Our own ice cream flavor? Madness!

On any given day of the N.C. State Fair, at any given hour, you’re likely to find a line at the Howling Cow booth, formerly known as the N.C. State Dairy Bar. They got a new name and logo a few years ago, but the delicious, heaping serving of ice cream (and their rabid fan base) didn’t change at all. Last year, we gave the N.C. State Food Science Club the opportunity to debut its newest flavor at our media lunch and the reviews were great. Plus, the Lemon Wafer flavor was a big hit with fairgoers. Which got us thinking…

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Not a bad pitchman

Obviously, Bobby Flay’s ringing endorsement of the ice cream at the N.C. State University Dairy Bar in today’s News & Observer didn’t hurt sales as evidenced by the long line at about 4:30 this afternoon.

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