost your spirits, like all the talk about the war and everything like that. So I would need something to.

Speaker 1: 26:12

I think I mean it makes sense right, like we always.

Speaker 1: 26:15

We always kind of think of like it's cliche, but we'll see like a movie, where a girl goes to her bake up and the first thing she does is get a pint of ice cream and kind of have that ice cream. So it has that little bit of that comfort food vibe. I dig it. And, friends, if you want to change that tempo up just a little bit while we're on this run, you will have the opportunity to do so in just 10 seconds. But we're going to keep Sally here with us because she's going to give us more trivia and drop in maybe a few of her world famous ice cream puns. Let's do it. If you want that tempo change right here. And, friends, if you want to roll through at the same pace, that's perfect as well.

Speaker 3: 26:47

Okay, I'll give you a really quick pun. Did you hear about the ice cream bandit? No, he was once a criminal.

Speaker 1: 27:00

Oh, my goodness, I love that pun. That is so fantastic. Yeah, I'm just such a big fan of like dad type jokes. What else do you have for?

Speaker 3: 27:08

me okay. So this one is um do you know count Dracula's favorite ice cream flavor it's gotta be okay.

Speaker 1: 27:18

I think. I think I can come up with this one, because I do love me some chocolate. It has to be like count chocolate type. What is it? Vanilla, vanilla, oh no I would have never come up with. I thought it was likeula. Okay, that's good. Vanilla. Okay, I don't think that one's going to be brought over to Ben and Jerry's anytime soon, but who?

Speaker 3: 27:47

knows baby. Okay, All right. How about you give me one Cause? You are famous for your pun.

Speaker 1: 27:52

Oh, my goodness, now I feel like I'm on the spot, okay, okay, let me try what is a cow's favorite ice cream flavor. Since we were talking about our favorite ice cream flavors, what do you think?

Speaker 3: 28:05

I feel like it should be chocolate because, like I remember as a kid, people would say oh look, there's a chocolate cow or a brown cow.

Speaker 1: 28:14

Yeah.

Speaker 3: 28:14

I remember that.

Speaker 1: 28:15

Well, maybe, but the cows that I know have their favorite flavor as moose tracks. I like that one. I know me too. It's such a cute joke. Okay, I actually love moose track ice cream as well, but I'm curious, what are you going to indulge in this weekend, since we've got the virtual ice cream? We've been talking about ice cream and, of course, our favorite flavors, or maybe Mickey bars. What do you think you're going to have?

Speaker 3: 28:43

Well, I I am tempted. I know that I believe our local ice or local store they did carry the ice cream, mickey ice cream, like the face. Now I don't know. I don't know if it's still there or not, but I know I think it was with the hundred year anniversary or something. They did bring it back to the local store. So if they do have that, I might be pulling this. I'm going to pick one up. They are expensive.

Speaker 1: 29:10

They're like eight bucks for four of them, but I mean, they're expensive at the parks too. So I get yeah, I could see that. Or maybe you can take your hand at the recipe that we're including in the newsletter, where you can make it at home a little homemade Mickey ice cream bar. It looks like it's relatively easy to tackle. I will say the, while the recipe that we're sharing says that you can, should you could, use dark chocolate chips, and I love dark chocolate. I would probably use a milk chocolate for this, because I think that would be closer to the actual, real recipe for this because I think that would be closer to the actual, real recipe and my daughter loves to cook.

Speaker 3: 29:44

My daughter loves to cook, she does. I'll just make her the recipe and make her make it for me.

Speaker 1: 29:47

Oh, very cool. I can't wait to see it. So, with that said, friends, we're going to go ahead and go right into our next segment in about 15 seconds. Sally, I want you to share those Mickey ice cream bars that you guys decided to tackle at home, and we're going to keep this party going and roll into maybe some history and trivia Mickey bar edition.

