Jessica Badalana

So, I mean, vanilla into the rescue?

Question mark?

I don't know.

But, I mean, imitation vanilla is the standard for vanilla-flavored things that are, you know, sort of mass-market products.

So, like, you know, vanilla box mix, birthday cake, vanilla frosting.

Like, anything that you buy...

You know, not from a bakery, but from a store that's a sweet thing that has vanilla in it.

It's going to have vanilla in it.

And I do sort of have, and I'm not alone in this, like I have a sort of nostalgia for that flavor because I think it is the flavor of...

You know, birthday cake.

You know, when we talk about birthday cake-flavored things?

Yeah.

What we're talking about is a vanillin-flavored thing.

Yeah.

I mean, and we've talked about this in previous episodes.

Like, these things are, like, engineered to be delicious.

Yeah.

Like, they capture some of the essence...

And then, you know, and I almost amp it up in this sort of artificial way, but it is kind of compelling.

I almost wish that it had a different name.