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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Best part about a land-grant university will forever be the ice cream from our own dairy

jul 25, 2025, 7:39 pm • 572 36

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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social

We have ice cream, cheese, and chocolate, and claim to have invented shelf stable ice cream in the 1920s. The secret? To prevent it from turning into a block of ice, you just have to add enough fat! 😆 www.usu.edu/aggieicecream/

jul 25, 2025, 9:13 pm • 21 1 • view
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Immigrants BELONG here/Wear a Mask @notacquiescing.bsky.social

Well, thank you! or them, 100 years ago.

jul 25, 2025, 9:59 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Innovative!

jul 25, 2025, 9:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Alexander @etotheipie.bsky.social

Aw I thought this was our Aggies 😭

jul 25, 2025, 9:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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LAL @lindli.bsky.social

Yup. The BYU creamery remains literally the *only* positive thing to come out of mormondom (not quite the same as a land grant, but…)

jul 25, 2025, 9:23 pm • 6 0 • view
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cdlc.bsky.social @cdlc.bsky.social

Every now and then my dad would get chocolate milk from the dairy at Fresno State.

jul 26, 2025, 12:17 am • 7 0 • view
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cdlc.bsky.social @cdlc.bsky.social

It was like drinking ice cream. So it in the morning. With breakfast.

jul 26, 2025, 12:23 am • 5 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Perfect

jul 26, 2025, 12:24 am • 1 0 • view
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PeoriaBummer @peoriabummer.bsky.social

Meat lab here at Illinois is our perk. meatandeggsales.illinois.edu

jul 25, 2025, 9:53 pm • 11 1 • view
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La Girafe @lashawndab.bsky.social

MSU dairy store has hits!

jul 25, 2025, 10:39 pm • 5 0 • view
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social

Ithaca used to have a Ben and Jerry's but it went out of business. Tough to be the 4th best ice cream in town. (Top 3: Cornell Dairy Bar, Purity, and Sweet Melissa's for soft serve.)

jul 27, 2025, 11:29 pm • 7 0 • view
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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social

I grew up a mile from the UConn Dairy Barn. Top 10 Proustian memories for sure.

jul 27, 2025, 11:20 pm • 4 0 • view
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Franklin D. Roosefella @roosefella.bsky.social

growing up there, I thought it was a special thing just in that area- no idea it was common at most land grant / orig. ag. universities

jul 27, 2025, 11:55 pm • 4 0 • view
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Salil @salilb.bsky.social

UConn dairy bar's toasted almond amaretto ice cream is one of the things that got me through grad school.

jul 28, 2025, 12:36 am • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

I think we should spin up dairies at all our ag/land-grant institutions as part of the why public institutions matter charm offensive

jul 27, 2025, 11:22 pm • 5 0 • view
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Richard Stromberg @rstromberg.bsky.social

Call Hall! www.asi.k-state.edu/about/servic...

jul 25, 2025, 9:58 pm • 3 0 • view
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Laura Jones-Pettit @jonespettit.bsky.social

I used to hold office hours at Berkey Creamery. Better attendance that year than any other in my career so far. 😂

jul 28, 2025, 12:25 am • 8 0 • view
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Eugene Rupiński @golazodelgringo.bsky.social

Now I’m craving UDairy not only for the ice cream but the fresh curds to make homemade poutine.

jul 25, 2025, 9:05 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Yessss

jul 25, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jenny Zenner @jennyzenner.bsky.social

Ferdinand's @wsucougarathletics.bsky.social

jul 26, 2025, 12:32 am • 1 0 • view
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Lisa @levert.bsky.social

Went to one and currently working at another, and I 100% agree! Seriously considering getting some friends together to create our own flavor at the dairy.

jul 25, 2025, 9:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

How fun!

jul 25, 2025, 9:04 pm • 1 0 • view
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Matthew @matthewmu.bsky.social

Mizzou has an endowment dedicated to ice cream research.

jul 25, 2025, 9:27 pm • 15 0 • view
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Karen Ostergren @karenno.bsky.social

Tiger Stripe!

jul 25, 2025, 9:40 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Wise

jul 25, 2025, 9:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social

It's the first thing my colleagues told me about when I started at MSU three weeks ago! I've already made several visits.

jul 27, 2025, 11:50 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Wonderful welcome to East Lansing

jul 27, 2025, 11:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social

Thanks!

jul 27, 2025, 11:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Maggie @mmcconnaha.bsky.social

You should also try out Park Lake Creamery and Tasty Twist!

jul 28, 2025, 12:37 am • 1 0 • view
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social

Good suggestions! Thanks!

jul 28, 2025, 12:45 am • 1 0 • view
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social

I fondly remember UVM's ice cream at my first job.... 30+ years ago. I dont remember TTU having such a thing.

jul 25, 2025, 9:50 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

We need a national list of universities with dairies

jul 25, 2025, 9:52 pm • 10 2 • view
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social

