The Explore-Exploit Tradeoff

[hehehe@lemmy.world]

Yes vanilla is not plain. The plain flavour is Rabri. It's just you don't have rabri in the west that's why you all think vanilla is plain.

Also rabri ice-cream >> vanilla ice-cream

[magnyusg@lemmy.world]

Meanwhile salt and vinegar are the best flavour combination and will burn a hole in your mouth because you ate too much.

[slackassassin@sh.itjust.works]

Although salt has a flavor, it's more so a flavor enhancer because of the positively charged properties of the sodium after dissociation. So, it's pretty fair to call it plain given the myriad of options, and that potatoes are trash without it.

[chessmasterrex@lemmy.world]

I think it's reasonable to go for a pretty standard flavor in that setting to have a reference point. I kind of do that with pizza, pepperoni the first time I try a new restaurant and if it's good I'll try other toppings the next time.

[robust_mirror@aussie.zone]

They're trash without it because they are actually plain without it.

[theloneminon@lemm.ee]

Dude could've gotten vanilla anywhere, but instead spent his time and energy to go on a quest with his friend to get the ice cream he really wanted. Then he booted him for wanting a "plain" flavor. YTA.

[fuglyduck@lemmy.world]

In the US, it’s probably Browns.

[slackassassin@sh.itjust.works]

Salt is in everything for a reason beyond flavor, is all.

[cheesyfox@lemmy.sdf.org]

if you don't like vanilla, that's because you've never tried an actually good ice cream.

[rooty@lemmy.world]

Vanilla is unironically the best flavor, chocolate based ones are not refreshing an fruit based ones taste like food dye no. 6.

[wizard_pope@lemmy.world]

Guess you never had good fruit flavoured ice cream then

[wizard_pope@lemmy.world]

Nah even just milk is a good flavour.

[hammocks4all@lemmy.ml]

The place is also hard to get to, must not get great ingredients often

[elephantium@lemmy.world]

You can order your eggs any way you want. No matter what, you're getting them scrambled!

[excessshiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Sounds like you just buy shitty ice cream

[rooty@lemmy.world]

Guess not, I don't feel like playing flavour roulette every time I feel like having ice cream.

[zementid@feddit.nl]

If I want to see what craftsmanship went into the ice cream: Vanilla

If I don't care (like I do usually):

Apple, Tempura, Black Thai Tea = Heavens

[iavicenna@lemmy.world]

yea try fruit sorbets made from good fruits. you can even do it home. cut up some banana, freeze it, take it out and wait a couple minutes so it can be blended, blend it with some tahini and cinnamon. can repeat similar stuff with strawberries, grapes etc.

[noodle07@lemmy.world]

That's when you take the rose flavour... And vanilla

[fibojoly@sh.itjust.works]

Yes! That's what I usually do as well. Unless there is some house specialty I've been recommended and I came for, I will try a "reference dish" to get a baseline.