I Was a Soda Jerk

We are honored to present a very special guest poster today on DALS -- my dad, Steve Ward. As I have noted here before, my dad did not have the deepest (and that's putting it kindly) repertoire when it came to dinner, but man, could he do a good, no-bake dessert. Sundaes (topped with crushed, roasted peanuts), ice cream sodas (he was partial to ginger a…