Sam M. '07 | July 27, 2005
"I love Miu more than ice cream."
Now, I don't want you to think that I'm going to blog every single thing that happens to me in my life and take cute pictures and describe it in excruciating detail (see the ostrich entry), but this was pretty cool. Also, as you know by now, ye faithful readers, I'm a quantity, not quality kind of guy.
As Bryan informed me on his blog two days ago and Ruth made a special effort to inform me today, J. P. Licks, the single greatest ice cream store in the greater Boston area (prove me wrong) is, for a limited time, selling cucumber-flavored ice cream. Now, the store is generally known for some eccentric flavors--tabasco, wasabi, and sangria. This month I sampled their "Disco Inferno," a blend of chocolate and cayenne pepper which turned out to be utterly vile, tasting somewhat like a shot of Hershey's syrup chased with tabasco sauce.
Have I told this story before?
Anyway, cucumber had the distinction of actually sounding like an edible, perhaps even delicious ice cream flavor, so I e-mailed everybody I knew this afternoon (6 people) and asked if they'd like to sample this bold concoction on the frontier of haute cuisine. Well, I got three people to come with me, and all of them had the adventurous spirit at least to try the cucumber ice cream.
The verdict? Well, I thought it was pretty good. It wasn't green, as you might expect, but then again I guess the flesh of a cucumber is white, after all, and I doubt they use the peel. The flavor was overwhelming in the first few bites, but by the end of my medium-sized cone, I barely noticed it--the ice cream was merely sweet, with a refreshing, palate-cleansing overtone. It had whole seeds in it, which I believe was intentional. Surprisingly, they enhanced the dish by adding a subtle textural contrast. All in all, I'd definitely recommend it, and if I see it again I'd consider ordering it in place of my usual oreo soft serve frozen yogurt (which is itself divinely smooth and rather mild).
What did everyone else think? I don't care, this isn't kevinmiu.mitblogs.com. Well, okay, I'll tell you. Spencer '07 sampled it, found it odd, and got something different. Kevin Miu '06 didn't know you could sample ice cream and protested that had he known that, he would have ordered a different flavor himself. Tracey '06 ate twice as much cucumber ice cream as Kevin Miu, despite weighing half as much as he.
OH AND I TOOK SOME PICTURES FOR YOU!!
Tracey '06, an economics major, knows that it's most economical to get a dish of ice cream with a cone on top when asked "cone or dish?" She also thinks it's hilarious that I take pictures of her. "It's a blog... for admissions... the '10s want to see your pretty face... look happy."
Kevin Miu '06 took this fantastic picture of me. He's double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering and also being a pre-med, and right now he's writing three chapters of a Sloan professor's textbook and doing two UROPs, so apparently he hasn't found the time to learn how a digital camera works in all this. It's understandable, Kevin Miu.
Kevin Miu '06 would not allow himself to be photographed except standing in front of a dumpster, because he wanted to convince you that MIT looks like a dumpster. Actually, I think it's a good sign that MIT has dumpsters--you wouldn't want to go to a college with poor waste management, now would you?
Spencer '07, winner of best mitblogs supporting actor, is health-conscious and felt slightly guilty about eating ice cream tonight, but then he remembered that he ran 9 miles this afternoon in a heat index of 95. The dew point today is 73. I didn't really know what that meant until this afternoon, but apparently a dew point is 65 is just terribly humid. So, Spencer is quite durable. Personally, I've never seen him run a mile in under 22 minutes, though.
Okay, tomorrow you're gonna hear about the falafel that I ate for lunch and then the next entry will be about vacuuming my floor.
Just playin'.
But I am my floor's vacuum chair, now.
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So basically you included Kevin's last name only to complete the title of this entry. Think about how Tracey and Spencer's last names feel about being slighted.
Also, that's a really scary picture of Mr. Miu.
Posted by: Mitra on July 28, 2005 11:21 AM
Why hello there Sam! I thought I'd leave a message for once since I stalk your blog daily. I've also joined the "Sam Maurer, he's so hot right now" group on facebook. And when I get back to school, I will follow you stealthily, stalking you in the hallways, hoping to catch a glimpse of the oh-so-exciting life that is Sam Maurer's. Because you're just that cool.
Posted by: Nicola on July 28, 2005 02:04 PM