Speaker 1: 30:08

Now, friends, you have been moving for some time. This is your friendly reminder to shake it out a little bit, if you need to, as we go into our next segment. If you want to maybe increase that pace a little bit or keep rocking and rolling exactly how you are, you do. You, my friend? We're just happy to have you along, getting in that movement. All right, let's do this, because the reason that we are truly here on this incredible virtual 5K together is because we're living that Mickey ice cream bar life. And who better to join me in that Mickey ice cream bar life? But, of course, lynn, our queen of all things Disney and Mickey treats. Hello Lynn, hello Friends, I'm excited because Lynn's done a lot of research and she's got some quizzes, some trivia, and she has some details that she thinks she's going to stump me on, and I think she might be right, so I'm excited to get into it.

Speaker 4: 30:59

Very cool. I am super excited about this. If my go-to I mean, I would. Honestly I was a little sad they didn't have the Mickey pretzel as one of the snacks, but you know, I kind of go back and forth between the Mickey bar and the pretzels, so that's kind of they're right there, they're pretty equal?

Speaker 4: 31:19

yeah, it depends on the day. Um, I I will say, and this isn't you know, just as a side note, if you're eating a mickey bar in the park, um, the chocolate, at least one chocolate chunk, always falls off. I had one actually fall into my purse one time and I reached it. There's chocolate everywhere, so make sure and keep it away from your bag so that when the chocolate drops off, it drops onto the ground and then the lovely people at Disney will clean it up.

Speaker 1: 31:46

So I feel like, if you're going with small littles, or if you're going with somebody like me who's just going to throw a bit of a temper tantrum because my chocolate fell on the sidewalk, that you guys should be prepared that may may happen, and be ready to like divert their attention with something else.

Speaker 4: 31:59

Absolutely, absolutely so.

Speaker 1: 32:02

All right, Lynn, tell me all about Mickey, ice cream bars and some of maybe some little hidden nuggets of of trivia for folks.

Speaker 4: 32:10

Well, there are a lot of cool things about the Mickey bar, you know. First of all, um the first time they introduced the Mickey bar was back in the 1980s. They introduced it both at Disneyland and Walt Disney World at that time. So that was kind of its start, which sounds a little bit familiar back to our waffle time. It seems like the 80s was a good time for Disney snacks.

Speaker 1: 32:35

I mean, the 80s was just a great time anyway. Well, there's that 80s babies, absolutely.

Speaker 4: 32:41

So that is a cool thing. So the other thing is, with that introduction, as you know, um, like as you go to the disney parks, as you know, they theme, like, whether it's with coca-cola or different, or starbucks or whoever, they partner with a lot of outside people and with the mickey bar they actually niche. Initially it was produced by nestle, um, and they quickly gained popularity because of the unique shape, obviously, and the delicious taste. So, um, that is an interesting way of they that they evolved over time. So nestle was the initial manufacturer.

Speaker 1: 33:23

I'm curious Do you feel like they taste differently than regular ice cream bars? Do you feel like there's a difference?

Speaker 4: 33:28

I honestly feel like the ones at the park are different. I've bought the ones during COVID particularly. I got some at the grocery store. The ones at the grocery store, I feel like because another fact is, each bar is about from. The ones from the park are 330 calories, but the ones at the store are a little less. So I'm wondering if they use a low fat ice cream or something. I feel like the richness of the ice cream at the ones in the park is unique, interesting Personal observation.

Speaker 5: 34:03

They are different.

Speaker 4: 34:03

different calories don't count I was gonna say but right, but I feel like the ones at the park. I don't know if they're bigger or the ice cream has a little more fat in it, giving it a richer taste do you think we should sneak in one of the ones?

Speaker 1: 34:16

how would we do that? Can we sneak in one from the outside world into disney to see if we can compare them, see if maybe it's bigger or smaller, it It'll melt. It was not going to happen.

Speaker 4: 34:24

Well, I think we could probably do photographic evidence to figure it out.

Speaker 1: 34:29

We're going to do forensic science on the Mickey bar. Why does it taste better?

