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There used to be an ice cream place in San Francisco, just this very unclearly marked door in a wall, and they had a ice cream flavor named "Secret Breakfast". It was whiskey and cornflakes. There were actual cornflakes in the ice cream. It was some of the best ice cream I have ever had.

I think about Secret Breakfast a lot. Like at least monthly.

mcc Apr 28, 2023

There was a time that was a thing in my life.

mcc Apr 28, 2023

The Twitter way to do this would be to say "I think about this every day". However, I do not think about it every day. I just think about it frequently. Once a month is actually pretty frequently to think about a foodstuff you will never have again. I don't even think about PB Crisps that often. The internet has caused us to experience a sort of inflation in the marginal power of intrusive thoughts

Glyph Apr 28, 2023

@mcc They have 8 locations and they're opening a 9th. You can order them nationwide. https://www.goldbelly.com/humphry-slocombe

Glyph Apr 28, 2023

@mcc It is a little funny to me that Humphry Slocombe is, in your memory, a tiny obscure ice cream shop in SF and not a regional juggernaut poised to begin rapidly expanding across the state and country. Like listening to someone wistfully recall a weird little burger stand that moved from the airport in Monrovia to San Bernadino and wondering if it's still there

École des Bro-Arts Apr 28, 2023

@glyph @mcc *blinks* I lived just up the street from them in '09. Had no idea they were so big now.

Glyph Apr 28, 2023

@aphyr @mcc the breakfast isn't really secret any more

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@glyph @aphyr @mcc they got rid of Jesus Juice though which was the real secret breakfast. It was wine and coca cola sorbet. Like the Italians do it.

Jaycie Apr 28, 2023

The internet has caused us to experience a sort of inflation in the marginal power of intrusive thoughts

Couldn't have summed it up better myself.

Klara in the hidden land Apr 28, 2023

@mcc I like "I think about this often", because, in invoking Mercymorn's acid jail rant, it makes it clear that the difference between a few times a week and several times a year isn't all that big a deal compares to the potential longness of a life spent sometimes thinking about the thing.

gkrnours Apr 28, 2023

@mcc you could always get a blender and try once a month to remake that ice cream

damu Apr 28, 2023

@mcc "just now thought about this" = thought about it some time back but waited to post online at the right time to get numbers.

Steed Apr 28, 2023

@mcc The death of foods has awakened my latent chef.

I have found myself inventing meals in retaliation such as Cheddar Brocco Bake and Hot Wet Beef.

I ate the latter today made with some spicy ale left over from christmas and toasted chunks of cheese scone for dumplings.

If this carries on I'll be forced to open a restaurant, or worse, start a youtube channel.

Luis Villa Apr 28, 2023

@mcc I have good news for you: https://humphryslocombe.com/pages/flavors

Flavors

Makers of gourmet ice cream for adults, available for nationally delivery and at our Bay Area scoop shops.

Humphry Slocombe

Luis Villa Apr 28, 2023

@mcc (Add a scoop of Vietnamese coffee for the sundae I think they call Forbidden Breakfast?)

mcc Apr 28, 2023

@luis_in_brief Oh, good.

Now I just have to make it to San Francisco without getting stabbed to death by a Cash.App executive

Luis Villa Apr 28, 2023

@mcc I’d say “take some bear spray” but then you’d have to restrain yourself from spraying random people you meet on the street. Life is hard here on the tough streets of Frisco.

Farbs Apr 28, 2023

@mcc Now I'm thinking about my favourite pizza again.

That place closed down 10 years ago, almost to the day.

It's good they closed, given their rampant wage theft. And it sure was weird watching them pivot to Brazilian food, give 162 people salmonella on their opening night, and immediately close.

