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Offline bijou

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Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
« on: May 06, 2008, 05:34:47 PM »
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Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought Rocky Road, Pralines 'n Cream and other exotic ice cream concoctions to every corner of America, has died at age 90. Robbins had been ill for some time and died Monday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said his daughter Marsha Veit.

While the company advertised that it offered 31 flavors, in fact it has created more than 1,000 flavors, according to its Web site.

Generations of kids trooped to Baskin-Robbins stores to buy ice cream flavors like Jamoca, Daiquiri Ice, Pink Bubblegum, Nuts to You and Here Comes the Fudge.

"Frankly, I never met a flavor I didn't like," Robbins told The New York Times in 1973.

Some were short-lived and created to mark specific events, such as Lunar Cheesecake for the moon landings and Valley Forge Fudge for the 1976 bicentennial.

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Re: Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2008, 05:39:09 PM »
A 31 gun salute to you, Sir.  RIP.

Mocha Almond Fudge will live on in my heart.
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Re: Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2008, 05:53:42 PM »
I heart Daquiri Ice. Yum!!!
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Re: Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2008, 06:38:36 PM »
I assume he will be interred in cold storage?

(RIP -- wonderful product)
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Re: Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2008, 07:36:39 PM »
jamocha and daquari ice were my favs
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Re: Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2008, 08:02:37 PM »
I liked Baskin-Robbins.
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