While in the woods of New Hampshire, we stumbled across Rock Salt thanks to a google search for ice cream. The sign is emblazoned "Nut Based" and "Cashew Milk". Oh no... had we stumbled onto some hippie facsimile of ice cream that would leave us just as fat but not as happy? The next nearest place was twenty minutes away (hey... it's the woods). Maybe we could just pick up a pint of Ben and Jerry's at a supermarket? Oh wait, those are wicked far, too. So we took the plunge.
Are we ever happy we did. This is no flimsy health food recreation, this is the real deal. I'd even say better than ice cream. The owner makes it right in front of you--dripping cashew milk onto a frozen counter that he then freezes with liquid nitrogen. The kids had a lot of fun watching it. Everyone was amazed at how good it was.
Given the crowd at an off hour of Saturday afternoon, it's a local favorite. It's not like there is any foot traffic.
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