One of my favorite English words is 'gingerly'.
( 1519, "elegantly, daintily," perhaps from O.Fr. gensor, comp. of gent "dainty, delicate," from L. gentius "(well)-born." Meaning "extremely cautiously" is from 1607.)

If translated, I think 'delicaat' would come closest in my language, but it's never quite the same. Though, as far as I know, it does not have any connection with 'ginger', fresh ginger has a flavor I would also call delicate.

I wonder are there any other words that have this double quality?

On a televised cooking competition I watched not too long ago, a judge told a contestant his personality was too vanilla.

I hate that vanilla gets no respect! I love vanilla; its smell, its taste, the beauty of its flower, its antioxidant properties, its culinary and olfactory brilliance... *sigh* It's the Rodney Dangerfield of flavors, and so taken for granted...

Bacon your pardon, but celery you jest.

silly asparagus! I mean apostrophes....

:¬ )

Oh man! You got me! That was written at the end of a long day, apparently too long! It's just that it's hard to be spot on about all the little details whilst battling fatigue. My bad! And worse yet, my vanilla got ignored and STILL gets no respect... ;0)

:-)I always use my vanilla sparsely but I'm generous with sage rosemary and thyme.

Are you sure English isn't your first language? That was cute and clever! :0)

having indo-fijian friends who seem to like drinking tea-flavoured vanilla i can definitely agree. like mr dangerfield a very little goes a very long way with vanilla.

A gift in return for a nice compliment. Vanilla fragrance for you. In the beginning it's a little overbearing, but keep it for a year (or two) and it'll be just well balanced. :~)

vanilla sachet
(no, honest, I like vanilla. In icecream and custards and such. But someone gave me this sachet and as an isolated flavor (fragrance) it is a bit overwhelming)

Money usually doesn't come with a mint flavour...

By Vespasianus according to Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Mint made me think of what else I have growing out back, and I learned something. The name Basil means kingly; the plant name origin is ORIGIN from Greek basilikos ‘royal’. , and basilisk also: basilisk
/bazzilisk/

• noun 1 a mythical reptile with a lethal gaze or breath. 2 a long, slender Central American lizard, the male of which has a crest running from the head to the tail.

— ORIGIN Greek basiliskos ‘little king, serpent’.
From askOxford.com.

Em-can anybody tell me why the second one has two esses? (in the Greek word) This troubles me.

you got two(2) distinct Gk words there, J.
basilikos - royal, kingly
and
basiliskos - princelet, chieftain; kind of serpent

that "second" s would seem to make it a diminutive(?)

Basil certainly comes from basilikos. Otherwise it would be advisable to always pound it to a pesto. (reptile with a lethal gaze or breath; oof)

Harry Potter faces a basilisk with a letal gaze, Bran, or so they
say in the advertisements.

Yeh, but I wouldn't like to face that gaze in my bowl of spaghetti.

Thanks, tsuwm. I know nothing about Greek.

well, it's all Greek to me.

Come here a minute, M--I have something for you.