: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
The word decadence has appeared in 84 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Aug. 4, 2010, in “Egg-Free Ice Cream Lets Flavors Bloom,” by Melissa Clark:
Although I’d spent most of my childhood licking wan soft-serve vanilla and shockingly green mint-chocolate chip, I never looked back after my first taste of premium custard-based ice cream. Exceedingly creamy and as smooth as a stick of softened butter, it blew those crystallized supermarket cartons away with an icy blast.
This was in the 1980s, when Häagen-Dazs and its ilk (remember Frusen Glädjé?) became the standard for mass-market frozen decadence. Compared with the air-filled, sugary ice creams most Americans were buying, these egg-based ice creams were just better, with a higher fat content and a dreamy, mouth-coating, dense texture.
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