Thursday, June 28, 2012

Vanilla is not very Vanilla

The term vanilla is often used to refer to the most basic or unmodified version of something.  This makes sense if you consider all the different ice-cream choices, but doesn't really make sense when you think about vanilla itself.  Vanilla in its more basic form (often used in cooking) is a quite powerful flavor and isn't really plain at all.

But an unmodified version of something is also something unique in its own right so I guess it makes sense.

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