mccApr 28, 2023

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.

Show threadmccApr 28, 2023
There was a time that was a thing in my life.
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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
Apr 28, 2023 at 3:09amWeb
Show threadGlyphApr 28, 2023
@mcc They have 8 locations and they're opening a 9th. You can order them nationwide. https://www.goldbelly.com/humphry-slocombe
Show threadGlyphApr 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
Show threadÉcole des Bro-ArtsApr 28, 2023
@glyph @mcc *blinks* I lived just up the street from them in '09. Had no idea they were so big now.
Show threadGlyphApr 28, 2023
@aphyr @mcc the breakfast isn't really secret any more
Show thread1st Unoriginal Thot Apr 28, 2023
@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.
Show threadJaycieApr 28, 2023

@mcc

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.

Show threadKlara in the hidden landApr 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.
Show threadgkrnoursApr 28, 2023
@mcc you could always get a blender and try once a month to remake that ice cream
Show threaddamuApr 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.
Show threadSteedApr 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.