Ross of OttawaAug 15, 2025

Just back from a quick walk over to the local ice-cream shop.

Rather had an urge for one of those tiger-swirl things with licorice in it, but alas they didn't have that.

My second choice was something peanut buttery and they had a chocolate PB thing with a nice cocoa-y chocolate and salty hard PB lumps which wasn't too bad.

Heading home across the park there was a #skunk in the failing light. Slightly different timing and we may have got to know him really well.

Show threadRoss of OttawaAug 15, 2025

Aha - didn't realize 'Tiger-Tail' ice cream is a Canadian specific flavour. I haven't had it in a long time, but was thinking about it recently. Will have to scratch that itch!

#iceCream #TigerTail

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

Tiger tail ice cream - Wikipedia

Show threadRoss of OttawaAug 19, 2025

I've located some tiger tail ice cream. About to launch a sortie to acquire some.

#TigerTail #iceCream

Show threadMarielle QuintonAug 19, 2025
@ottaross Good luck! And it's somewhere open sort of late.
Show threadRoss of OttawaAug 19, 2025
@mariellequinton grocery store, so we're well stocked now. Got the last container of that flavour from the Merivale Loblaws!
Show threadMarielle QuintonAug 19, 2025
@ottaross It used to be such a standard, now I can't think of the last time I saw it in an ice cream shop. But also there's way less ice cream shops now.
Show threadRoss of OttawaAug 19, 2025
@mariellequinton it does seem like there are fewer ice cream shops around. Yeah it was the rarity and nostalgia thing that made me curious to hunt it down again. Hoping I can find a brand that bumps up the licorice flavour a bit more. I see Chapman's makes one too.
Show threadMarielle QuintonAug 19, 2025
@ottaross I wonder what I would think of it now. I detested it as a kid, but it's the type of thing that I might like as an adult.
Show threadRoss of OttawaAug 19, 2025
@mariellequinton yeah our taste really seems to evolve as we get older. Not much that I dislike now but some things I really hated as a kid. Now I actively seek out strange and unusual flavours. 😂
Show threadJohn Francis 🇨đŸ‡ĻđŸĻĢ🍁Aug 19, 2025
@ottaross @mariellequinton my bloodwork demands I seek out flavours like cardboard soaked in fish oil and I'm trying to listen to that.
Show threadMarielle QuintonAug 19, 2025
@johnefrancis @ottaross I guess deep fried tiger tail is out of the question for you then 😜
Show threadJohn Francis 🇨đŸ‡ĻđŸĻĢ🍁Aug 19, 2025
@mariellequinton @ottaross its the dairy more than the deep frying.
Show threadMarielle Quinton
@johnefrancis @ottaross I presume it's deep fried in butter or something. I guess you could make a dairy-free ice cream with fish oil 🤮
Aug 19, 2025 at 2:07amWeb