If you're a fan of dipping cookies in pickle juice -- because that's seriously a thing people do -- than a Texas-based ice cream brand has a new flavor you're gonna want to try.
Melt Ice Creams recently teamed up with Best Maid Pickles to create a new flavor called Pickle Cookie Crush, and it's made with those who like a little bit of sour with their sweet in mind.
The new limited-edition ice cream flavor cookies and cream ice cream with a surprising pickle kick so that it packs a sweet, salty and tangy punch. It is available while supplies last at Melt Ice Creams locations, in select Dallas/Fort Worth-based grocery stores and online.
For more information, click here.
Where is “yonder”? Or maybe the question should be how far away is “yonder”? Or maybe it’s what in the cat hair is a “yonder”?
If you already know the answer, you’re a card-carrying Southerner but you should still read on for fun. If you don’t know the answer, today’s your lucky day because I’m fixin’ to talk all about it. And yes, I just said “fixin’.” If you don’t say “yonder,” you probably don’t say “fixin'” either, do you?
(And if you've ever wanted to get your own Southern card, you can get by joining Potluck, our membership program. Go ahead and mosey along and check it out.)
A word like “yonder” might seem antiquated to you. After all, some of you have probably only heard it in your high school English class when Shakespeare’s Romeo muses, “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” But “yonder” didn’t die along with the Bard. In fact, it’s still alive and kicking below the Mason-Dixon line.
We love the phrase "over yonder" so much that we made a T-shirt!(Red Clay Media)
Before we define “yonder,” let’s take a look at how this most wonderful of Southern words might be used in a sentence. In a conversation about a place, either near or some distance away, you might say something like this:
Where do your Mama and ‘em stay at?
Oh, they stay down yonder in Mawmaw’s old house by the pecan orchard.
Or it might be used to indicate direction:
I think we’re lost. Whichaway should we go?
I say we head over yonder way. I think I hear the road.
I should note here that “yonder” is often partnered with “down” or “over” or “up.” And it can also be used to describe where a thing is. You can say:
You see that deer? It’s right yonder through them trees.
Or a little different, but generally the same:
And because it’s relatively vague, “yonder” is also a good way to respond to a question when you don’t really know the answer or want to say what it is.
Well I can’t hardly say, Junior. I think she walked over yonder with Coy, but I’m still right here…
And if you’re unsure of where exactly “yonder” is, it’s usually accompanied by a telltale point or nod or glance in the general direction. That’s about as close as you’ll get to accuracy. The beauty of “yonder” is in its vague specificity.
Read more: Southern phrases and their origins
If you get right down where the goats eat, “yonder” is really nothing but a way to say “over there.” Now “over there” could be ten inches away, ten feet away, or ten miles away, but it generally means that there exists a distance that’s not too terribly great from wherever you are to wherever the thing or person in question is. Unless, of course, your “yonder” is combined with “wild” and “blue” in which case the distance is very, very great.
And speaking of the “wild blue yonder” reminds me of heaven. Which reminds me of Carole King singing “Way Over Yonder.” If you want to get a little church in you, take a listen to this:
Carole King Way Over Yonderwww.youtube.com
Yonder yonder yonder yonder yonder. It’s a funny word if you say it a whole bunch of times real fast. And it’s a general direction. And it’s a heavenly resting place. Not too bad for one little ole word.
There are just some things that are a little different in the South.
For example, y'all may all see a photo of a Cool Whip container and think, "Oh, that's a topping for my dessert!" And that's totally fine, and valid.
But show a Southerner a photo of a Cool Whip container and we immediately think, "Oh, that has Granny's pinto beans inside. Gotta eat those soon!"
Read on to find some other photos that just mean a little something different down here:
... and you're totally right, it's bacon grease -- but it's also basically gold. That's because we use bacon grease for everything down here: cooking, seasoning and even home improvement (more about that here). Y'all best believe we take the bacon grease, scoop it into a jar, and then cover it with Saran wrap to ensure we have some for a rainy day.
Read more: Ways Southerners use bacon grease
Well, OK, maybe you're right. But look inside it in a Southern home and you won't see any cookies. Instead, you'll see lots of sewing supplies. Just trust us on this one.
Except you know in the South that's not really butter (or Cool Whip). That's our version of Tupperware, and it probably has some of granny's delicious leftovers inside.
In some places, yep. But in others (especially Texas) you may find a delicious Frito pie inside instead.
Read more: 9 things you can thank Texas for
But that's totally wrong. Everyone knows you can't just use the nice dishes in the curio cabinet -- those are for show. You're probably gonna get in trouble with mama for opening the door.
We all agree this is a pickle jar. But after we eat all the pickles, it becomes one of the most versatile objects in our house: It could host leftovers, or maybe some nails in the garage. There are no limits to the options.
(Join our membership program, the Potluck, and you can get exclusive merchandise, a weekly behind-the-scenes email, special discounts and more! Find out more here.)
But it's also the perfect kitchen decor.
Read more: 22 things you find in a Southern kitchen
It's a Pepsi, sure. But it's also a coke, because we Southerners refer to all soft drinks as coke. Here's why.
Yes, Mason jars are excellent for canning our garden bounty, but it also makes an excellent glass.
30 road names you'd only see in the South
Coke collectibles you see everywhere
30 signs someone is new to the South
Krispy Kreme is headed to the moon, y'all!
Okay, so not really, but they are celebrating the Artemis I mission with a new, one-day-only doughnut on Monday at participating locations.
Krispy Kreme's limited edition “Artemis Moon Doughnut" features a cheesecake Kreme-flavored filled doughnut dipped in Cookies n' Kreme icing with a swirl of cookie pieces.
“The Artemis I mission is a proud moment, and we are in awe of the amazing Americans behind the world’s most powerful rocket. So, we created these delicious doughnuts to enjoy while you watch the launch,” said Dave Skena, global chief brand officer for Krispy Kreme, in a press release.
“The Orion spacecraft atop the rocket will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station, but our Artemis Moon Doughnut will be available only Monday, so start the countdown and don’t miss it!”
The specialty doughnut will be available on August 29 unless the mission is delayed before Saturday, in which case a new date for its release will be announced.
For more information, visit the Krispy Kreme website.