I’m a boring guy.
I mean it. (I can see some of you staring in disbelief. Some others agreed far too easily. I don’t appreciate that.)
Vanilla is my favorite ice cream flavor. I don’t think it’s boring, but I know most people do. I love it.
Pepperoni pizza. Simple pepperoni. Is it so hard to want something simple? I don’t begrudge my vegetarian friends their mushroom pizza, or whatever else they want on it. I don’t begrudge omnivores piling their pizzas sky-high (you really need to see the Food-Lover’s Pizza at Myle’s Pizza Pub in Bowling Green).
But is it so hard to understand that some of us like simple pepperoni pizza?
I like spices and complex flavors. I enjoy something surprising. But for my ice cream, I want vanilla. And for my pizza, I just want pepperoni.
Barring that, I take plain cheese. (Which is amusing for a different reason. Ronni refuses to order “cheese pizza.” She orders “plain pizza.” When the person on the receiving end of the order asks if she wants cheese on it, she gets irate. Of course pizza comes with cheese. That’s a given. Ordering a cheese pizza is like ordering a pizza with pizza dough. New Yorkers are funny about their pizza.)
But give me vanilla ice cream and pepperoni pizza, or give me death. (Okay, okay… I was kidding about the death thing. I can pick the mushrooms off. Honest. Sheesh.)
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Of course vanilla is the best flavor. It allows for simplicity, and yet is the most versatile flavor. To me chocolate/fudge sauce was always better balanced against the vanilla than a chocolate ice cream. And there’s a subtlety to it that makes it more complex than most people think.
Yes, I’ve thought about ice cream flavors way too much in my lifetime XD
I totally agree about vanilla AND about pepperoni/plain pizza, though once I’m comfortable with a pizza place, or when I’m making my own, I’ll start experimenting — roast beef, chicken and bacon, etc. I might need to go to Myles’ soon.
Ah, for the stomach of youth. I too relish pepperoni pizza but the spices are too much for my aging system so I am stuck with canadian bacon now.
Although I have grown somewhat intolerant of many things–milk products, sugary products, spices–I refuse to give up vanilla ice cream. It may kill me but it is worth it. 
Assuming you’re talking about real vanilla ice cream (with, like, real vanilla and real cream) and a well-made pepperoni pizza with good pepperoni then there’s nothing “plain” about your taste. If not, well, I won’t make a pun involving “Philistine” because it’d be too obvious. Consider it my little gift.
I knew you all were my people…