Or the expansion pack, lox.

It's fairly simple. Split a vanilla bean, put it in a jar, and cover in bakers sugar. Every week, come in and shake the jar to keep it from clumping.

I also make my own extract. So I usually take my used beans from that to make the sugar.

I make my own vanilla sugar. When I want double vanilla I just use that .

It was co-opted by the military to be the unofficial theme for Desert Storm. Whenever any of the kids in my class did any sort of presentation about their dads being in the military, they blared it in the background. It was the "Have You Forgotten" of Desert Storm.

Nah, can't give it to someone special next year.

This is a serial killer with an obsession complex.

My black truffle mac and cheese is a potluck warrior. Just one bite and you know it's bad for you.

The Pern series by Anne McCaffery

C'mon, what's wrong with slightly sour spiced dirt?

When they banned them, I went out to buy a pipe, some tobacco, and some cloves. Then realized I couldn't pull off a pipe so just quit.

Gladly.

It's sad to see an institution I have loved my entire life be tossed aside by so many. In our county, they failed to fund public libraries. Luckily, they still survive but are on life support.
People failed to realize that libraries are so much more than a building with books.

The endgame.

In the middle. The filling as it were.