"Vanilla shame" - yet another byproduct of liberal feminism?

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[–]sisterinsomnia 39 insightful - 2 fun39 insightful - 1 fun40 insightful - 2 fun -  (25 children)

Sort of unrelated, but vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world! It is subtle in flavor and not at all boring if you get the real thing.

My point is, of course, that what is called vanilla sex may be the impression of people who have been dulled by exposure to porn etc to such an extent that they don't get what is going on and view it as bland.

[–]vitunrotta[S] 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

I clutched my imaginary pearls upon seeing the price of 2 (TWO) vanilla pods. But yes - the real thing is very flavourful, although subtle. Nothing compared to the industrial vanilla!

...And yes, I am pretty certain that the constant porn bombarding has dulled people. Gail Dines' book Pornland studies this phenomenon, and it is a chilling read. It was published a decade ago, I'm sure things have gotten even worse since then.

[–]BEB 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

The price of vanilla is currently so high because something happened to the vanilla crop in Madagascar.

Last night, I made chocolate chip cookies with double vanilla, and today I'm making vanilla ice cream and then I'm making homemade ice cream sandwiches!

It's so sad, looking back, that even though we still had to fight a lot of feminist battles, women my age probably lived in the Golden Age for women.

We still learned how to bake (an art!), but there was no societal pressure to force us into degrading sex and amateur porn, with our so-called boyfriends or just random men on an app. Many of us, if not most of us, got to know the men we slept with before sex, so had some idea of what they were like as humans first.

I honestly think now, that women got too powerful, so Lib "feminism," gender studies, Queer Theory, etc., were brought in under the guise of Progressivism to put women back in our place. But we're back to a worse place than our grandmothers because at least some of them were respected as women and mothers and not sex dolls.

What's happening now to young women is terrible.

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Last night, I made chocolate chip cookies with double vanilla, and today I'm making vanilla ice cream and then I'm making homemade ice cream sandwiches!

You ever tried Haagen-Das Vanilla Chocolate Chip ice cream? I can't find it where I currently live, but it used to be my favorite. Perfect blend of pure natural vanilla ice cream with tiny bits of dark chocolate.

[–]BEB 10 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I did and loved it. UNTIL...

I was gifted a Cuisninart (sp?) ice cream maker years ago and never opened it until the pandemic. It is now my favorite kitchen appliance. It takes a few minutes to make the batter and 20 minutes in the machine for the batter to turn into ice cream. In fact, I was going to put chocolate chips into this batch.

I have already made the chocolate chip cookies so then I stick the ice cream between the cookies and freeze them for a few hours - homemade ice cream sandwiches that are unbelievable.

I wish I could send one to each of you lovely ladies!

[–]Comatoast 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (8 children)

It's that shitty social conditioning that you're never good enough unless you do X. Why are there constantly such unrealistic goals forced on women, even by eachother? We have to be perfect moms, partners, housemaids, employees, all evidently while shooting golf balls out of our vag and giving a beej.

Anyhow, I contributed this post mostly to stay on topic and to also ask for the cookie recipe.

[–]BEB 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (7 children)

It's the standard Nestle TOLLHOUSE recipe on the back of the package, I just don't pack the brown sugar because I don't like baked goods to be too sweet. I used dark brown sugar this time, and just slightly less than the recipe called for, also not packing the brown sugar, and the cookies are amazing.

Use unsalted butter, but if you only have salted butter, cut a little salt from the recipe, like 1/4 teaspoon. Then I double or 1 1/2 the vanilla, depending on how vanilla-y I'm feeling.

Put the batter in the fridge overnight. I also make up a couple sheets of cookies then freeze the rest of the batter in batches, so I can bake up fresh cookies when I crave them.

Total time: ten minutes if that.

TERF Chip Cookies 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda

Mix those in a bowl with a fork or a whisk

2 pats (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened 3/4 white granulated sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar (I put slightly less, especially if I'm using dark brown, and don't pack it) 2 large eggs 1- 2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups chocolate chips 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans are fabulous)

In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugars and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, mixing each in. Slowly add the flour/salt/baking soda mixture mixing as you go.

Remove from the stand mixer and, using a heavy spoon, mix in 2 cups chocolate chip and one cup chopped nuts.

Bake at 350 until the cookies slightly less done than you want them to.

I did make the French vanilla ice cream too, so we are having ice cream sandwiches - heaven!

[–]Comatoast 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Thank you! I'll share something since you gave me your recipe. Freeze-dried strawberries. Crushed up into a fine powder and added into homemade buttercream is.. incredible.

[–]BEB 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks - sounds yummy!

Was I specific enough in the instructions? I assumed you were a baker.

And also I used American measures, so I apologize if you're not American. If you aren't American, chocolate chips are the quintessential American cookie and you're in for a treat. if you can't get chips, cut up a semisweet chocolate bar into pea-sized pieces. Hope you make them and enjoy!

