David Tamarkin

But I do think we should brainstorm some different names for it.

I'm going to say Felicia.

And I'm David Tamarkin, editorial director at King Arthur Baking.

Yeah.

But it's actually— Yeah.

Not that you've ever used it that way.

delicious ingredients in the world and i learned so much researching this that really is kind of mind-blowing yeah today we're going to flip the script on vanilla and after this episode you're going to be using the term vanilla to describe interesting things yeah like quantum physics so vanilla you know like the state of the world is so vanilla oh my gosh

Yes.

You're going to give me a lesson.

I can feel it.

Yeah.

I can say them when I'm not on camera.

Which, by the way, we're on YouTube and Spotify now.

Watch us.

Watch me mispronounce these words.

Vanilla orchids are hermaphroditic.

Which means that they have both male and female reproductive organs.

However, for whatever reason, the vanilla flower is self-sterile.

So all of the vanilla orchids in the world have to be hand-pollinated.

I mean, this is crazy.