On 7/21/2010 9:09 AM, 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.

They must be magic beans. At the risk of sounding redundant - try eBay.

http://tinyurl.com/29c2lhj

I'm not sure what the heck I'd do with all those beans though...

>
> 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-
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