Kopp's Frozen Custard with Marisa Pinson (live)

"Kopp's Frozen Custard with Marisa Pinson (live)" is Episode 363 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Kopp's Frozen Custard with Marisa Pinson (live)" was released on August 18, 2022.

## Synopsis

Marisa Pinson (*Angie Tribeca*, *Don't Trust The B-*) joins the 'boys to discuss Mitch's stomach ache and The Fonz before a review of Kopp's Frozen Custard. Plus, another edition of Drank or Stank.

*Recorded live at Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI on August 5, 2022.*

## Nick's intro

The largest number of Germans outside of Germany reside in the United States, and the States these ersatz Krauts clustered in are concentrated in the Midwest. Wisconsin has the third-largest proportion of German-Americans among U.S. States, and some estimates put the proportion of greater Milwaukee residents with German heritage at 60%.

To outsiders, this Rhineland influence is most evident in Milwaukeeans’ heroic production and consumption of beer. It is Brew City, after all. But it is also Cream City, and the German connection has been essential in making that cream dream a reality. In fact, the triumvirate of beloved Milwaukee frozen custard shops: Leon’s, Gill-us-es — whose name is often adorably mispronounced by locals as “Gillies” — and a small chain named for its founder, all have shared German DNA and a shared business history.

In the 1940s, Leon Schneider was working at Gill-us-es Frozen Custard when he hatched a plan to open his own shop, Leon’s Frozen Custard. In the process, Schneider took on a protégé, a German-American immigrant with the maiden name Elsa Moll, who also received a hand from the German-American founder of the Milky Way custard shop, Art Richter. After mastering the technique, Elsa went into business on her own in 1950, pioneering such concepts as Flavor of the Day, a tradition that continues over seventy years later.

Today, Elsa’s frozen-custard business, which also serves classic hot-grill items alongside its vast and ever-rotating array of dairy delights, remains a localized operation, with a trio of family-owned outlets in the Greater Milwaukee area. But are these sweet treats such delectable eats that us non-German, non-Milwaukeean dairy dudes will declares “schmeckt gut” (i.e., "tastes good")?

This week on *Doughboys*… Kopp’s Frozen Custard.

## Fork rating

* Vanilla Cone
 Mike Mitchell
* Cheeseburger
* Chicken Buffalo
* Chocolate Custard
 Marisa Pinson
 shared
* French Fries
* Turtle Sundae
* Kopp's Special Sundae
* Tiramisu Custard
* Cohenhead Custard
* Watermelon Shake
* Orange Dream Float
* Chocolate Custard Soda

**Spoonman's Bite of the Night** went to the Chocolate Custard.

**Nick's Flavor of the Dayvor** went to the Vanilla Custard.

**Marisa's Sip of the Trip** went to the Chocolate Custard Soda.

With these scores, Kopp's Frozen Custard makes the Golden Plate Club!

(Kopp's Golden Plate status remains unclear; Mitch dropped his score to 0 in a tweet in regards to a controversy Kopp's was dealing with a couple of months after this episode. -ed.)

## Drank or Stank / Snack or Wack

In Drank or Stank, the Doughboys try some beverages and rate then either 'Drank' or 'Stank.'

For this episode, they have a variety of local Milwaukee beverages: Sprecher Orange Dream Soda, Sprecher Root Beer, some Lakefront My Turn beers, and some Wisconsin State Fair Original Cream Puffs.

Sprecher Orange Dream SodaSprecher Root BeerLakefront My Turn: Desantis Italian Grape AleLakefront My Turn: Towny Milwaukee MarzenLakefront My Turn: Tyler Grand CruWisconsin State Fair Original Cream Puff

## Quotes

This show is humiliating.

## The Feedbag

 Mike Mitchell
 Marisa Pinson

 Mike Mitchell
* Twizzler's Mini
 Marisa Pinson

 Mike Mitchell
 Marisa Pinson
 Blake T.

## Photos

Kopp's CowTurtle SundaeKopp's Special SundaeOnion RingsChicken BuffaloCohenhead and Tiramisu Custards
1. ↑ https://twitter.com/BDayBoysMitch/status/1577031985322606593