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A Long Island household that not too long ago dipped into the ice cream business is seasing the day by hand- delivering their scrumptious home made product by boat to of us out on the south shore’s waters in need of a fast cool-down.
“Anyone on Long Island will tell you that we all look forward to a Long Island summer,” Caitlin Mann of Mann’s Homemade Ice Cream in Amityville told The Post.
Eric Mann, and his daughter Caitlin Mann promote ice cream from their boat to boaters and neighbors with a dock on weekends. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post
Caitlin Mann holding a cup of ice cream with a straw. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post
“So we figured, why not bring something that we love to the water?”
The current psychology grad spends her summer season weekends scooping flavors on the household’s 21-foot middle console craft as her longtime boating dad, Eric, cruises around with their cellphone quantity massively displayed atop it for call in orders.
They jet to coves and canals in the Amityville and close by Massapequa areas, where other vessels and waterfront householders flag them down or phone in some stern aspect sweets.
The household’s recipes date back generations to Queens bakeries, and their boat service is now a hit. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post
“It’s not a normal thing to have an ice cream truck show up in your backyard,” loyal buyer Sue Sklarsky said while having fun with a cup of the Mann household’s fashionable home made cherry vanilla on her canal-side garden.
The duo comes around with 5 rotating flavors at a value of $8 for a small and $13 for a large.
Last week, the purveyors supplied chocolate, mint chip, Sklarsky’s favourite cherry vanilla, in addition to cookie dough and top vendor cookies & cream.
“It’s amazing. It’s the best ice cream I ever had on the water,” first timer Mike Iacono said from his boat anchored in Massapequa Cove, of which the Manns tied a rope line to make the exchange.
The duo comes around with 5 rotating flavors at a value of $8 for a small and $13 for a large. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post
Mann’s Homemade blueberry ice cream. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post
“I need this option every day I’m on the water.”
Their boat suits 30 gallons of ice cream in a subzero fridge and normally returns to the Mann’s Massapequa home dock absolutely empty after 20 or so stops at sea on a good journey out. After all, locals declare the Manns are the first with the idea of promoting correct ice cream that isn’t prepackaged popsicles on their waters.
“We’ve been waiting forever for somebody to have this idea,” Massapequa resident Cristina Pizzichillo said as her younger daughter, Silvia, devoured their chocolate ice cream.
Caitlin Mann spends her summer season weekends scooping flavors on the household’s 21-foot middle console craft. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post
“She approves and so do I,” Cristina said.
The nautical novelty is now such a hit that Mann’s boat will get booked for birthdays, communions, and graduations. Sometimes, mothers and dads will textual content Eric on a whim to swing by if their youngsters have mates over for pool events.
“We’re already 10 times more popular than when we started this last summer,” Caitlin said.
“People see us and don’t even know we have a store; they just know us from the water.”
The coveted Mann household mix dates back a few generations to a pair of bakeries in Queens that Eric’s grandfather operated, where he used to give off-menu ice cream to regulars.
Eric (pictured) now runs the parlor with Caitlin, his other two daughters, Amanda and Cassidy, and his spouse, Linda. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post
“We have some old recipes in our archives from back in those days,” said Eric, who left a comfy job in electrical construction to make a leap of religion in opening the brick-and-mortar last 12 months.
“I wanted a namesake, ice cream was our calling,” he said.
Eric now runs the parlor with Caitlin, his other two daughters, Amanda and Cassidy, and his spouse, Linda.
It’s usually Eric and Caitlin who get to do the world’s most enjoyable supply service, while the remaining of the household, including Eric’s dad and mom Ed and Charlene, make the ice cream and take care of the business on land.
“I don’t think we’ve had one sit-down family conversation that does not involve ice cream since the store has been open,” Caitlin laughed.
“We were already a close family before the store had opened, and now this just made us a lot stronger knit of family than we were. We’re very grateful for that.”
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