Salt and straw usually alternates between classic special flavors (see berry month in July) and quirky (August veg, November thanksgiving inc savory elements). So you may not have to wait long for more interesting offerings. September is apple month. October usually brings insects and Halloween themes.
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After reading just above about tomato with candied olive, the insect theme has me pretty worried… I’ll just have a stratcciatella, thanks.
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Van Leeuwen in Harvard Square currently has a corn blueberry that is very good, although I’d love an even heavier corn flavor. I appear to be an outlier on that, though, as the very kind scooper at the shop warned me that many people don’t like the flavor because they find the corn taste to be too pronounced. The blueberries were also very good - big clumps of whole wild blueberries, not a light swirl.
@Parsnipity, I’m going to make an unsolicited recommendation that you try it, because I also really love Honeycomb’s goat cheese basil (and frankly most savory/vegetal ice creams) and so we may have similar frozen dessert preferences!
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There will be classic October flavors like the Great Candycopia and Pumpkin Bread in addition to insects.
Ahhh, I was wondering what to expect in October! That’s very cool. We’re going back to see The Dark Crystal in October anyway, which has turned into “get Salt and Straw, go to the Dark Crystal, get La Fiamma to bring home,” and who knows what else we’ll add. Looking forward to … what was that weird novelty insect food they had in the 80s, chocolate-covered crickets or something like that?
(I was in the Midwest during one of those cicada explosions when the local chocolate stores were selling chocolate-covered cicadas, but … never partook.)
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Even the classic special flavors are often a bit unusual - the apple month has for example currently apple and cheddar cinnamon rolls (which was good)
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I’ll be on the lookout for the corn blueberry. A classic combination, actually!
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I hope you like it!
And yes, I think that the “unusual” ice cream flavors tend to work well when they are a combination/theme that already exists but generally isn’t found in ice cream - that goes for the goat cheese and basil above, the corn and blueberry, and several of the salt & straw flavors (such as the pear and blue cheese that I’ve enjoyed there).
Will do! Thanks for the rec!
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I love the cherry/goat cheese combo! Pear and blue cheese is another classic, and peaches are also great with blue cheese.
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Last year’s October flavors from a random site. They might change but usually at 4 of 5 are the same year to year.
Honeycomb in Cambridge has a sweet corn and blackberry now until the end of September.
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I love blackberries even more than blueberries, and the blackberries have been so good at farmers markets this season.Thanks for the tip!
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I think blackberries are the best and most interesting of the berry fruits, particularly when you consider all the hybrids (boysen, marion, etc) which we are lucky to have in the pacific northwest. One of my all time fav salt and straw flavors is birthday cake and blackberries, a flavor profile I normally would reject as too sweet but works well with blackberries. It’s always available in July.
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There are many reasons why I am very jealous of people who get to live in the Pacific Northwest, and the berries, especially as you say, the blackberry hybrids, are at the top of the list. I treated myself to a few bags of frozen berries for a recent landmark birthday from Northwest Wild Foods. It’s not the same as fresh, of course, but since I can’t get them fresh in Boston, it was worth it!
If you are thinking about a trip someday, the Portland area in late June early July is beautiful and has fresh boysenberries, marionberries and other hybrids in farmers markets. Along with cherries (20-30 varieties) apricots and clongstone peaches (freestone are later) all in a short 2-4 week period. Plenty of great restaurants to try and amazing hiking/nature opportunities.
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I would so love a trip to Portland area, for berries and so much else! Unfortunately, I have three joint replacements, oldest of which is a half-knee that is now 26 years old and technically difficult to replace again if it fails, which I am told could be sudden. If that happens far from Boston, I’d be in real trouble. Plus, while I walk as much as I can, a flight from Boston to West Coast followed by walking a lot is not in the cards.
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