On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:28:19 -0500
"Priscilla H. Ballou" > wrote:

> Eric Jorgensen wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 15:31:13 GMT
> > "James Krohn" > wrote:
> >
> > > well... You do know that you can get fresh rolled REAL vanilla
> > > sticks, and use a garlic gricer ( I use a coffee grinder on fine)
> > > and It's real!
> > > if
> > > it's fresh, it's strong! doesn't take much
> >
> > What the heck is a vanilla stick, and in what sense is it 'real'?
>
> Oh, my goodness. I'm flashing back to college philosophy classes.
> "What is the meaning of the bean?"


Sometimes it's just a bean.