Daiquiri Factory creator had skeptics at first

[Dawg06]

Interesting story about a Tech alumnus... http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf...3/post_29.html

[champion110]

Cool story!

[Dawgpix]

So....if it weren't for Wil-Mart in Kellys, LA, (near Ruston) there wouldn't be a Daiquiri Factory? Maybe NOLA.com needs to do a story about Wil-Mart and how THEY re-invented the frozen drink machine. The son of the founders, Dolph Williams, now manufactures the machines in Ruston at Frosty Factory....

PS-The real story is how Dolph's mother, Hazel, would drive in to the newspaper with a gallon jug of frozen daiquiris for the staff to sample as she perfected her recipes. This is just weeks after she put in their first machines.

[Houston Techsan]

The first frozen daquiri/margarita machine I knew of was a guy in Crystal Beach, Texas who just used a frozen custard (soft ice cream) machine.

[DawgFaninHous]

David Ervin, or Tater as we call him, is one of my best buddies, fraternity brother and possibly the funniest guy I've ever met. When all that was happening we all thought it was one of his 'goofs'! He not only did very well but he never changed in doing it! I still love getting his regular emails with the latest joke or when he shares a funny story about what he's up to! He sent us this article about a week or so ago.

Nice article about a nice guy!

[Blue Dawg]

So....if it weren't for Wil-Mart in Kellys, LA, (near Ruston) there wouldn't be a Daiquiri Factory? Maybe NOLA.com needs to do a story about Wil-Mart and how THEY re-invented the frozen drink machine. The son of the founders, Dolph Williams, now manufactures the machines in Ruston at Frosty Factory....

PS-The real story is how Dolph's mother, Hazel, would drive in to the newspaper with a gallon jug of frozen daiquiris for the staff to sample as she perfected her recipes. This is just weeks after she put in their first machines.

Id always heard Wilmart invented the frozen daiquiri but I always assumed that was an urban legend.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Id always heard Wilmart invented the frozen daiquiri but I always assumed that was an urban legend.

The machine, not the drink

[sportdawg]

So....if it weren't for Wil-Mart in Kellys, LA, (near Ruston) there wouldn't be a Daiquiri Factory? Maybe NOLA.com needs to do a story about Wil-Mart and how THEY re-invented the frozen drink machine. The son of the founders, Dolph Williams, now manufactures the machines in Ruston at Frosty Factory....

PS-The real story is how Dolph's mother, Hazel, would drive in to the newspaper with a gallon jug of frozen daiquiris for the staff to sample as she perfected her recipes. This is just weeks after she put in their first machines.

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2014/08/...ess-daiquiris/

Historian Mizell-Nelson, writing in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine, traces the roots of the daiquiri craze to a tiny mom ‘n’ pops liquor shop on the outskirts of Ruston, LA — a college town nearly 300 miles from New Orleans.The story goes something like this: In 1979, proprietors Red and Hazel Williams were looking for a way to make use of unsold bottles of “Tequila Sunrise” mix, so they blended it with ice and offered the concoction as a sort of “impulse purchase” at the counter. The impulse proved significant. Demand was so great that the family moved on from conventional blenders to Italian-made frozen slush machines. Eventually, the couple’s son, Dolph Williams, began manufacturing his own line of machines capable of handling even greater capacity. His company, Frosty Factory of America, would go on to equip scores of imitators who opened similar shops in Louisiana and beyond.

[Houston Techsan]

I still can't believe people are allowed to sell alcoholic beverages at a drive through. There's a place near me that does it. This when it's against the law to have an open beer can in your car. How long does anyone think the daquiris and margaritas stayed sealed in the car?

[Blue Dawg]

I still can't believe people are allowed to sell alcoholic beverages at a drive through. There's a place near me that does it. This when it's against the law to have an open beer can in your car. How long does anyone think the daquiris and margaritas stayed sealed in the car?

Shhhh just let the fascists think they've won.

[sportdawg]

I still can't believe people are allowed to sell alcoholic beverages at a drive through. There's a place near me that does it. This when it's against the law to have an open beer can in your car. How long does anyone think the daquiris and margaritas stayed sealed in the car?

It does have a piece of TAPE on it!!!

[Dawgpix]

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2014/08/...ess-daiquiris/

Thanks. See, I did remember after all those samplings from Hazel . . . .