Post #3996197
2026-07-21 04:35 UTC
The different colours of flavours mean different things between the UK and USA, for example red means strawberry in the UK and cherry in the USA, and purple means blackcurrant in the UK and fucking GRAPE in the USA, and I learned from This Very Thread that this is because blackcurrants were BANNED in the United States, they were an illegal plant
The so-called "official story" is because they were a vector for white pine blister rust which threatened the timber industry, but we all know the truth that Americans just can't handle things that taste good. To this day only 0.1% of Americans have ever tasted the delicious forbidden blackcurrant
Replies (5)
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@ifixcoinops@retro.social 2026-07-21 04:40
and those who have, are fucking haunted by it
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@aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-07-21 04:43
@ifixcoinops@retro.social pffft if you knew your america lore you'd know that red can be strawberry, cherry, watermelon, raspberry, licorice, or if you're really unlucky, cinnamon
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@frog@frogdrool.net 2026-07-21 04:43
@ifixcoinops@retro.social As much as I'd love to taste blackcurrant, I understand the ban in the context of Himalayan Blackberry and other invasives that make delicious berries, but also can mess things up. I'm wary of new berries.
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@scunning@metalhead.club 2026-07-21 04:47
@ifixcoinops@retro.social I may or may not be in possession of a jar of blackcurrant conserve in western Pennsylvania.
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@TheEddieShow@beige.party 2026-07-21 05:25
@ifixcoinops@retro.social We still buy blackcurrant jam!