1. Department: Food

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Ice Cream, Butter, Salt

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Apparently the latest TikTok gastronomic trend is to dip vanilla ice cream into melted butter, and then sprinkle it with kosher salt.  Never one to miss an opportunity to tap into a social media sensation, Stew Leonard’s gave it a try.

Because I love adventure, so did I.

Note:  Due to persistent technical issues, FaceTime is not embedded into MNB, but if you click on the picture above, you’ll be taken to the YouTube page on which it resides.  Sorry for the inconvenience;  my friends at Webstop and I are working to resolve the problem.

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