Toffee pecan frozen
custard flavor of the day
This afternoon, right before, I was going out to help some friends with Mothers Against Gun Violence work on their web site and make a St. Vincent De Paul home visit to a woman in need of bed, I received a challenging email from a friend about what Dorothy Day co-founder of Catholic Worker, would have done in my situation being blocked from a nonviolent study group at a Catholic University.
I left on my works of the Gospel without responding but my thoughts were on the email message. My driving was still safe but, as happens when distractions, I make some wrong turns and going where I am going. Once at each place my mind was very focused on the task on hand but going driving to both places took longer than it should have.
After the second visit with a mother in need I felt focused and my driving reflected it. On the way home I drove by a recently opened frozen custard place. It was the same ownership and the custard stand that I grew up with on the west side called Kopps and then be Roberts many of adult years and was not was called this name. As is my custom in all frozen custard places I stopped for early, on time, or late lunch I ordered a cone of the ‘flavor of the day’ custard. I though it strange that I did not notice a sign with the flavor of the day but was shocked when the young man behind the counter said we do not have a custard flavor of the day, just vanilla and chocolate. I asked him about their other place and he said they still have a custard flavor of day. I was somewhat relieved since it was Mrs. Kopps who, after her husband died and to build the business, started the ‘flavor of day’ at the other store. Now there are all kinds of flavor of the day custards from Turtle Sundae, Éclair Affair, Mint Chip, Passionate Kiss, and Butter Pecan and on and on. In fact the three major Kopp’s custard stands in Milwaukee, as well as others, have two flavors of the days besides Chocolate and Vanilla. An elderly couple sitting nearby waiting for their order was smiling at my surprise. I had a few kind words with them and left the place with my chocolate custard cone.
Tonight I wrote an email to my friend who got me thinking about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker and Military Training on a Catholic university campus. The connection between these subjects of my day, learning wiki on web, knowledge of frozen custard history, military training on a Catholic campus I realize is research. I know how little I know or how much I do not know on these and other subjects by the amount of research I have done. I enjoyed doing research but find that too much information can bring one down. But there is also a frozen custard and a home visit with a kind person to bring me back up.
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