Speaker 4: 34:33

Correct. Well, the other thing is, originally the Mickey bars just were sold in plain white wrappers. They didn't, you know. Nowadays they have the colorful, you know Mickey on the outside and whatnot. So, and also other Mickey characters are on the packaging sometimes, but the bar is still just Mickey Mouse. They do also have the Mickey ice cream sandwich. On occasion I will cheat on the Mickey bar and get the ice cream sandwich, because the chocolate doesn't fall off of the sandwich.

Speaker 1: 35:03

Okay. So if we do have somebody who's going to throw a little bit of a tantrum, the sandwich is the way to go, Cause you get to have all the chocolatey goodness get the chocolatey goodness in a cookie form versus in the flaking off chocolate.

Speaker 4: 35:15

So just say that that's. You know that's a thing. Typically, most people eat the ears first. Now, to be fair, it's a popsicle, it's yeah, and so it's. You're going to start at the top.

Speaker 1: 35:30

You're going to start at the top and that's where the ears are, but it's discovered with the waffles.

Speaker 4: 35:35

Most people start with the ears first too, so I think it's just the natural yeah that is correct, and so here's my little trick question for you is how do you think cause you know how hot it is in Florida how do you think they keep them cold out in the? You know those carts are out in the middle of the park. You know, obviously, in the chillers in the resorts it's in a, it's in an ice box, but they're just out in the parks. How do you think they keep?

Speaker 1: 36:05

them cold? Do they have dry ice inside of the coolers? You are correct.

Speaker 4: 36:10

Good for you, Christine. No squats today.

Speaker 1: 36:16

You were hoping, though you were hoping I know it makes sense, right, because it gets so hot there's really nothing else they could do? I think yes.

Speaker 4: 36:23

Yes, but the poor people that. So when you order your Mickey bars, have some love for the people who are having to stick their hands into the dry ice cooler for six and eight hour shifts. True, that is so true, just saying. Have a little love for your cast. Thank them for reaching into the coldness for you, yeah because they don't get gloves or anything, do they? Um, I mean, I'm sure if they wanted gloves they could but it's also very hot.

Speaker 4: 36:47

So, yeah, I haven't seen many of them with gloves, but so shout out to the cast members thank you for braving the cold braving sticking your hand in the ice. Um, if you've ever been at a race when there's like ice that you know and you're digging, or you volunteered at a race you're digging through that ice, your hands get very cold very quickly yeah for sure. So I've found that interesting. They are also available at all the disney parks worldwide and disneyland, paris, paris, tokyo, hong kong, disneyland and and Shanghai.

Speaker 4: 37:20

So, all of the parks have the bars, so that is a cool thing. Another fun thing is when they have special events, like when they open a new area, like with the Star Wars or Land of Batuu and or any of those things, sometimes they will have limited edition, like 50th anniversary, there was 50th anniversary wrappers, or you know. Sometimes they will have limited edition, like 50th anniversary, there was 50th anniversary wrappers, or you know. So they will do that theming at times with their Mickey bars so cool, so I'm going to have to try to look for that next time.

Speaker 4: 37:53

Yeah, they are. Now this one I found I questioned this one Okay About it says that many people take the ice cream bars home because of their durable packaging and ability withstand traveling coolers. I questioned that because I can't even eat one without the chunks of chocolate falling off, so I would have to have somebody that's tested that to prove that that's what Disney says, but I kind of question that one.

Speaker 1: 38:24

So, officially, if you guys are listening and you have done this, you've managed to get it home. Wherever home is for you, I assume, at least more than an hour's drive. We would like you to shout us out on the podcast. Absolutely Let us know, because we're suspicious and, as you can tell, we're doing a little bit of forensic science with this segment too.

Speaker 4: 38:41

Yeah, we're suspicious and, as you can tell, we're doing a little bit of forensic science with this segment too. Yeah, it's like if I can't even walk 10 feet without part of it falling apart, I don't see how.

Speaker 1: 38:47

It has to be how they package it, though, right.

Speaker 4: 38:50

Correct. I mean. So I guess, if it's still in the dry ice when they send it and it's still very, very frozen, I could see that piece, I just, and you know, and to be fair, when it's melting on me it's when it's like 90 degrees with a heat index over a hundred. So, to be fair, it is not.

