As the columnist notes, having too many choices can be difficult or confusing. And no, even if you're a food critic, you don't have to try them all.
I live in Boston, and have Opinions about the local ice cream shops, including where to get the best black raspberry ice cream, or that Tosci's has better sweet cream than JP Licks. But I haven't tried all the flavors at either place, nor at Lizzy's, where I get most of my ice cream, and I have no opinion about anyone's butter pecan, rum raisin, or mint chip.
I haven't done a lot of head-to-head comparisons, and don't intend to. Rather, if I don't already know what I'm going to order when I walk into an ice cream store, I look in the freezer or at the posted list of flavors, and pick something that looks good. My life would not be significantly worse if I had never tried or heard of kulfi, cucumber, red fluff, or Saint Lucia ice cream.
Never mind that Haagen Dazs is from the Bronx, I may seek out a familiar brand at the supermarket, but "European"doesn't seem like a meaningful category here.
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I live in Boston, and have Opinions about the local ice cream shops, including where to get the best black raspberry ice cream, or that Tosci's has better sweet cream than JP Licks. But I haven't tried all the flavors at either place, nor at Lizzy's, where I get most of my ice cream, and I have no opinion about anyone's butter pecan, rum raisin, or mint chip.
I haven't done a lot of head-to-head comparisons, and don't intend to. Rather, if I don't already know what I'm going to order when I walk into an ice cream store, I look in the freezer or at the posted list of flavors, and pick something that looks good. My life would not be significantly worse if I had never tried or heard of kulfi, cucumber, red fluff, or Saint Lucia ice cream.
Never mind that Haagen Dazs is from the Bronx, I may seek out a familiar brand at the supermarket, but "European"doesn't seem like a meaningful category here.