Word: vanilla
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Picture it. Sliced turkey piled three inches high on an onion roll, with crisp iceberg lettuce and the perfect amount of mayo. And with it, vanilla ice cream and root beer blended perfectly into what Dairy Queen menus like to call a freeze...
...religious polling firm. So religious publishers, eager to expand a $400 million Bible industry, are out peddling niche-oriented Bibles in a Babel of new interpretations and formats -- or, to paraphrase Shakespeare, quoting Scripture for their own purposes. "In a Baskin-Robbins % society, people don't want chocolate or vanilla. They want a special flavor that really suits their needs," says Bill Anderson, president of the Christian Booksellers Association...
Baskin Robbins was the store that brought diversity to ice cream eating, breaking the mold of the usual chocolate, vanilla and strawberry by offering 31 different flavors at all times. However the days when sheer quantity of flavors was celebrated have thankfully long passed, leaving Baskin Robbins as an ordinary ice cream shop...
...your best bet is to call ahead to make sure they have one with your favorite flavor. Another freezer stocks pre-packed pints and quarts, although the offering usually resembles discount outlets stores--they only seem to have the least popular flavors, such as banana and strawberry and vanilla twist. They'll charge you more to hand-pack some real ice cream...
...other hand, the video games were unplugged on a recent visit. While the chocolate was a disaster, showing many frozen flakes and a bitter taste, their chocolate chip ice cream showed flashes of the old Emack and Bolio's genius which earned them a Best of Boston award. The vanilla ice cream was rich and the chocolate chunks were large and at the right temperature to melt in your mouth...