As the cover is pressed down, the filled pail rolls off the line on its way to the freezer.
"There isn't a gross ice cream I am aware of," explains Al when asked about his favorite ice cream. Al admits that "Chunky Monkey" is probably his favorite. It is a combination of chocolate ice cream, chocolate chunks and pieces of banana. "I never made one myself I didn't like," Al continues with a big smile.
There are not very many offices around Fargo-Moorhead with labels on the file cabinets that say, "Ice Cream Flavors," but Al Nielsen has one of them. Over 30 years ago Al was helping fill milk trucks and making ice cream sandwiches. Today he continues to do what he's always loved to do--work with ice cream and the dairy food industry.
"If you want be creative and nuts," says Al about being an ice cream guy, "you can be creative and nuts."
Story by Kyle Debertin
Photography by Brad Clemenson
Design by Tara Langdahl and Dana Scharr