[–]Comatoast 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yep, the instructions are perfect. I may pick up some lindt bars for them because of how nice the texture is. Thank you again for gathering everything for me!

[–]BEB 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lindt would be next level. Enjoy!

[–]vitunrotta[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Okay, there goes my healthy eating habits! Mwahahaa!

I dream of a world where we could all meet up once a week, bake some TERFy goodies and share our experiences, thoughts, ideas (and recipes). ❤️🍪

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These are the classic American cookies, so I hope that you try to make them. VERY EASY.

You said you were not in the US, but you probably can get the ingredients except the chocolate chips, maybe. You can cut up a chocolate bar into about 1/2 centimeter chunks as a substitute for chips. Traditionally, semi-sweet chocolate is used, but you can do any chocolate you like (obviously). Maybe cut the sugar a little if you use milk or white chocolate.

Let me know if you do make them - they are YUMMY.

[–]moody_ape 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

aw, that would be the best!

[–]Huffleterf 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’ve heard the price of vanilla cycles. It gets really cheap so the farmers destroy the crops, the price skyrockets, so the plant more and it gets cheap again. This seems to be true in my experience. I buy a bulk size bottle (like 12oz I think) at the most expensive the big bottle isn’t even available, then it’s like $35. Right now it’s $25, I think $15 is as cheap as I’ve seen it.

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow, the price has dropped since the last time I bought vanilla. Damn, because I bought a huge bottle because I was sure the price would go up.

I don't know how many women on here bake, but it's one of the things I think might help with generalized anxiety because it's precision work, but a lot of fun with a sense of accomplishment at the end, and you get to eat the results!

Also gardening, including just tending to plants inside, can really help bring a sense of focus and peace. I wish younger people had been taught to do these things because they are a lot better for mental health than looking at anime on the internet.

[–]Dravidian 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I want to make a jar of vanilla sugar, which I would need one vanilla pod and a kilogram of sugar for, but it's so expensive!

[–]IridescentAnaconda 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly, in a different world "vanilla shame" would sound like a tasty adult beverage.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I never thought of vanilla being a spice

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If you've eaten a cookie or a cake in the US, chances are vanilla is in it.

Now I feel really old, and glad I am, because I was never forced into NON-VANILLA sex and also know how to bake. In fact, last night I made chocolate chip cookies with double vanilla - YUM...

[–]vitunrotta[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Baking is a form of art and I feel that it has only gained traction recently because more and more MEN are into baking now. Before dudes took interest in it baking was, of course, only considered some silly womanly thing. Because we belong in the kitchen anyway, am I right?! /s

I myself am more of a cook - if I make a mistake it's much easier to correct, quite the opposite to baking. Forgot baking powder? Too late now! They're already getting flat in the oven!

I've done some stuff though that I am really proud of, one was a proper Sacher cake. Oh, yum. I also love to intricately decorate ginger cookies (which are a traditional Christmas time treat in my country).

Like I said in another comment, I would love nothing more than to get together with proper 2nd wave feminists, talk, share ideas, EAT DELICIOUS THINGS, arrange events, discuss our experiences from different times etc. etc. One can dream. :)

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think we can get together after COVID. I think, no matter what faces us with the gender ideology astro-turfing in Western countries, people are too connected to their own bodies to actually believe it and there will be a backlash - there already is in the US thanks to J.K. Rowling and Joe Bro Rogan. Many men aren't buying it at all, and once TIMs start demanding sex from straight men I think it will be Game Over.

And yes, we should talk about other things at our future event, like cooking and baking. Womanly things /s I bake and cook because I love to eat - no woman-feelz involved at all.

Your baking sounds delicious - I would love to try your Sacher torte and your cookies! Christmas cookie exchanges are a tradition in the US too, with ginger cookies being a favorite. The problem now is that too few people know how to bake. There's actually been articles on how baking is becoming a lost art in the US.

Many women my age in the US were forced to take a class called Home Economics or similar, where, if we hadn't learned at home (which many of had already) we learned how to sew, cook and bake. I can only imagine the non-binary, Yaoi-obsessed girls of today having to take a class where they learned how to fold napkins and hem pants.

That's kind of what gets me - I forgive the young women for not knowing how hard it was to get the rights women enjoy today, but women like Kamala Harris or even worse, Liz Warren and Dianne Feinstein (a supporter of the Equality Act) - those women know how hard women had to fight because they had to do some of the fighting.

And now all these older female politicians in the US are fully onboard with the Equality Act, which will destroy the rights they fought to get.

I know that Big Pharma and Big Medicine are huge lobbys in the US, but come on? Feinstein is completely corrupt, but does she not care at all about the future she's leaving for her grandkids?

[–]Spikygrasspod 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I thought it was a delicious orchid.

[–]vitunrotta[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same. I googled vanilla just to make sure I use the right word and BAM it’s a spice. Not sure what I thought it would be though 😅

[–]our_team_is_winning 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the impression of people who have been dulled by exposure to porn

THIS!

[–]Shesstealthy 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Vanilla is, indeed, the most delicious.