Fwd: Re: Popsicle

Sun Apr 4 02:13:26 UTC 2010

Absolutely used to save the sticks to make just the things you describe,
Wilson.

Don't know Cho-Cho, but we had a similarly shaped and paper wrapped sugar
cone w/ vanilla ice cream, thin chocolate coating, and crushed peanuts sort
of embedded at the wide end of the cone.  Called a "Nutty Buddy".

Bill Palmer

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> Yes, Bill. That was exactly what I had in mind. Did y'all also save
> the sticks - from whatever -cicle source - to make lattice-like
> doodads used and useful for nothing in particular?
>
> How about the frozen-malted-milk-ish confection that came in a
> Dixie-ish cup and with stick? You rubbed the cup between your palms to
> separate the confection from the cup, stuck the -cicle-type stick into
> the stuff, and discarded the cup. It had a brand-name: Cho-Cho.
>
> -Wilson
>
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
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>> In answer to Wilson, Creamsicles (if you mean vanilla ice cream center w/
>> an
>> outer layer of orange sherbet, on a stick) were very popular in Norfolk
>> VA,
>> where I grew up.
>>
>> Bill Palmer
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>>> From Wilson.
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>>> Damien
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>>> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:56:17 -0400
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>>> FWIW, I've always imagined it to be a blend of _(soda)pop(-like)
>>> [i]cicle_. Since I came up with this around the age of six, if others
>>> find it unlikely, I won't be at all surprised. Were there Creamcicles
>>> elsewhere than in Saint Louis?
>>>
>>> -Wilson
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Damien Hall <djh514 at york.ac.uk> wrote:
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>>>> My first Twitter-inspired ADSL query: the origins of _popsicle_ (which
>>>> I
>>>> now learn is a trademarked name).
>>>>
>>>> One of the people I follow mentions the story that the word comes from
>>>> the
>>>> inventor's children, who called it "Pop's sicle"; the inventor, Frank
>>>> Epperson, had apparently called it an _epsicle_, presumably a blend of
>>>>
>>>> <ep>(-person) + (i-)<sicle>.
>>>>
>>>> OED is 'uncertain', saying it's possibly
>>>>
>>>> (lolli-)<pop> + (i-)<sicle>
>>>>
>>>> (the usual BrE name for these things is 'ice lolly', presumably an
>>>> abbreviation of 'lollipop')
>>>>
>>>> The online version of MW that I have access to says nothing about the
>>>> possible etymology, nor does Barry Popik's website. As I don't know
>>>> about
>>>> food etymology, but 'I know a man who does', I'm copying Barry in here
>>>> (with the address he used when he was a member of the list) in case he
>>>> has
>>>> any comments; anyone else? The "Pop's sicle" story seems to me possible
>>>> but
>>>> unlikely, as too convenient!
>>>>
>>>> Damien
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