Indeed. And if the job market didn't suck, it might be a tiebreaker. "Pre tenure leave or good ice cream? Hmmm, I'll take the latter"

jul 26, 2025, 12:01 am • 2 0 • view
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Elaine Sullivan @eesull.bsky.social

Some guy on TikTok did a whole series on this about a year ago! I wish I could find it…

jul 26, 2025, 12:26 am • 1 0 • view
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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social

When I was in college in Connecticut many decades ago we used to drive out to UCONN just to get ice cream

jul 25, 2025, 9:28 pm • 9 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Logical

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social

(we also threatened to go cow tipping when we went out to get ice cream, but we never actually did that)

jul 25, 2025, 9:31 pm • 4 0 • view
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com

I had no idea!! What a perk

jul 25, 2025, 8:38 pm • 16 0 • view
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me

The Naval Academy has a similar arrangement.

jul 25, 2025, 8:40 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

It's very, very cool. I typically just seeing by the bookstore which has a dairy outpost but the actual dairy isn't that far. It's called, you'll love this, the UDairy.

jul 25, 2025, 8:53 pm • 16 0 • view
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com

Awwwwwwwwww, I DO love it

jul 25, 2025, 8:53 pm • 4 0 • view
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Riana @riana.bsky.social

Whenever my husband & I visit Ithaca (where my brother-in-law & his wife both work at Cornell), we hit up the Cornell Dairy Bar. OMG.

A picture of a pint of Peanut Butter Mini Falls ice cream from the Cornell Dairy.
jul 25, 2025, 9:32 pm • 16 0 • view
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Seen here being gay 🏳️‍🌈 @seen4.bsky.social

In PA the amount of joy about the Penn State Creamery was vast

jul 25, 2025, 9:41 pm • 6 0 • view
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KCWC @kcwc.bsky.social

So many flavors.

jul 25, 2025, 9:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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River Blackearth @riverblackearth.bsky.social

Easily some of the best ice cream I've ever had in my life.

jul 28, 2025, 4:41 am • 0 0 • view
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Donovan Maust @dtmaust.bsky.social

What?! Extremely jealous.

jul 25, 2025, 7:40 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Next time you visit a land grant, try to go to the dairy or their bookstore which will likely have their dairy's ice cream. Change your life.

jul 25, 2025, 7:43 pm • 14 0 • view
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Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social

Texas A&M lost their dairy years back but they still have an outstanding meat center. That's who hosts the BBQ Camp too. aggiemeat.mybigcommerce.com

jul 25, 2025, 9:01 pm • 7 0 • view
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Shanon Taylor @drspedinnv.bsky.social

Nevada also only sells meats, no dairy. Would love some fresh ice cream!

jul 25, 2025, 9:55 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

I didn't realize that

jul 25, 2025, 9:04 pm • 1 0 • view
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KCWC @kcwc.bsky.social

Mmmm.... barbecue camp....

jul 25, 2025, 9:59 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social

My favorite thing about visiting UConn!

jul 25, 2025, 9:04 pm • 3 0 • view
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Christo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social

I loved the Cornell dairy bar - I probably gained 5 pounds the semester I had a class near there!

jul 25, 2025, 9:44 pm • 9 0 • view
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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app

THIS

jul 26, 2025, 3:28 am • 1 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

If you want to see some joy, you can see people reminiscing about their favorite university dairies in the replies and quotes

jul 25, 2025, 9:43 pm • 62 1 • view
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C. McGuinn Freeman @cmf406.bsky.social

Madison! I wasn't even a student, just a middle-schooler, but boy howdy.

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KM @katennp.bsky.social

I worked at Rutgers until 3 yrs ago but only now learning that it has a Dairy store that I must check out next week!

jul 25, 2025, 9:52 pm • 8 0 • view
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bow made from patterned fabric (3) @ra1nyd9ys.bsky.social

i regret to inform you that we have no creamery that i've heard of, but we do have a farm store!

jul 25, 2025, 11:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Report back on how it goes!

jul 25, 2025, 9:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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KM @katennp.bsky.social

👍🏼

jul 25, 2025, 9:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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KM @katennp.bsky.social

👍🏼

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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social

Olds College in Alberta has a brewery and beer store as well as a meat shop, where they sell the product of their students in the brewmaster and butcher programs, respectively An ice cream store would absolutely slap

jul 25, 2025, 9:19 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

They need a suggestion box

jul 25, 2025, 9:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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scooter @geomacd.bsky.social

Buck's Ice Cream has been a mainstay at the University of Missouri for decades, and makes Tiger Stripe ice cream! Iowa State also recently launched their own creamery too.

