Stu wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:09:48 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
> wrote:
>
>> Holy Toledo! We were in the local Whole Foods market today - vanilla
>> beans are sold _one_ at a time, in glass or plastic jars, at a cost
>> of between $6 and $12 - that's for one freakin' bean.
>>
>> I called a store not too far from here, a huge place we sometimes
>> shop that has fabulous prices and usually sells in quantity - $4.49
>> for _one_ bean.
>>
>> Yowser! I'd love both an explanation and a source for less expensive
>> vanilla beans.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -S-
>>
>
> Here you are, 9 to 11 beans $4.95
> http://tiny.cc/prwo8

Any comments - thank you very much, btw - on the origin of the vanilla?
I ask because your link is to vanilla from Tahiti. I heard Madagascar
mentioned most often as source.

Unless there is something _wrong_ with vanilla from Tahiti, I will order
from the link you provided.

-S-