How to get the perfect scoop of ice cream at home? You'll need the right tool
My first job was waitressing at a family restaurant and ice cream shop. Among my duties was dishing out the ice cream cones, sundaes and banana splits ordered by the guests seated in my section. Most ordered ice cream for dessert after lunch or dinner. Some came in exclusively for ice cream. Suffice it to say, I became an ace ice cream scooper practically overnight.
Much of what allowed me to scoop ice cream so masterfully was the actual scooper. Unlike the levered demi-dome-with-a-sweeper scoop of my childhood (which never functioned properly), the scooper at the restaurant was a metal cylinder about six inches long, which served as the handle, with a C-shaped cup at one end — for