Speaker 1: 39:11

Well, to be fair, I don't think I could travel with Mickey bars and not want to eat them on the way, so I can't see it making it home in my, in my car or my travels anyway, so, yeah, I.

Speaker 4: 39:28

So I that one I found interesting. I'm like oh, I mean, and since they do sell them in the grocery store now it's like, why would?

Speaker 1: 39:33

you? Yeah, well, because it doesn't taste the same it is, it does not. It doesn't taste the same.

Speaker 4: 39:39

It is not the same I will do. I'll tell you. What we'll do is I'll buy a box of the grocery Mickey bars and we can test out the theory in the in the real. Like we'll have the frozen one, we should take the frozen ones, have one before, one after.

Speaker 1: 39:56

And then we can. So check it, check in on our socials this weekend, friends, as you guys are rolling through it, because we're going to, we're going to try to figure out if we could do a true official taste, testing and comparison between the two Exactly.

Speaker 1: 40:07

That seems like a thing that needs to happen? Yeah, absolutely. Now I'm curious because you are the queen of themes and merging, like I feel like you have a shirt that matches everything and I know that merch for, like, the Mickey treats are really popular. Do you have a Mickey ice cream bar shirt?

Speaker 4: 40:25

I do not. I do have, of course, last for our last virtual, I did purchase the hat that has all of the snacks um they currently they do not have um most of their snack things. They're doing the sandwiches and I really don't care for that shirt. It doesn't. It's just very odd.

Speaker 4: 40:51

No, it looks like the ice cream is pistachio, like it's greenish. It's just weird looking to me, but the hat that I got is super cute. It's like a fishing hat. Has pistachio, like it's greenish. It's just weird looking to me, but the hat that I got is super cute. It's like a fishing hat, has all the snacks on it. Um, I know, I think Trisha and Michelle um both have um, you know, because when we all dressed as different snacks, um, one of them had the Mickey bar, so they already have Mickey bar. They'll be there, so we'll have pictures of them next week. They're they're the Queens of turning anything into a particular thing.

Speaker 1: 41:22

They do love their crickets. They love their crickets and they're willing to stay up late at night doing it. So, of course, a shout out to them as well. Absolutely, they are very good.

Speaker 4: 41:31

I, I uh have to purchase things I don't. I'm not, I'm not as good at the do it yourself kind of thing I have to.

Speaker 1: 41:40

But you do a fantastic job. You are again our queen of themes around here, so it's it's exciting. I can't wait to see what you have for this weekend, right.

Speaker 4: 41:49

I have so, but I have to purchase things, so sometimes I go loosely with the theme and sometimes it's more specific. The hat will be making a reappearance for sure, and then we'll have to figure out the other piece, so that part is cool.

Speaker 1: 42:05

So I have to ask you, before you wrap up this segment, what is your favorite flavor of ice cream? If you're, if you're going to cheat on Mickey ice cream bars, what would you have for your favorite ice cream flavor?

Speaker 4: 42:17

Honestly, the thing I've been going to lately a lot is it's not actually ice cream, it's the Yasso frozen yogurt. Yeah, I like that, and my favorite is the salted caramel. Oh, okay, very good. I mean, I am a chocolate fan, but if it's not chocolate, the salted caramel, maybe with a little bit of hint of chocolate. That sounds delicious. He also does actually have a salted caramel with a chocolate crunch cover.

Speaker 4: 42:49

So it's like chocolate crunch with salted caramel in the middle. That would maybe be. It Did have some excellent gelato when I was over in Europe too, so that was well, we've been talking about gelato today.

