http://www.slate.com/id/2124302/ “How vanilla became shorthand for bland.” I hate hate hate it when I get a milkshake with no flavour when I ask for a vanilla milkshake. (I also hate the fact that you can’t really buy a proper milkshake in the UK, but this is an outburst better suited to another time.) 06:12
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Entry Posted August 11, 2005
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cooksense.net (www.cooksense.net):
… An interesting question, since real vanilla is such a complex set of aromas and flavors and used to be considered quite rare and exotic. What happened? Here’s a good article from Amanda Fortini via The Slate that takes a stab at the answer. …
cooksense.net (www.cooksense.net):
… An interesting question, since real vanilla is such a complex set of aromas and flavors and used to be considered quite rare and exotic. What happened? Here’s a good article from Amanda Fortini via The Slate that takes a stab at the answer. …
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