A Cold Treat on a Hot Day

7/21/2012

The La Rosa Ice Cream carts ...

On Thursday I ate a La Rosa Piña Colada ice cream bar on the tailgate of my truck. What a great way to end a busy morning at the barn - ice cream dripping to the ground, legs swinging, and a whole lot of slurping!

If you're from Bakersfield, especially from the north east, you know all about La Rosa ice cream carts. I bought my bar at the feed store, hence sitting on my tailgate, but I sure wish the cart would come by occasionally.

If you're not from Bakersfield, La Rosa is a family owned business that manufactures its own ice cream bars which they sell from bell-clad carts and at various locations around town. Jesus Diaz and his wife, Rosa, started making their ice cream bars in 1980.

I have to go back to the feed store today ... I might have another one!

Judy

7/21/2012 12:04:45 am

Oooh that sounds good! Earl and I love to get the blackberry fruitbars at one of the Pepperwood produce stands every summer! My goal is to make our own with our blackberries...yum!

Karen

7/21/2012 12:25:10 am

They are yummy, as are most any local product! Homemade sounds even better - can't get any more local than your own yard! :0)

Erica link

7/21/2012 12:31:22 am

I love La Rosa bars!!!! When my friend visited Bakersfield the last time we were at a small grocery store and a I saw the case--needless to say I HAD to have one, and so did she because there is no other option! It's a tie between strawberry and coconut for my favorite flavors. Glad you enjoyed yours in the perfect summer setting!

Karen

7/21/2012 12:42:36 am

I love those flavors, too! :0)

lytha

7/21/2012 05:44:15 am

i can't think of a better marketing plan than selling ice cream to people who suffer down south. unless it's also selling sorbet and frozen yogurt and whatever healthy alternative has developed since i've lived in america. i sure wish an ice cream truck would roll up my street! instead i have the musical "junk dealers" truck that roll by weekends relentlessly playing god-awful music. but nearby there are also vegetable dealers, rolling by in trucks, but they are dignified enough to ring a brass bell. if those guys would only come to my street.

sadly although this is a kids' street, our "slow children" sign has been ripped in half by a speeding visitor, which i find ironic.

but i have to tell you, back in wuppertal the ice cream truck actually made its way through the insanely narrow/twisty street where baasha lived on arrival in germany. the italian guy would always give me a huge bowl of many types of ice cream, for the price of one scoop, because i always saved my plastic bowl and spoon from the week before. my last week there, before moving to our new home, he loaded me up with so many scoops i had no chance to eat it all! i have his business name in my head, and if i'm ever there again....i sure miss him.

Karen

7/21/2012 07:52:51 am

What a great story, Lytha! And what a generous ice cream vendor. You must have really impressed him with your "greenness." You've mentioned many times how environmentally conscious the Germans are (reusing Hefty bags even).

We have a regular, old fashioned ice cream truck in the neighborhood where I live, but I can never catch him! I hear his little song playing and I go wait out on the street, but he's always several blocks away - maybe today! :0)

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