Speaker 1: 43:02

So with that, friends, let's go ahead and keep on rocking and rolling as we bring in Kimba, because she's going to talk, maybe, about gelato as we take our trip around the world showcase. Thank you, lynn, all right, thanks, all right. Friends, we've learned a little bit about the history of the Mickey bar treats at Magic Kingdom, disney and beyond. But in this segment, if you guys want to keep rolling in that long run pace, you want to bump it up a little bit more into an easier conversation pace. We've got Kimba with us and Kimba knows all things Epcot. So she's going to take us with her own little trip around the world in this segment and give us maybe some inside knowledge of some of the best treats that we could partake in that are frozen treats around the world, and also give us a little bit of knowledge about, maybe, that specific country or some trivia about it. Kimba welcome, thank you. So, friend, let's be honest, I have to ask you right out of the gate when you go to Epcot, what pavilion are you starting in?

Speaker 5: 44:01

It's funny you said that because I'm like, are we starting in Mexico or are we starting in Canada?

Speaker 1: 44:08

So where do you usually?

Speaker 5: 44:09

start, honestly, mexico, because, yeah, I like, as an adult beverage girl, aside from the ice cream, it's going to be. Mexico's got the frozen drinks, adult drinks, and then, yeah, yeah, I mean, you know what's not to like there.

Speaker 1: 44:30

Well, I mean, frozen treats is kind of part of the whole ice cream thing, so it doesn't necessarily have to be ice cream, because, of course, not all of us are dairy, dairy focused, so maybe we've got some other treats that we'd rather do. So you started in Mexico, so we're going to go ahead and start this trip in Mexico. I usually start in France. So again, you're, as you mentioned, the dairy queen of all of these things, but you're also the queen of Epcot, so I almost too.

Speaker 5: 44:54

I'm just going to point out for those folks that do start in Canada, they have that fantastic new Swirled Showcase. I don't know if you've seen it, but you can actually get Swirled. They have vanilla chocolate and right now they have. If you go, stop by. They have different seasonal surprises as well, so different seasonal flavors, and it used to be the old Starbucks, but now it's always open and they have it and it's called Swirled Showcase.

Speaker 1: 45:18

So oh, ok, and I mean I know I've seen it in the fall fest, like in all the different festivals too. So, yep, if we're going to start with Canada, we can go to the Swirled Showcase, but we're going to go ahead and give me what are we stopping at in Mexico for?

Speaker 5: 45:34

We're going to be stopping in Mexico for vanilla and churro ice cream.

Speaker 1: 45:46

Gotta have churros right In Mexico. Yeah, I mean yes, and I know that definitely Mexican vanilla is kind of highlighted as one of the prime or premium type of vanilla, so I could definitely see where that would be delicious. But what other kind of like what are you using as a frozen treat there? Are you going for a frozen?

Speaker 5: 45:59

margarita. If it's a hot day, absolutely, and they have that lovely. They have all the slushies outside and you can just go right over to that kiosk and it's always open, so definitely can get you a nice frozen drink to cool off there. I also think they have. You can get some chips and guac there too while you're at it, because why not a snack to?

Speaker 1: 46:18

go with your frozen treat. You have to, especially if you're going to have more of the adult beverages along this way, and I guess for the month of July we're going to be like celebrating all sorts of different frozen treats because there's 7-11 day with slushies, so a little bit of a margarita slushie is a great way to start. If we decide to move on from Mexico and make our way to Norway, what are you thinking you're going to have there? Because I know you've got some opinions about.

Speaker 5: 46:43

Yes.

Speaker 1: 46:44

I do.

Speaker 5: 46:44

I mean Norway. So their ice cream they're known for is a Scandinavian cloudberry cream. And then cloudberries are rare berries found in the Nordic countries and they're tart, so their tart flavors pairs beautifully with that creamy ice cream. To kind of cut it, some nice creamy tart deliciousness. But if you would like a good adult frozen beverage there, I definitely recommend the frozen Viking coffee.

Speaker 1: 47:14

If you need a little caffeine, kick a little something frozen to cool you off, that's it for me so I kind of wonder now, like maybe the people who start in canada have got it right, because I feel like you need viking coffee towards the end of this around the world showcase to help you make it to mexico. So maybe that's part of why they do that. We'll have to. We'll have to find out or pull the people. Okay. So I haven't tried the Viking coffee and now I feel like I need to make that happen in my life. But if we decide to move on over to China, I feel like China also has a lot of popular treats there.

