Ice Cream

To the Editors:

Upon finishing your story on ice cream [Aug. 10], my husband got out of bed, dressed, drove four miles to Baskin-Robbins, purchased a quart each of French vanilla and double chocolate fudge. He polished off a bowl of the combined flavors before drifting off to sleep, where visions of sugarplums must have danced in his head.

Eugenia Jennett

Pasadena, Calif.

Late one night, after finishing your article on ice cream, I forgot calories, triglycerides and cholesterol. I had to have ice cream, preferably mocha-nut or rum-raisin marshmallow-nut. What had my sensible, nutrition-conscious wife stored in the freezer? Frozen, uncoated, vanilla yogurt bars.

Jack L. Lieberman

Chicago

Your delicious article reminded me of the old tale about a king who demanded that his subjects present him with a dish that would be simultaneously hot and cold in his mouth. Courtiers searched far and wide, and the dungeon was filled with those who failed to solve the riddle. The answer: a hot-fudge sundae.

Mitzi Humphrey

Midlothian, Va.

Unfortunately, my enjoyment of ice cream is limited. I am one of America's more than 2 million diabetics. The sugar-substitute ice creams come in few flavors and cost as much or more a pint than regular brands do a quart. Why cannot an inventive nation like ours make a luscious-tasting sugar-free ice cream in more flavors and at less cost to the consumer?

David L. Bongard

Severna Park, Md.

Aside from wealth, abundant natural resources, Texas Instruments and a lot of dirt, Texans really don't have much to brag about. But when a Texan tells you Blue Bell is the best commercially distributed ice cream in the world, that's not bragging. That's just plain fact.

Bob Snead

Houston

The boys back in the barracks think this crusty old sergeant got his paunch by putting away six-packs. The truth of the matter is, I was secretly sipping another kind of malt at Salt Lake City's Snelgrove Ice Cream store.

(M/ SGT)John B. Mahony U.S.A.F. (ret.) Bountiful, Utah

In our area we indulge in Perry's ice cream--with reverence.

Pat Finn

Clarence, N. Y.

If God himself had a craving for a double dip of pistachio on a sugar cone, he'd go to Triples, in Syracuse.

Michael Morosky Jr.

Forest City, Pa.

I beg your pardon. The best ice cream is from Whitey's in Moline, Ill.

Susan Larvenz

Moline, Ill.

The honest-to-goodness best ice cream is at Hillary's in Philadelphia. I'd fly 3,000 miles to have coffee sombrero, with hot fudge and whipped cream.

Carole Williams

Yorba Linda, Calif.

I generally do not like to credit the Communists for anything other than suppressing creativity, breaking treaties and persecuting ethnic minorities. But if truth be told, the best ice cream in the world (though only vanilla is available) is to be found in Moscow.

Francis Burns

Chappaqua, N. Y.

Surviving Spouse

Why do widows outlive widowers [Aug. 10]? Because the sad widower must begin doing the shopping, cooking, cleaning and laundry for himself, while the merry widow's work is cut in half.

Diane E. Clark

Bloomington, Ind.

My mother died 15 years ago. My father, at 86, is still alert and active, mostly because he knows he is needed by his children and grandchildren.

Carl L. Schaefer

Bloomfield, N.J.

It is not difficult to understand why women can survive widowhood more successfully than men. Very simply, they continue to do what they have been doing all of their lives: cooking, cleaning, shopping, gardening, paying the bills, mowing the lawn, etc. Losing this valuable workhorse and jack-of-all-trades is indeed traumatic for the male. Consequently, remarriage is a must for his survival.

Adelieu C. Young

Traverse City, Mich.

Banisadr's Flight

A need to worship is the main problem with us Iranians. In 1976, we worshiped the Shah; in 1979, Khomeini. Now we are beginning to revere Banisadr [Aug. 10] and the Mujahedin. Unfortunately, the Mujahedin's alternative to Khomeini's tyrannical chaos is also a mixture of religion and government.

Najib Attar Hilo, Hawaii

The escape of Iran's ousted President Banisadr reminds me of Alexander Kerensky, who in the 1917 Russian Revolution brought his people to the brink of an abyss and national calamity, then fled.

Igor Perekrestov

Melbourne

Wrong Bishop

The article "A Historic Barrier Drops" [July 20] has a photograph of Bishop John Bernard Taylor of St. Albans, but Bishop John Vernon Taylor of Winchester was the main proponent of the Anglican Church's new divorce policy.

Benita C. Gilliam, Secretary The Bishop of St. Albans Hertfordshire, England

Booze and Pregnancy

Re your article on drinking while pregnant [Aug. 3]: recent evidence suggests that the last third of pregnancy may be the time of greatest vulnerability for the fetal brain. Therefore, even if a woman has been drinking heavily early in pregnancy, she has a better chance of having a healthier baby if she stops. This is not a recommendation to drink early in pregnancy. Women who diminish their drinking by midway improve their health and that of their unborn child.

Henry L. Rosett, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology Boston University Medical Center West Newton, Mass.

Play Ball!

Some of us were not disappointed with the baseball strike [Aug. 10]. It was a blessing to find something on television other than scratching, chewing and squinting. Now if we could just think of a way to provoke a football strike.

Sandra Boyce

Woodland, N.C.

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