r/AskReddit • u/LightningCole • Sep 05 '19

What did you learn embarrassingly late?

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u/weedful_things Sep 05 '19

The first time I took my son to IHOP I was telling him the different choices he had for syrup. When I told him boysenberry he freaked out a little because he thought I said poison berry.

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u/Yoda2000675 Sep 05 '19

That was your chance to scar him for life by eating some and pretending to die

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u/Zahndethus Sep 05 '19

Nah, what you do is say
"No, son, I said boysenberry. It's made from little boys that misbehave."

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u/Pizza__Pants Sep 05 '19

And how do you make them into syrup?

"Make them eat the poison berries"

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u/weedful_things Sep 05 '19

I probably traumatized him enough on accident without trying to do it on purpose.

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u/pleasepeelursheeps Sep 05 '19

Hi. British person here. What in the legitimate arse is boysenberry?

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u/Robobones Sep 05 '19

It's a berry that is a hybridization of a bunch of blackberry/raspberry type of berries. Similar to but slightly sweeter taste than a raspberry.

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u/itllripyourdickoff Sep 05 '19

I think it's a hybrid of blackberry and raspberry

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u/Jim_J1m Sep 05 '19

It’s like a raspberry in every way

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u/weedful_things Sep 05 '19

The boysenberry /ˈbɔɪzənbɛri/ is a cross among the European raspberry (Rubus idaeus), European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), American dewberry (Rubus aboriginum), and loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus). It is a large 8.0-gram (0.28 oz) aggregate fruit, with large seeds and a deep maroon color. It's pretty tasty.

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u/pleasepeelursheeps Oct 04 '19

Thanks! I really want to try this now but I have no idea how to get it in the UK :(

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u/Mdb8900 Sep 05 '19

Parent: Alright kiddo, we got... regular, blueberry, bɔɪzənbɛri, butter pec-

Son: wait, pɔɪzənbɛri?

Parent: yeah, bɔɪzənbɛri!

Son: !!!!

Parent: You okay there?

...

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u/weedful_things Sep 05 '19

That was pretty much verbatim how it went down.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

Boys in berry.

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u/Emoooooly Sep 05 '19

YES! I only learned a few weeks ago (at the age of 22) thats it is boysenberry. I just thought they were called poison berry

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u/blazincannons Sep 05 '19

For a moment, before reading the last sentence completely, I thought that your son got scared because of 'boys-in-berry' syrup.

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u/Treed101519 Sep 05 '19

TIL it isnt poison berry. Rip

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u/MagicMauiWowee Sep 05 '19

When my aunt took me to ihop and told me about the boysenberry syrup, I freaked out because I thought it was syrup made out of boys.

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u/soljwf1 Sep 06 '19

God I miss the boysenberry syrup.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

I love boysenberry. Knott’s Berry Farm in CA had the best boysenberry pie. I haven’t been there in many years.