Speaker 5: 47:51

What would we be getting there. China is definitely going to be that red bean ice cream, and then red beans or adzuki beans are sweetened and mixed into the ice cream, offering a unique traditional Chinese dessert experience. And I also love red tea as well that's made with those.

Speaker 1: 48:12

So I mean, I feel like, is it, is it sweet, is it less sweet?

Speaker 5: 48:20

it has its own distinct flavor, kind of like green tea, because I know there's a green tea ice cream as well.

Speaker 1: 48:26

Um, so yeah, it has its own flavor, I I feel like I would like it, because I don't I mean, especially if we've already partaken in some of the sweeter things because I feel like that Viking coffee looks sweeter.

Speaker 5: 48:39

Yes, it's super sweet. So yeah, this would be much more mellow in comparison and more mild and not as sweet.

Speaker 1: 48:46

Now I have to ask are you going to skip like that little treat pavilion on the way to Germany? What is it? It's like right there with all the drums. Usually the kids are there playing the drums, so I usually go right past it, but I think that they have some, some frozen treats there as well.

Speaker 5: 49:02

Um, yes, they do. You're right, I think they have like fruit pops and stuff there.

Speaker 1: 49:08

Okay. So, friends, if you wanted to get a little frozen treat there while your kiddos are playing on those drums, um, I feel like all of the theme parks place those drums there to torture the parents, because, of course, every kid's going to want to go and play those drums and get all that extra energy. But Germany, I'm excited about. What are we getting in Germany?

Speaker 5: 49:30

In Germany it says it's spaghettis. Yeah, and it's a fun dessert that resembles spaghetti made by pressing vanilla ice cream through a potato ricer, and then it's topped with strawberry sauce and white chocolate shavings. Yum.

Speaker 1: 49:48

Now, when you're going through these different countries, I'm curious do you partake mainly in the country or do you wait more for the festivals and partake in the festival offerings in?

Speaker 5: 49:58

the country, or do you wait more for the festivals and partake in the festival offerings? I'm a seasonal person, so it depends on the season and what's going on. Sometimes I'll go in the countries, if there's certain countries and things that I want in the country, whereas sometimes it would be festival offerings, depending on the festival. Okay, germany, the nudeln they have. That is probably my favorite thing and they have it every year for food and wine, and it's like this ham and noodle and cheese casserole of happy goodness, and it's a really good serving size too. Nothing to do with ice cream, but that's like, for example, something that I love in Germany.

Speaker 1: 50:39

I feel like we need you to do an official VIP tour for us in Epcot, because I have never had that. I didn't even know that was a dish there, so clearly I've got some learning to do. All right, so we're gonna leave Germany and leave their spaghettis, or even though I usually would think of that as Italy, but we're heading to Italy, where I know everybody's stopping for gelato, right?

Speaker 5: 51:03

Absolutely Gelato, is it for Italy? And then gelato is known for its dense and rich texture, using more milk than cream, which makes it smoother and more flavorful than traditional ice cream. Also noting, in Italy they have the Gelateria Toscano, which is a new built, you know little tiny small kiosk building type there that you can get, and they have gelato or sorbet, and then they also have other gelato creations. My favorite personally, is the affogato al chicolato. I don't know, I'm probably butchering that, but what it is is it's hot chocolate over vanilla gelato. And then they also have an espresso version.

Speaker 1: 51:49

It's so good. Can I get both? Can I get hot chocolate and coffee over my gelato?

Speaker 5: 51:54

I've never done that, but that sounds like that would be it Chocolate and coffee, my gelato. I've never done that, but that sounds like that would be it Chocolate and coffee, and then yeah.

