What double whammy memories! and what a summer fun idea! BEFORE:
6 different color monkey ice cream, cake or cocktail drink toppers in 50 or 100 count, available here.
Photo via Hoarder Rehab
I'm so excited about this new idea! Here is the note I received:
Received them quickly; the finishing touch for tomorrow’s party! We
are making a big bowl with 3 types of ice cream, every topping possible,
the plastic monkeys, cherries and whipped cream and ran around the back
yard “Farrell ‘s ice cream style“before serving.
How fun is that going to be? And in more ways than one! Okay, the running around the backyard yelling, "Farrel's ice cream style" or "I scream for ice cream" is a must because you won't be able to do it afterwards! That's for sure! It's 30 scoops or 8 1/2 pounds of ice cream.
This is as close as I could find to it's original recipe! from statesman journal, here
Just in case you're curious, the Farrell's Zoo, or Portland Zoo as it
was originally called, contained a giant scoop each of vanilla,
chocolate, strawberry, chocolate chip mint, peppermint, and spumone ice
cream to make the first layer. Orange, raspberry and lemon sherbet
alternated with scoops of vanilla to create the second layer. Poured
over the entire bowl were the following toppings: strawberry, chocolate,
pineapple, butterscotch and blackberry. Three bananas were cut
crosswise and spaced evenly around the bowl. A stripe of whipped cream
decorated the edge of the bowl between each banana slice. Then rosettes
of whipped cream were sprayed on top of each banana and topped with a
plastic toy animal. The crowning touch were the chopped toasted almonds
and cherries sprinkled generously over the whole bowl.
Did you get that last part? Each banana is topped with a plastic toy animal, that's where all the monkeys come to play! And it's not over yet because that much ice cream sundae deserves a hellabalu!
It's so much, it takes two strong men to carry it with much to do!
And off it raced in a giant stainless steel bowl of ice cream cradled in a
wooden board balanced on the shoulders of two strong young men. Sirens
blaring, bells clanging around the restaurant they went until finally it
made it to the customer's table. You can watch a delivery on youtube here.
It looks a lot bigger when it's at your table and your ready to dig in!
Saying Goodbye: I remember saying goodbye to Farrel's, but they made a come back and there is still one left now in Brea, California. It's a must for childhood bucket lists to bring back memories and make new ones!
What I Learned:
1. Etsy buyers are so creative! I had forgotten all about how the monkey and other animals were used for Farrel's Zoo back in the day! And this Etsy buyer has revived it all! Thank you!
2. We won't be restocking these or any of our cocktail toppers once they are gone. I have conflicted feelings over that, but as a recovering hoarder I feel like I should move on to my other interests, which at the moment seems to be mending and textile art. Plus I need more room and having these in bulk so we can sell them affordably takes up more space then I like.
I am continually asking myself, would I rather have room for cocktail animals or fabric? I need to start asking myself with more of our best sellers that take up a lot of space!
3. I've
been organizing and cleaning up the room that has all my hoard and I
realized that I have a lot of supplies in drawers that I never use and
have all my art stuff in boxes piled up! Shouldn't it the other way
around? lol. Working on that now!
4. I got lost in the world of Pikord for a week, not kidding, which is like Pinterest, but you don't need an account to lookie loo all over for as long as you want and it actually takes you to the original site of the source, so I ended up exploring a lot blogs, shops and other places. I even bought stuff I've seen over and over on pinterest, but could never figure out where it originated. It was fun when I started on Monday, but before I knew it, it was the weekend!
Zoo animal in smaller amounts for Ice cream sundae's and banana splits, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy
Thank
you Etsy buyer
for your kindness and sharing your fun story. It brought back a lot of memories for me, like my favorite order was a Tin Roof. Love all the salty Spanish peanuts with fudge and ice cream. Thank you for being so creative
and fun and letting me know how you made your own Farrel's zoo!
What Farrel's memories do you wish to share? Have you ever heard
a pin drop at Farrel's? Not a chance, right? Once, when we were at
Farrel's and the zoo was making it's round when one of the runner's
slipped and the zoo took a jump and landed on someone's head! Just like
in cartoons! You could hear a pin drop.
Perhaps you'd like to add some mermaids to your dessert, available here.
photo via VintageToGoEasy
I'm still aiming for 185 to 190 listed items. So far, so good! In many ways because hoard keeps selling each time I make my goal at 185! I'm so thankful for that!
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed weekly: HoarderRehab with 183 items, The Destiny of Things- 182 items, VintageToGoEasy - 184 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 185 items.
If you just need all mermaids, we have that too for pool and beach parties! Available here
Photo via Hoarder Rehab
Happy Friday! And thank you for your visit!
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