Last night MyHandsomeHusband and I took our oldest two children out to dinner. We have a little deal going. One dinner out with Mom and Dad in exchange for a perfect 4.0 report card. Which seems really cool to a 12 and 14 year old who have parents that hardly ever take them out to dinner. (Don’t think poorly of us, we have a lot of kids, okay?)
So there we were, eating yummy things like Cheese Fries and Onion Rings and Juicy Turkey Sandwiches. We ended up having more food than we could eat and MyHandsomeHusband asked my 12 year old daughter to go to the counter and ask for a doggy bag.
“A what kind of bag?” she asked. (It helps if you picture her face with that teenager look on in that says you are so weird what are you talking about you are SO weird like REALLY weird. Thank you for your participation.)
“A doggy bag. That’s what you call a container to take left overs home in.” was his very reasonable answer.
“I cannot say doggy bag to those people up there, Dad.”
“That’s okay. Just stand at the counter and bark. They’ll know what you mean.”
“Daaaaad. Get serious.”
“You can do it honey, WOOF RRRRRRRUFFF BARK BARK BARK.”
Which got us a few stares and giggles and weird looks.
Which may or may not have made my daughter reconsider the hard work she’d put into her report card.
“I will not bark at the counter, Dad.” giggle, giggle, snort, snort.
“Not even for 5 bucks?”
“Not even, then.”
Can you blame her? I wouldn’t want to bark for a doggy bag at the counter. Would you?
Giggle. Giggle.
Woof.
Woof.
Let’s make it, baby. No doggy bag necessary.
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Hi Jamie! I have to say, I love reading your blog, and from time to time I actually make a recipe or two (my husband is grateful to you, because I am no kitchen whiz kid). I wanted to ask… is there anything I can substitute the cool whip with? What is cool whip? I mean… I've seen it tasted it, but am not quite sure what it is or where I can find it (I live in Germany). If you could help me, I would love to impress my husband with dessert, and this one is right up my alley!
Cool Whip is a brand of whipped cream in a tub.
oh yummy…we used to call it a doggy bag too,.:) from our “parents school”..have a great day.:)
Your post made me smile. =)
I call it a doggy bag sometimes too, =)
Your recipe for Lemon Berry no bake cheesecake sounds so good!
Your pre holiday voaaticn sounds wonderful! Pictures of you surfing were classic. Hope everyone in your family had a great 4th of July!! As always, so very proud of you, Mart
Whipped cream with a stabalizer would be just as good if not better than cool whip ! I don't remember if I saw any 'dry' packages of a whip cream type of thing when I was in Europe…you might check your local market.
hey can a mixed berry blend with strawberries be used in this
I love the idea of using lemon cream cookies in the base. It's brilliant! And we always asked for a doggy bag too but I don't see my daughters wanting to do that either.
@Tinkerbeba, Cool whip is a “non”-dairy frozen whipped topping, oil based. When it thaws it has a thick whipped consistency.
@Tinkerbebe, you could use regular whipping cream in place of the cool whip.
@annonymous, you can definitely use strawberries in the mix.
Good luck! Hope it turns out well for everyone.
~Jamie
Oh my goodness!! Good thing I didn't have to use the bathroom, or I might have wet pants! Love your stories. 🙂
Thanks everyone! I'll try the cream and see how it works 🙂
Tried this last night for Mother's Day. Everyone LOVED it and asked for the recipe. My fruit mix had strawberries and worked just great. Thanks for all of your great recipes!
Could this be made a few days ahead and put in the freezer? Then pull out morning of and put in fridge to soften?
Carrie,
I haven’t ever tried to freeze it, so I’m not sure how the texture would work out. My thoughts are that it would work pretty well.
Best of luck to you!
~Jamie