Speaker 1: 52:00

Yeah, I feel like that's usually so when I go to Italy. I go into the little tiny wine cellar kind of place and go to their bar to get a lot of the stuff there, because I feel like everybody else goes to the gelato stand and it's usually really busy. So, anyway, okay. So Italy is a favorite. I think I'm probably hanging out there for the remainder of my trip and I'm definitely going to be taking a big old nap. I know that I don't know if naps are popular in Italy, but I would need one by this point of our Epcot adventure. But I feel like, yeah, like, since you're the pro, you're to keep this party going. Where are you heading to after this? Of course, american.

Speaker 5: 52:36

Adventure, yes, american Adventure Again. The ice cream there is going to be your classic vanilla sundae. I'm pretty sure you could probably find a Mickey bar there too. They've got that kiosk that has the turkey legs, and I think you can get Mickey bars there as well, which I mean. What is more classic than your Mickey bar? The ice cream sundae, again, is believed to have been created in the late 19th century to circumvent blue laws prohibiting the sale of soda on Sundays. So that's an interesting trivia there.

Speaker 1: 53:05

So that's why we get a little bit of ice cream, sundae, fascinating.

Speaker 5: 53:08

Exactly Sundae.

Speaker 1: 53:10

Haha, I love it. Okay, learning something new every day as we continue to rock around the Epcot showcase. Okay, we're heading to Japan, where this is where I tend to hang out quite frequently, after France, so Japan's probably my second favorite pavilion. What are you getting there?

Speaker 5: 53:28

um, definitely that. Matcha green tea ice cream. Um, and also they have right after the um you leave the American area, they have right after you leave the American area. They have another kiosk type area and it is called the Kabuki Cafe and they have kakigori, which is a Japanese shaved ice, and you can get it in various flavors, such as strawberry or melon. It's like this huge shaved ice you might have seen people walk out from, you know, from the kiosk with so good, definitely recommend on a hot day. And then the great thing about Japan is you can just go right there in the back and there's like this quiet shaded area with tables back there and just enjoy your shaved ice and just take it in.

Speaker 1: 54:12

And bud, don't tell everybody where I like to hang out when there's when it gets super crowded. I like that. That's my jam because it is quiet and peaceful and actually you can still hear, like if there's bands over at the stage band stage, you can hear a little bit of the music but still have conversations. So for me it's like the perfect little place to go to. Now that sounds incredible and it sounds like actually I would love the shaped ice more than practically anything else we've talked about here aside from the coffee. But we're making our way now from Japan to Morocco what are we getting there?

Speaker 5: 54:45

in Morocco, it's going to be rose water ice cream. And then rose water, a common ingredient in middle eastern desserts, adds a floral note to the creamy ice cream, making it fragrant and exotic treat. And then also, too, just noting um, they put rose water and baklava.

Speaker 1: 55:01

So, oh okay, so it's like an ice cream made out of that, so can I get both?

Speaker 5: 55:07

I want that ice cream on top of my baklava that's what I was thinking, like a little baklava sundae, if you will we're gonna create a whole new, like festival offerings, by the time we're done in this conversation.

Speaker 1: 55:19

Okay, france, I feel like it has so much that people love to go to when it comes to frozen treats both adults and otherwise.

Speaker 5: 55:27

So tell me what we're doing at france so for france we have the peripheral peripherals yeah, with ice cream, and I should get that, because I just finished watching the Paris baking they had on TV on Max. I watched that whole series. So I should have this down, oh my goodness. Yes, learn all the French pastries.

Speaker 5: 55:49

But it has show pastry balls filled with ice cream and topped with chocolate sauce. But for me, if I'm in France, you're gonna catch me going towards the back to L'Artisan de Glace, and one of my favoritest things there you must get if you go there is the Croque Glace. Basically what it is, it's ice cream. So you choose your choice of ice cream and they have a lot of different ice creams, different sauce. So like, if you want, you want chocolate, caramel, maybe even strawberries, and they take a brioche bun and they press it like in this, almost like a waffle warm press type thing, but it still keeps the brioche flavor. So the brioche is warm, but then when you get in it they get that ice cream and sauce.

Speaker 1: 56:33

So good I feel like they also is this where they also have the crepes, cause they have the crepes with, like an ice cream as well, or is that a different part? Yeah?

