The walk-up/drive-through Dairy Queen along Lyndale Avenue is open. SPRING HAS UNOFFICIALLY arrived in Faribault. And, for the longest time, I couldn’t get warm on this first day of March in Minnesota. And shortly thereafter, when I spooned into the ice cream and fudge traced with peanuts while snuggled under a fleece throw in the recliner, I grew colder. In my hands, the Peanut Buster Parfaits transferred cold into my fingers. Neon blue lights outlining a front porch. And I wished the family would turn off the device for a moment or ten and take in their surroundings. Along Division Street, I spotted a snow fort in a front yard, mentally marking that I need to revisit this in daylight.Īt a four-way stop, I saw a screen in the maroon vehicle ahead playing some show to entertain the kids. And, a block away, an American flag hung vertically as a window covering. Colored lights framing a solo second-story window in an aged wood-frame house. I got the music, he got you… He got the sunshine, I got the rain…Īs Ronnie Milsap crooned, I took in our surroundings. But something about the gentleness of the song and heart-breaking lyrics appealed to me. I’m not a country music fan and Randy listens only occasionally for the weird stories. We passed homes still aglow in holiday lights while a country tune played on KCHK 95.5 FM out of New Prague.
Once cash was exchanged for treats, I clutched the two plastic encased parfaits and Randy aimed the Chevy back home.
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I counted out dollar bills and change, $4.28, to cover the $1.99 plus tax parfaits. We arrived at a good time, on a cold evening past the dinner hour, to find only one vehicle ahead of us. © Copyright 2022 Audrey Kletscher Helbling TELL ME: What’s your favorite Dairy Queen treat? How often do you go to DQ? Or do you have another favorite ice cream source? Even as remnants of snow still bank the ground. And in March, the move from winter toward spring.
In October, the move from fall to winter. Around 200 for two-thirds of a cup versus 710 for that Peanut Buster Parfait. That yields nine servings with a lot fewer calories. I can purchase a 1.5 quart container of ice cream from my local grocery store for around $3. I realize DQ is in the business of making money, but that price point exceeds my cost comfort level. I also struggle with the regular price of $4.99 (I wouldn’t pay that price) for a single parfait. It’s a good thing we treat ourselves to DQ only twice a year. As we waited, I noted the calorie count of 710 on a sign. Yum.īut the treat is also loaded with calories. The closing special was the same as the opening special-those bargain parfaits loaded with peanuts and oozing layers of rich chocolate fudge over soft serve ice cream. The drive-up (walk-up was closed) DQ opened on February 18 after a seasonal closure on October 29, 2021. Our mission: To order the five-day opening special, a Peanut Buster Parfait for $1.99. Late Sunday afternoon we joined the line of vehicles snaking around the small Dairy Queen along Lyndale Avenue. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted file photo)įOR RANDY AND ME, and likely others in the Faribault area, the opening of “the Little DQ” signals the shift to spring in Minnesota.
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