Is it weird to ask for ice cream cones to be put in a paper bag?

[candlecandleburnonbright]

Treated my DD to ice cream tonight and the girl behind the counter looked at me like I had two heads when I asked if she could wrap them up for me.

When we used to get ice cream cones they were always wrapped up in thin greaseproof type paper and put in a bag so you could take them home- is this not done any more?

I'm assuming this is actual ice cream and not a Mr whippy?

I really cannot see any way you could safely transport a MR whippy rolled up and put in a bag without the top falling off?

I struggle to eat them without losing the top

Never seen or heard of this and I’m Scottish.

I'm thinking along the same lines as @itsgettingweird. Mr Whippy style ice cream might survive, but whipped ice cream would not.

Oh bigger, scooped ice cream might survive....

No, no, not Mr Whippy type. Proper old school Coia's Cafe type ice cream.

I grew up in Ayrshire. Lots of family in Tarbolton. The town (village?) used to have a "Tally's" which was run by an Italian family. They sold glass bottles of pop (god I miss proper Red Cola!), cigarettes (in singles if you asked....) and a few other bits, but also home made ice cream.

You could get it wrapped up, especially things like an ice cream sandwich, but also the cones. We'd buy a dozen for family gatherings and have to walk home with them, so this was how you did it!

Ice cream cones are immediate items.

Although sometimes if we all don't fancy going to the ice cream shop (2mins walk away) someone might bring home a cup with a couple of scoops.

Scot here, I used to work in an ice cream shop and some people would ask for the cones to be wrapped up - bit of greaseproof paper over the ice cream then carefully placed in a paper bag.

Thin greaseproof paper paper round a nougat wafer yes but not a cone.

I have scoured the internet credit to the University Cafe Glasgow's facebook page.

This man has a cone wrapped in the greaseproof.

When I was a kid we used something like this (with the sticks / holders removed) to carry comes back for anyone who didn’t come in the car to the ice cream shop for whatever reason.

Never heard of that either!

Yes, I remember this too, from a great Italian ice cream shop in Saltcoats or Ardrossan, so maybe it is a Scottish thing.We sat outside in the car, dad would get the order in for us all.Delicious

Though it was in a poke🤣

Is the poke not the cone? My granda would call it a pokey hat!

Yes, you could also go 'a wee run' to get a cone in the car, usually at the weekend or as a massive treat midweek.

No a poke is a paper bag. Like a pig in a poke. Or a poke of sweets.

And he's holding it upside down?! This is madness!

I worked in an ice cream shop for years and never had anyone ask for it wrapped up. Do you mean each individual cone wrapped up sort of like a cone of chips and then put in a bigger bag? I can’t imagine how more than one cone could be wrapped together without it ending in a mixed up flavoured, soggy coned mess.

I think I've had an ice cream in a paper bag before in my childhood. It's definitely not something you see often.

Are you confusing them with fish and chips?

No. Look at the picture.

Usually one cone wrapped at a time, maybe two per paper bag.

No
How can you carry an ice cream cone in a bag?

I’m Scottish but highland, although university in Glasgow and this doesn’t ring any bells at all. Maybe a specifically Ayrshire thing? Our university flat was above an Italian ice cream/chip shop but still no recollection of this at all (early 80s).

DH is Italian and says this is a thing in Italy. I’ve never in my life seen it here though.