# Beaver butt secretion good for baking: agency

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beaver-butt-secretion-good-for-baking-agency/668923>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 15, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beaver-butt-secretion-good-for-baking-agency/668923 "2013-09-15T18:47:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beaver-butt-secretion-good-for-baking-agency/668923/21 "2013-09-17T01:30:46Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> Castoreum has been used for centuries (at least) in perfumery, where when diluted about a billion to one, it adds a floral/vanilla note.

I now have a sense of how large a billion must be.

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**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beaver-butt-secretion-good-for-baking-agency/668923/22 "2013-09-17T13:42:51Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Lose a bet, lick a beaver? Hmmm, doesn’t seem so bad to me.

Not if I get to pick which part of the beaver.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beaver-butt-secretion-good-for-baking-agency/668923/23 "2013-09-17T16:29:33Z")

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Lab Tech: “Hey Sven, come over here a minute.”  
Sven: “What do you need sir?”  
Lab Tech: “Put on this blindfold. Good. Now stick your tongue out…”  
Sven: “OK.”  
Lab Tech: “What does it taste like?”  
Sven: “Vanilla!”  
Lab Tech: “Cool. Now stick your tongue in really deep!”  
Sven: “OK.”  
Lab Tech: “What does that taste like?”  
Sven: “Vegemite.”

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