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Sun, Feb 12 2012 22:03:04

The Boysenberry Chronicles: your views

My recent solicitation of your opinions on ice-cream flavours established no clear consensus. However, all views were strongly and passionately held.

  1. The original question, on Tumblr (click on the extract to see replies):
  2. A tumbled repy:
  3. The feedback from Twitter:
  4. knittedmonkey
    @harvestbird Played rock-scissors-paper with a 7-yr old boy for the last scoops of boysenberry icecream in the local dairy. He lost ...
    The Knitted Monkey
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:31:55
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  5. knittedmonkey
    @harvestbird .. but I let him have it because he was visiting from another country.
    The Knitted Monkey
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:32:31
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  6. mellopuffy
    @harvestbird *gasp* boysenberry without flavour? How can @knedd say such a thing. Doth the man have no taste buds? #boysenberry4eva
    mellopuffy
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:32:39
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  7. dimsie
    @harvestbird @knedd Boysenberry is a truly glorious ice cream flavour. (Although in our house the berry/chocolate gender divide does exist.)
    Danielle
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:40:59
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  8. TheAtavism
    @harvestbird an anec-datum: @knedd is wrong, Boysenberry may well be the best ice-cream
    David Winter
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:44:46
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  9. mellopuffy
    @TheAtavism @harvestbird additionally, the boysenberry trumpet is the pinnacle of cornet achievement...
    mellopuffy
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:46:24
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  10. Ghetsuhm
    @harvestbird @knedd We are completely the other way around. I loathe boysenberry, Karl loves it.
    Emma Hart
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:50:29
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  11. TheAtavism
    @harvestbird @knedd I gather there are sex-related differences in taste though - women have more receptors and so enjoy more subtle flavours
    David Winter
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:51:21
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  12. TheAtavism
    @harvestbird @knedd (but like all such research, those statistics apply to groups and don't necessarily tell us much about individuals)
    David Winter
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 21:52:22
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  13. annettle
    @harvestbird Boysenberry is one of @jsrnz's favourites, I prefer chocolate myself (if we're talking the bog-standard flavour range).
    Annette
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 22:44:17
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  14. hungrymama
    @harvestbird @knedd 4/4 of us rate boysenberry highly.
    Isabel
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 22:55:29
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  15. dimsie
    Would boysencider poured over boysenberry ice cream create a boysenriffic taste sensation? @harvestbird
    Danielle
    Sat, Feb 11 2012 00:27:36
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  16. The feedback from Facebook (click to enlarge):
  17. Harvestbird
    Fri, Feb 10 2012 16:40:48
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