Speaker 5: 56:43

The crepes is a different cart. The crepes is like more outside of France. Um, as you're walking by to the like the way we're going, it would be on the right side. Okay, Okay.

Speaker 1: 56:54

Yeah, and then it's also I feel like this is the pavilion that a lot of folks have more of the adult beverage type of frozen treats because they have the Grand Marnier slushy. That is kind of infamous there too, so that's also over there too.

Speaker 1: 57:08

So definitely. So I feel like I need coffee after this for sure, because there's no way that I'm not taking a nap after all that deliciousness. But we're going to keep the party going because again, we're in your hands and you're kind of our tour director. What are we getting out at the next Pavilion at?

Speaker 5: 57:22

UK. At UK it's going to be sticky toffee pudding ice cream. Yes, please, love sticky toffee and then adding ice cream to it, oh yes.

Speaker 1: 57:34

That sounds delicious. All right, so we're going to make our way from the UK and then wrap up this particular adventure in Canada. What are we having?

Speaker 5: 57:42

there, canada, it's going to be maple walnut ice cream, of course, canada's famous maple syrup blended with crunchy walnuts, creating a sweet and nutty ice cream that's a Canadian favorite.

Speaker 1: 57:57

I feel like I want to take another trip around and then pick my favorites. So what is your favorite pavilion of all? If you could only go to one, it doesn't have to be ice cream related.

Speaker 5: 58:09

Oh, I was going to say, if it's ice cream it's going to be back in France, that it's. It's good because you get the snack, you get the ice cream and it's huge too. You could definitely share it with friends and be good to go.

Speaker 1: 58:26

I feel like we're going to have to plan an Epcot date for sure, because you've got the jam. So if it's ice cream, you're going to France. If it's not ice cream, where are you going? If it's not ice?

Speaker 5: 58:34

cream. Where are you going? Mexico, inside La Cava, because adult beverages. Yeah, and I'd like to sit down and have my chips and guacamole and have my drinks.

Speaker 1: 58:48

And it's nice and cool, especially for folks that are here in the summertime frame. It's a great little refuge and I think you even have gotten the donkey, haven't you? You like claimed.

Speaker 1: 59:01

Oh you haven't. Okay, that's Christina, that's friend, okay. Well, friends, we will talk about the donkey at a different run because, of course, as you guys can tell, kimba knows all things Epcot. I would basically just put myself in her hands and let her tell me what I should be ordering at different locations, but for now, thank you so much, kimba, for this segment. It was so great learning more about it and I can't wait to have you back on and chit chat more about all things Disney and Disney and food.

Speaker 5: 59:32

Thank you so much, and now I'm hungry and want to go to.

Speaker 1: 59:35

Epcot and enjoy some of these. We definitely do. I feel like I'm hungry as well, friends, and maybe you are too, which is a perfect opportunity for you to get onto that homemade recipe and enjoy some of your favorite frozen sweet treats. Share with us again in the Stride Collective, the podcast community page. Friends, I want to thank you so much. Whether you're still and rolling going after that 5K, maybe you've got more miles to go. We are here to continue encouraging you and supporting you along the way.

Speaker 1: 1:00:05

I want to say a huge thank you to the Mod Squad. They took time and energy into really investing in making this as fun as possible for all of you. So thank you Erin, sally, lynn and Kimba. I could not have done this virtual fun run without you. Friends, again, I'm so happy that you're here rocking and rolling with us getting in that movement and I hope you enjoyed all the ice cream fun and trivia. Don't forget to share that selfie bingo card fun inside of the group page. Don't forget to also RSVP to our next virtual fun run so you can get all of the inside scoop before it actually happens, which will be that first week end of August. Next week we have an incredible interview and I can't wait for you guys to hear it. So if you haven't already subscribed to the podcast, join the group. Create that community, that connection, keep lacing up, keep showing up, keep scooping up those miles. And until next time, my friends, I'm Coach Christine here letting you know stay cool and keep making those strides extraordinary.