Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.
Rupert Holmes, English composer, b. February 24, 1947

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Mine is plain old vanilla–with pecans and chocolate chips sprinkled on top.

What is your favorite brand of ice cream? Blue Bell Creameries will celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2007. Buttered Pecan and Pecan Pralines ‘n Cream flavors are sold year round. Caramel Turtle Fudge and Fudge Brownie Nut are available only at certain times of year. Right now, they’re also selling Mississippi Mud Cake and Southern Pecan Pie ice creams at my Kroger store. Eat your heart out, those of you who can’t get Blue Bell. (You can get four half-gallons of your favorite flavors shipped anywhere in the continental US via FedEx for only $89.00.)

I do like buttered pecan ice cream, and I plan to try the Mississippi Mud Cake flavor which happens to be Blue Bell’s November flavor of the month.

If you have anything to write concerning pecans —a story, a joke, a poem, a recipe, a memory, or a quotation— please post it on your blog and leave a link here at Semicolon. We’re celebrating November as the Month of the Pecan —because April just doesn’t make sense, and it’s too long to wait.