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Would you drive an extra 20 minutes (10 miles) to get the blizzard on the right?

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  • tal@lemmy.todayT [email protected]

    The only place I've seen Foster's Freezes are in California.

    kagis

    https://fostersfreeze.com/locations/

    It looks like they never expanded out-of-state, so probably not an option for OP.

    Dairy Queen:

    https://www.dairyqueen.com/en-us/locations/

    4156 locations

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    #75

    Yeah, unfortunate. Even within Cali, it's not like they went the way of the In n Out, I see them close down more than open up. It's too bad, they're the OG blended ice cream, apparently making the Twister back in 1946.

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      No, because 40 minutes of gas isnt worth the sub par ice cream.

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      #76

      And technically according to the FDA it isn't even ice cream

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      • M [email protected]

        Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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        No, I’d show my local this photo and ask why they were shafting me.

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        • dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.comD [email protected]

          And technically according to the FDA it isn't even ice cream

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          #78

          5% butterfat vs 10% butterfat for the FDA standard.

          Whatever. People write "it's not ice cream" like it's plastic.

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            5% butterfat vs 10% butterfat for the FDA standard.

            Whatever. People write "it's not ice cream" like it's plastic.

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            #79

            The FDA is BARE MINIMUM, not quality. If you can't make the bare quality, Im comfortable asserting its not that food item, much less a desirable one.

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            • M [email protected]

              Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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              #80

              No but I'm not a fan of their blizzards honestly.

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              • lillypip@lemmy.caL [email protected]

                No, I’d show my local this photo and ask why they were shafting me.

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                Then the local manager reports the good store to corporate

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                  Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                  #82

                  Uuh let's get some real ice-cream if we're all driving around here?

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                    The FDA is BARE MINIMUM, not quality. If you can't make the bare quality, Im comfortable asserting its not that food item, much less a desirable one.

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                    #83

                    The amount of butterfat says absolutely nothing about quality.

                    Is whole milk not a "quality food item" because it's only 3.25% butterfat?

                    Edit: I forgot the quality adjective which confused some.

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                    • deegeese@sopuli.xyzD [email protected]

                      Hey it’s that joke about how do you know if someone’s vegan “don’t worry they’ll tell you”

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                      Oh so hilarious! Next time I’ll be sure to keep my mouth shut to avoid offending the fragile carnists; obviously their feelings, their “health conditions” and their taste for flesh matter so much more than animals’ lives.

                      Byyyyyye 👋

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                        Then the local manager reports the good store to corporate

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                        Or the other way round.

                        Some franchises try to eke out more profits and corporate might not like how that degrades their brand.

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                          Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                          #86

                          How often are you buying blizzards?

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                            Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                            Tbh I don’t really need the full blizzard anyway, most of my enjoyment comes from the first several bites then the rest I finish out of inertia. I’d rather have half the size twice as often, from a calorie-counting perspective.

                            Also you could just buy a bigger size with your gas savings if you really needed it.

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                            • S [email protected]

                              If you're at the lesser DQ, you could pay a couple extra bucks and upgrade it to the next size up. You would save from having to buy a gallon of gas if you're not electric and 20 minutes.

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                              I am rarely twenty minutes, let alone electric

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                              • tal@lemmy.todayT [email protected]

                                Trivia: while the phrase "American as apple pie" is a thing, it's something of a misnomer. Apples aren't New World, and apple pie was a thing prior to Europeans heading over to the Americas.

                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple

                                Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Eurasia before they were introduced to North America by European colonists.

                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie

                                Originating in the 14th century in England, apple pie recipes are now a standard part of cuisines in many countries where apples grow.

                                Apple pie was brought to the colonies by the English, the Dutch, and the Swedes during the 17th and 18th centuries.

                                Although originating in England and eaten in Europe since long before the European colonization of the Americas, apple pie as used in the phrase "as American as apple pie" describes something as being "typically American".[31][32] In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, apple pie became a symbol of American prosperity and national pride. A newspaper article published in 1902 declared that "No pie-eating people can be permanently vanquished."[33] The dish was also commemorated in the phrase "for Mom and apple pie"—supposedly the stock answer of American soldiers in World War II, whenever journalists asked why they were going to war. Jack Holden and Frances Kay sang in their patriotic 1950 song "The Fiery Bear", creating contrast between this symbol of U.S. culture and the Russian bear of the Soviet Union:

                                We love our baseball and apple pie
                                We love our county fair
                                We'll keep Old Glory waving high
                                There's no place here for a bear

                                Maybe we should use "American as chocolate chip cookies" --- those were invented in the US.

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                                As American as regular school shootings. Nobody else has those.

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                                  The FDA is BARE MINIMUM, not quality. If you can't make the bare quality, Im comfortable asserting its not that food item, much less a desirable one.

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                                  Nah. FDA definitions exist to make large corporations more money. There isn't much else to it.

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                                    Nah. FDA definitions exist to make large corporations more money. There isn't much else to it.

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                                    I wouldn't go that far. Even labeling what should be called ice cream is good. The problem is not understanding the regulations that cause people to make judgements that have nothing to do with quality.

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                                    • D [email protected]

                                      You don't pay for any service you could do yourself?

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                                      I don't pay for a lot of services I couldn't do for myself.

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                                      • B [email protected]

                                        The amount of butterfat says absolutely nothing about quality.

                                        Is whole milk not a "quality food item" because it's only 3.25% butterfat?

                                        Edit: I forgot the quality adjective which confused some.

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                                        It's not ice cream. They didn't say not a food item. They said not that food item. It isn't ice cream if it can't meet that incredibly low bar. If they want me to call it ice cream, they can make a small amount less in profit and deliver a better product. Until then, it's an ice dessert to recognize it's subpar quality.

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                                          As American as regular school shootings. Nobody else has those.

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                                          I mean, other places have had them. I wonder what they did that they don't anymore....

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