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   Ross of Ottawa (ottaross@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:01:44 JST Ross of Ottawa

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   @Fragglemuppet not sure New York has got its moniker on a shortcake, but I assume it would involve a hotdog and be served on a hubcap.

   Team Black Forest Cake!

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:01:43 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     @ottaross Excuse me? I'm from New York, now live in Florida, and I assure you, if you order strawberry shortcake in those 2 places you will get 2 very different things. Neither one is served on a hubcap, but of the two, Florida comes closer.

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:02:55 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     @ottaross Unless you have a New York-style bakery nearby, of course.

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:06:24 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     @ottaross Oh? I admit it's been hard to find a good one of those lately.

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     Ross of Ottawa (ottaross@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:06:25 JST Ross of Ottawa

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     • 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

     @Fragglemuppet I once had a lemon meringue pie in a New York diner, and it was dramatically a different thing, so I believe you. 😂

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:12:31 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     @ottaross But was it better or worse than anywhere else?

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:13:27 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     @ottaross Ah, yes, diner desserts are rarely the best.

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     Ross of Ottawa (ottaross@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:13:28 JST Ross of Ottawa

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     @Fragglemuppet it was about six inches tall, and rubbery. Haha. Quite memorable.

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:18:45 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     @ottaross So lemme see if I can explain this... The strawberry shortcakes I grew up with are very tall, fluffy cake, with whipped cream and whole strawberries and strawberry filling and little pieces of strawberry inside. I ordered 1 for my birthday a few years ago from the fancy bakery here and was delighted to find it was just like that.

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     Ross of Ottawa (ottaross@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:18:46 JST Ross of Ottawa

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     @Fragglemuppet sadly worse, but likely a poor sample.

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:30:16 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     @ottaross Had strawberry shortcake for dessert at 2 restaurants here in Florida, because I forgot my experience after the first one. It was a big pile of supposedly vanilla ice cream with a little bit of strawberry syrup on a biscuit. Not a special, sweet biscuit or anything, but the same kind you can get on a breakfast sandwich, lol.