Milksicles

So the other day, I'm not even sure how it came up, Nancy and I were telling our kids our experiences with milksicles. As a kid, did you ever try to make ice cream by putting a cup of milk in the freezer? I remember that we had just made some homemade popsicles by putting punch in an ice cube tray, covering it with plastic wrap and poking toothpicks into each cube.

I liked them so much poured myself a cup of milk, put a spoon in it, and put the cup in the freezer. The next day I worked the frozen milk out of the cup and stood there for a minute salivating at the wonderful ice cream concoction I had created. I took a big lick across the milksicle as I would have licked a large ice cream cone...

And gagged. It was the WORST thing I had ever tasted. And because I was in the basement, there wasn't a sink close by where I could get a drink. I couldn't get the taste out of my mouth. How could something so good as milk (especially with chocolate in it) taste so bad frozen? It took seemingly hours for the taste to go away.

So Nancy and I were sharing our experiences with our kids, telling them they can trust us - milksicles taste gross. They don't have to try it for themselves, we have already done that. If they would take our word for it they will be saved a distasteful learning experience.

Since sharing the experience, it's amazing how many times we have called something else a milksicle. A few girls steal some makeup, "They just had to try the milksicle." Almost every news article is about someone who didn't believe milksicles taste gross. The scriptures, prophets, teachers, and parents are all trying to point out the milksicles and identify the real ice cream.

I hope our kids take our word for a lot of things. Milksicles are gross.