Steve Freides wrote:
> 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-
>
>


Vanilla beans/pods are the fruit of a species of orchid. Therefore they
will grow anywhere (tropical) where orchids grow.

gloria p