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jul 25, 2025, 8:58 pm • 9 0 • view
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Melico @melico.bsky.social

Yasss. It was a long walk from the dorms to the dairy store at MSU but so worth it

jul 25, 2025, 9:58 pm • 7 0 • view
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Emily @emmaleeh.bsky.social

This is the ONE THING my beloved UCLA lacks 😭🍦

jul 25, 2025, 10:42 pm • 3 0 • view
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LouWojcinski @louwojcinski.bsky.social

Did grad school at a land grant, then two different jobs at land grants. And this is gospel. And the cheese ain't bad either.

jul 25, 2025, 9:09 pm • 9 0 • view
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Ben @bseahawk14.bsky.social

If you ever get over the UW Madison, having some Babcock Ice cream at the Terrace is one of life’s great experiences

jul 25, 2025, 9:05 pm • 8 0 • view
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on the dance floor amanda is holy @mndymn.bsky.social

The rumor in Madison was if you went on a day when they were testing a new flavor, you could get it for free.

jul 25, 2025, 9:37 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

👀

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social

That is a very good argument for land grant universities!

jul 27, 2025, 11:21 pm • 4 0 • view
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Steve Holmes @bottyguy.bsky.social

NC State’s Dairy “Howling Cow” howlingcow.ncsu.edu

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River Blackearth @riverblackearth.bsky.social

I tried Penn State Creamery ice cream 25 years ago and I'm still not over it. Absolutely incredible.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app

Literally my favorite thing about Cornell. That and the Apple cider from the orchard 🥰

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Marta Jewson @martajewson.bsky.social

My dorm was within spitting distance at Madison.

jul 25, 2025, 9:04 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Great life decision

jul 25, 2025, 9:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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Semper ubi sub ubi @cassiciacum.bsky.social

Penn St! Aggie ice cream in Utah!

jul 27, 2025, 11:13 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Yes people have been going up for both

jul 27, 2025, 11:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Semper ubi sub ubi @cassiciacum.bsky.social

Donor relations at Utah State knows the way to my mom’s heart (and $) is a few cartons of ice cream!

jul 27, 2025, 11:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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robertus @robertus.bsky.social

Went to a Medieval Studies conference at Penn State more or less as a fanboy and the only thing I remember about it is the creamery

jul 25, 2025, 9:53 pm • 6 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Respectable

jul 25, 2025, 9:55 pm • 2 0 • view
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social

This. The Dairy Bar at Cornell is perfection.

jul 25, 2025, 9:17 pm • 26 0 • view
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bobbin.bsky.social @bobbin.bsky.social

Flavor recommendations?

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

I just knew Cornell's must be amazing

jul 25, 2025, 9:17 pm • 6 0 • view
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social

Cornell Dairy 🤝 University of Delaware Joe Biden's Ice Cream Flavor www.pbs.org/newshour/art...

jul 25, 2025, 9:22 pm • 15 2 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

How cool! I love this college dairy network.

jul 25, 2025, 9:26 pm • 5 0 • view
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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social

Creamery at Penn State is fantastic. Plus, they taught Ben & Jerry how to make ice cream. creamery.psu.edu

jul 25, 2025, 9:48 pm • 23 1 • view
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exd187.bsky.social @exd187.bsky.social

Yup. This was going to be my contribution. I figured someone would have mentioned it already 😹

jul 25, 2025, 10:14 pm • 5 0 • view
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Erin Sherman 🌱 65n Chesapeake rolling coastal plain @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social

I still think about the mint chip at Cornell

jul 26, 2025, 2:51 am • 1 0 • view
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Alix Hui @alixhui.bsky.social

What flavors do y'all have? We have butter pecan of course and used to have Vardaman sweet potato. The muscadine swirl is just so-so. (I'm at Mississippi State)

jul 25, 2025, 8:43 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Oh we have a lot. Regular flavors: Black Raspberry, Butter Pecan, Chocolate, Coffee, Cookies & Cream, Mint Chocolate Chip, Mint N Cookies, Peach, Strawberry, Vanilla Specialty: classic mixes and seasonal ones Flavors here www.udel.edu/academics/co...

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Alix Hui @alixhui.bsky.social

Oooh! We have most of those regulars but not peach, somehow? Seems like with our corn science program, we should have elote ice cream too.

jul 25, 2025, 9:05 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Elote sounds amazing

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everybody’s mom @emilyjanehubb.bsky.social

Oh, I’m a big fan of muscadine ripple. And the chocolate milk…. getting homesick. Just a little.

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Tracy @iamtracylee.bsky.social

UD has the botanical garden right there, which is a nice to walk around with your ice cream. My kids like the flights of different flavors, although I'm not sure they still offer that since it's been a while since we've been.

jul 25, 2025, 9:42 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

I don't know about the flights, I'll have to check

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Gage Matthews @drgage.bsky.social

Grew up around Wisconsin's amazing dairy program, so had a chip on my shoulder. But have to say that NC State represents!

jul 25, 2025, 8:59 pm • 10 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

I've heard tale of the glory of Wisconsin's dairy

jul 25, 2025, 9:04 pm • 5 0 • view
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com

It's amazing!

jul 25, 2025, 9:43 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

You're who I heard it from!

jul 25, 2025, 9:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rick Coelho (he/him) @rickcoelho.bsky.social

It lives up to the hype. But, admittedly, biased.

jul 25, 2025, 9:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ed Fuller @edfuller.bsky.social

best part of ours is that we are not subject to FOIA

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