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

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.

[–]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!