Ice cream truck frequency

There’s an old concept of a parent telling a child “no”.

Even if it has gone out of style in America.

With all the problems to worry about in the world, I don’t see this one on the radar.

This past Shabbat, I visited a family that has many guests.

When the time came for dessert, they served iced cream.

Since I cannot eat dairy foods, checked the box, to verify that it was pareve.

I could not find a kashruth symbol, even after inspecting the box many times.

I showed the box to the host & hostess,
who also could not find any kashruth symbol.

The iced cream was taken back, and thrown in the garbage.

I keep a tub of ice cream in the freezer Every time the ice cream truck comes I take it out and scoop a portion into a cone
This costs me 20 to 30 cents instead of $4 and my kids are happy

ujm,

“”There’s an old concept of a parent telling a child “no”.”

I don’t think this is the problem @fakenews described. Kids are kids. If you occasionally let them get treats from an ice cream truck, they will ask or clamor every time they hear the music. So the issue is not with saying no, but with feeling burdened by having to repeatedly say no due to external stimuli. The solution (other than rolling burning tires onto your street to keep the trucks out), simply put but harder to implement, is to find a way to manage their expectations. Some of the respondents here had some good ideas.

takahmamash,

“With all the problems to worry about in the world, I don’t see this one on the radar.”

So? Does the CR need gatekeepers to only allow discussions of what you see to be problems?

Just tell the kids that you don’t trust the truck kashrus.

I used to worry when I went to the store with several little kids that they’ll consume or destroy all the attractive items that are on display at the lower level while we were waiting for the cashier. Then, I inspected the aisle more carefully and realized that these items are there on purpose to attract the children’s attention. So, I turned to simply defending the cart from kids adding items to the cart. The rest would be store’s problem.

@Avram
My mother served Fleishiges for lunch and supper, as did my Oma, and the late Mrs. CTL.

Kosher milchiges is very expensive. If the fleisch is the flavoring to the meal (a bit of cut up chicken in a salad, or a meatball with pasta) it need not be more expensive than dairy or unhealthy.

Yesterday, we ate a cold Shabbos lunch in our garden. It was a salad, assorted marinated/pickled vegetables and the main course was a luckshen kugel made with ground meat, onions and garlic for flavoring. The entire kugel, which fed 10 used only 1.5 pounds of ground beef.

Today for lunch, I will make chicken skewers on the grill using leftover roast chicken from Friday night.

Being fleishige most of the time, I am glad I drink black coffee

You can teach your kids that ice cream is a special treat and you don’t have to get every single day just because the ice cream truck is here.
There is no obligation to get ice cream just because the ice cream is driving through the neighborhood. If you want to get ice cream, that’s your choice, not the driver’s choice.

CTLAWYER,

“Kosher milchiges is very expensive. If the fleisch is the flavoring to the meal (a bit of cut up chicken in a salad, or a meatball with pasta) it need not be more expensive than dairy or unhealthy.”

Do you keep cholov Yisroel? In my neck of the woods, ground beef costs $5.99/lb on sale, and $7.99/lb when not. Chicken legs are around $3.50/lb. A 2lb bag of shredded cholov Yisroel mozzarella is $8.99 at Costco, and a gallon of Pride of the Farm whole milk is $6.99. If you don’t keep CY, that gallon of milk is half that or even less. Both the dairy and meat are expensive, but the dairy goes much further to feed my family. The 2lb bag of cheese can make 3-4 pans of ziti, and the gallon of milk can serve quite a few bowls of cereal. Milk nearing its expiration date + vinegar on the stove makes ricotta cheese for lasagna. For us in general, the cost of meat for one meal would get us 2+ dairy meals.

food prices fluctuate … in Gemora, chicken was a delicatessen, now it is viewed inferior to meat. Maybe our chicken is not like their chicken.

Also, maybe CTL owns a fleishig farm somewhere in Texas. US probably was the first to have general population eat a lot of fleishig after railroads in 19th century enabled delivery of meat from Midwest to Northeast. I presume CTL’s forefathers bet on a farm early on.

Always_Ask_Questions said:
“in Gemora, chicken was a delicatessen”

You meant to say:
“in Gemora, chicken was a delicacy”