Reason for the Season- #5

Hot Apple Cider á la Mode

Hot, spiced, apple cider is delicious, especially on a cold day, but have you ever tried it with vanilla ice cream?



I used to work at Trader Joe's as a chalkboard/sign artist. One morning, one of my managers watched me while I hung a chalkboard over the Spiced Cider display. After he read the bullet points for the product, he quoted, " 'try it hot with ice cream' ?"
He thought I was crazy. I asked him if he had ever tried it. "No," was his reply. I told him it tasted like a bit of apple pie a la mode.
It turns out, no one else working in the store that morning had tried it either. My manager felt compelled to heat up a batch of the cider in the kitchen (Trader Joe's has the really thick cider which is very good and much to my liking). He then shared a tray full of small-hot-spiced-cider-a-la-mode samples with all the team members. All agreed - the hot cider with ice cream was indeed a delicious treat.



To adapt one of Hannah's recent favorites...

You do not like it.
So you say.
Try it! Try it!
And you may.
Try it and you may, I say.

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