Freeze Jag: Milwaukee Frozen Custard
Posted by Warren Rojas / Monday, August 15th, 2011
August is historically the steamiest, stickiest, sweatiest month of the year–brilliant move, Founding Fathers, building the nation’s capital on a swamp–in these parts. We’ve tracked down 31 frozen treats (one a day for the rest of this month) to provide you with some temporary, and often insanely delicious, relief.
The place: Milwaukee Frozen Custard – Multiple NoVA locations; www.milwaukeefrozencustard.com
The prescription: custard-topped funnel cake. Poll any group of diehard frozen dairy fans and factions are likely to sprout up (ice cream lovers vs custard devotees is a familiar battle line in these parts). Yours truly is more of a lover than a fighter, particularly when it comes to dessert. Besides, what’s there to bicker about when our carny brethren have figured out how to marry sugar-covered, deep-fried dough with just about EVERYTHING. The brain trust behind MFC has picked up on the midway mindset and now serves up made-to-order funnel cakes (they make fresh donuts, too) topped with: powdered/cinnamon sugar ($4.50), syrupy fruit ($5.25) or a scoop of custard ($5.25; vanilla, chocolate or flavor of the day). Mine was the stuff childhood dreams–and fat camp recruiting posters–are made of. The web of hot, crunchy and oily dough was generously dusted with both powdered sugar (the standard bearer) and cinnamon sugar (extra zip) and then crowned with a a glassy scoop of candy-studded custard (crushed butterfingers, to be exact).
The monstrous serving is a triple-sugared delivery system no single human should face alone (and even team eaters should reconsider polishing one off in a single sitting). But god damn if that scrumptious cake and creamy custard don’t goad you into trying…
–Warren
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Keep tabs on the month long Freeze Jag trek here.
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