Ms P wrote:

> So I was standing in the aisle waiting for hubby to pick coffee and I
> happened to notice on the top shelf above the Swiss Miss, "Madagascar
> Vanilla" by Land o' Lakes hot chocolate mix in a bag. I've never tried a
> hot chocolate mix that I actually liked but this one sounded interesting.
> It's really very good.

Madacascar is having a severe problem with their vanilla crop -- an
"incurable fungus" is devastating it. According to this Wiki article,
Madagascar provides about 60% of the world's vanilla.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#Production

On the problem:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/...gascar_vanilla


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