My dad, John, is continuously developing new flavors for his customers on special requests. I wanted to share the most peculiar recipe he was asked to make and how that sparked another idea for a way to use our product.
If you happen to be a syrup enthusiast, you may have heard of the annual Syrup Sopping Festival held in Loachapoka, AL. A vendor planning to attend the festival once approached my dad and asked him to make mint flavored syrup. Intrigued, he asked them what in the world they planned to do with mint flavored syrup! To his surprise they told him it was to be used as a topping for their Butter Pecan ice-cream. What?? Butter Pecan and Mint?? hmmmm.... As you would expect, my dad took up the challenge. He came home and dirtied every dish in our tiny kitchen until he got the recipe just how he wanted it. Did I say every dish? Ok.. Because I meant it; EVERY DISH much to my mother's dismay. When he had it just about right, he allowed us to taste it... but not just any taste. We had to taste it on the Butter Pecan ice cream. Being the picky eater in the family, I was disgusted at the thought. I don't even LOVE Butter Pecan. How could I even think of liking Mint on top of it? But, I tried it out of curiosity. I won't say I loved it but it wasn't terribly unpleasant. For someone who loved Butter Pecan ice-cream, his syrup added an appropriate flare. His clients loved it and bought a whole load of it to take with them to the festival. I'm told it sold extraordinarily well!
Even though I was not a fan of Butter Pecan drizzled in Mint, their request got me thinking, and what was my next move? I put every kind of syrup I could find in our warehouse atop my favorite ice-cream, plain ol' Blue Bell Vanilla. I tried Maple, Blueberry, Cherry, Butter Pecan, Ribbon Cane, and finally came to my favorite combination: Strawberry syrup drizzled over Vanilla ice-cream with whipped cream to top it all off. HEAVEN!! I strongly recommend trying this combo! My next favorite topping was the Blueberry. I've said all this, not only to better acquaint you with our small family business that is Anthony's Syrup Company, but also to provoke you to think outside of the same old "pancake mix" box and venture into other territories where you can find our syrup to be a satisfying a comfort food without going through the trouble of scratching up a batch of biscuits or pancakes! Hope you enjoyed the story and please feel free to leave comments and ideas of your own!
If you happen to be a syrup enthusiast, you may have heard of the annual Syrup Sopping Festival held in Loachapoka, AL. A vendor planning to attend the festival once approached my dad and asked him to make mint flavored syrup. Intrigued, he asked them what in the world they planned to do with mint flavored syrup! To his surprise they told him it was to be used as a topping for their Butter Pecan ice-cream. What?? Butter Pecan and Mint?? hmmmm.... As you would expect, my dad took up the challenge. He came home and dirtied every dish in our tiny kitchen until he got the recipe just how he wanted it. Did I say every dish? Ok.. Because I meant it; EVERY DISH much to my mother's dismay. When he had it just about right, he allowed us to taste it... but not just any taste. We had to taste it on the Butter Pecan ice cream. Being the picky eater in the family, I was disgusted at the thought. I don't even LOVE Butter Pecan. How could I even think of liking Mint on top of it? But, I tried it out of curiosity. I won't say I loved it but it wasn't terribly unpleasant. For someone who loved Butter Pecan ice-cream, his syrup added an appropriate flare. His clients loved it and bought a whole load of it to take with them to the festival. I'm told it sold extraordinarily well!
Even though I was not a fan of Butter Pecan drizzled in Mint, their request got me thinking, and what was my next move? I put every kind of syrup I could find in our warehouse atop my favorite ice-cream, plain ol' Blue Bell Vanilla. I tried Maple, Blueberry, Cherry, Butter Pecan, Ribbon Cane, and finally came to my favorite combination: Strawberry syrup drizzled over Vanilla ice-cream with whipped cream to top it all off. HEAVEN!! I strongly recommend trying this combo! My next favorite topping was the Blueberry. I've said all this, not only to better acquaint you with our small family business that is Anthony's Syrup Company, but also to provoke you to think outside of the same old "pancake mix" box and venture into other territories where you can find our syrup to be a satisfying a comfort food without going through the trouble of scratching up a batch of biscuits or pancakes! Hope you enjoyed the story and please feel free to leave comments and ideas of your own!
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