Woman Claims She Almost Ate A Dime In Ice Cream From Williamsburg Duane Reade

A Hasidic woman claims her Shabbat was ruined last week when she bit into a dime that somehow got buried in a pint of Häagen-Dazs chocolate ice cream she bought at the Williamsburg Duane Reade on Kent Avenue.

Sara Abraham told the Brooklyn Paper that she tasted something "metallic" a few bites into the ice cream last week, so she spat it out and discovered the errant dime. “I felt something in my mouth and the ice cream didn’t have a good taste from the start. Two hours later, I still felt a metallic taste in my mouth," she said." Her husband Isaac says he called the Duane Reade to complain, and an employee there said they pulled the ice cream from the shelves and gave it back to Häagen-Dazs "to be safe." But when we spoke to a manager at the Duane Reade this morning, he laughed when we relayed Abraham's story and asked if they were still carrying the ice cream. "That's crazy! Nobody's ever complained or said anything. We haven't returned any ice cream," he said.

Isaac Abraham also says that a Häagen-Dazs employee told him to ship the dime to their quality control center in California, but he's not buying it: “I’m not an idiot—if I send the dime then my story would melt away with the ice cream,” he said through an attorney. “Luckily, she didn’t break a tooth. Who knows where the dime came from or who touched it before it went into the ice cream?” We were unable to get a hold of Häagen-Dazs for more information, but are willing to bet that a lawsuit isn't far off...for Duane Reade or the ice cream giant. Still, it's hard to muster up that much sympathy over a frozen dime, when there are people out there finding snake heads and tampons in their food, too.

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By Jamie Feldmar in Food on November 22, 2011 10:30 AM

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Luzer Twersky

I'll repeat what Dan Meshugunahbaum said:
"A Jew complaining about a free dime?"

Can you please call me an asshole too?

JoanAngelson

Yes your an asshole also.

Dan Meshugunahbaum

A Jew complaining about a free dime?

I'm Jewish, so don't even pull the 'racist' card.

CurmudgeonNYC

I'm jewish and i laughed.

JoanAngelson

So your an anti semitic Jew. You aren't the first. You're just a fucking asshole.

Dan Meshugunahbaum

I'm sorry I offended you, I'll try and lack humor whenever posting from now on.

9illy

She should take her business down to the special Hasidic ice cream joint near Bedford and Myrtle.

lhooq77

It's funny to imagine whether it's someone playing a little prank at the Haagen Daaz plant or if somehow this is an accident. Either way, I'm sure there aren't more.. it's not like a rat poop infestation. That said, free money! Score!

Alessandro Casagli

I don't see how the Duane Reade is responsible for a sealed product.

eflash

who bites into ice cream? answer: no one, that's why she didn't break a tooth.

YouandWhoseArmy3D

I guess the welfare checks aren't going as far as they used to....

m015094

Frivolous lawsuit in 3...2...1

Trustafarian

doesn't hagaan daaz ice cream come with a plastic seal on the top?

schmeep

Good editing of the lead headline- you would have gotten a lot more flack.

Okay, everyone: We're all thinking the same thing, so let's just move on, ok?

cr17

What'd it say?

schmeep

It led with "Hasidic Woman" in the headline- that's discounting personhood over ethnicity/race.

Peanut_Butter

I still don't get it.

newsbunny

Journalistically speaking (and I know this is gothamist, not the New York Times) but if a person's race/sex/ethnicity is not part of the story, there's no need to include to it. Take this story here. Would you have written 'White woman finds dime in ice cream?", or "Black Man finds dime in ice cream?" Probably not. Then why write "A Hasidic woman..." It's unneeded, contributes nothing to the story, and, however unintentional, as I'm sure it is, gives off an aura of bias.