So. Hooray they're gone. But I miss the pizza.

mcc Apr 28, 2023

@Farbs Sometimes I think about my favorite sandwich place in Houston. I haven't been in Houston in… I don't know how long. Well over a decade. Does my favorite sandwich place in Houston still exist? Maybe? I could look them up on Yelp or something and get some evidence about whether they exist, but are they The Same? If Antoines went downhill sometime after 2007 would evidence of this show up on Internet review sites

mcc Apr 28, 2023

@Farbs I will probably never have Antoines again. I have made peace with that. That's not the problem. The problem is I *don't know* whether Antoines is still A Thing like it used to be. I can't easily find out. I am causally disconnected from it.

Farbs Apr 28, 2023

@mcc I think it's a good reminder of how incredible it is when something like that _doesn't_ change, or disappear, because it nearly always does.

There's going to be a hole in my heart when we finally lose the Vietnam Village Inn, or the Dickson Noodle House.

But I know where I'm buying this week's takeaway dinner.

Tom Forsyth Apr 28, 2023

@mcc @Farbs I still remember "Gardies" in Cambridge as a drunken student and ordering chips and mayo and some lettuce in a bit of pitta bread. It's hard to convey how amazing such simple food was at 2am having difficulty walking in a straight line. And there was always a queue and sozzled merriment.
https://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2021/05/21/gardies-a-life-story-150932

Gardies: ‘A life story’

The Tab spoke to Gardies owner Vas about Stephen Fry, a secret society, drunk students and the best item to order from the menu.

University of Cambridge

Farbs Apr 28, 2023

@TomF Haha, nice.

Unlike the earlier discussion, this does not make me pine for the days of the 1990s ANU equivalents, Dolly's food van and Chicken Grommet.

Tom Forsyth Apr 28, 2023

@Farbs Vas was the guy who ran Gardies - I still remember his face (obv he's a bit older now). Had no idea he was a scientist! Cambridge, man - even the chip-shop owners are nerds.

JP Apr 28, 2023

@mcc Humphry Slocombe! they're still kickin. i haven't been since before the pandemic, but that's entirely my own fuckup.

lachlan slowly taming rust Apr 28, 2023

@mcc I made hot cross bun pieces with hot cross bun croutons in it over Easter. It was delicious.

Whisky with corn flakes sounds fantastic

David Neto Apr 28, 2023

There used to be an ice cream parlor in Yorkville in Toronto. Greg's. They had a grapenuts ice cream they made themselves. With the real cereal in it. It was really good. Greg's is long gone now.

mcc Apr 28, 2023

@dneto Y'know I think you're not the first person I've seen mention Greg's. I moved here nearly two years before it shut down but never visited there! Now it's too late.

I wish I knew when I'd moved to Toronto that the city had a time limit.

David Neto Apr 28, 2023

I'm in my 50s now (gasp). There's more of that as you get older. But on the other hand network connectivity is WAY better.

Children's Village at Ontario place. Talk to any Toronto Gen-X'er. We all miss Childrens Village. It was fun: you ran through giant punching bags and could knocked over. Bruises and scraped knees, but with a big grin. Now there's the Budweiser stage. Ugh.

mcc Apr 28, 2023

@dneto oh, i just mean that a LOT of stuff closed all at once in 2020 :( including my coworking space :(

mcc Apr 28, 2023

@dneto i had high hopes for that place, we had an unfinished auditorium that we were probably gonna be able to get converted into a theatre. we'd have access to a small projection theatre. there'd be all kinds of things we could do :(

medium rare bird Apr 28, 2023

@mcc ifsanfrancisco--couldeverbesopure

NeoNacho Apr 28, 2023

@mcc It still exists!

Jacob Garbe Apr 28, 2023

@mcc holy shit I don’t know if this is The Algorithm or what but I just had some a couple days ago for the first time and YES, *delicious*.

Andrew "Harris/? 2024" Glisson Apr 28, 2023

@mcc It sounds magical.

@mcc @gizmomathboy The good news (maybe?)is that it's still there! I had learned about it many years ago, and finally went in March. So, maybe you can still go again someday!