On 2016-09-19 6:41 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 9:37:40 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> This chef/owner was impressed that I knew it was hot mustard powder and
>> that it was missing that night. On another visit I asked about the
>> vanilla extract he used. It turned out to be from the Dominican
>> Replublic. His wife is Dominican and the next time he was down there
>> visiting family he brought back a half litre bottle of it.
>
>
> I HOPE this is not the same as the big bottles of Mexican vanilla...(shudder).
>
> Why?
>
> http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...lla-toxic-plus
>
> You may be glad you read it.
>

Mexican vanilla and coumarin has been discussed here in the past. This
stuff was from the Dominican Republic. It was great stuff and raked up
there with the stuff a neighbour had brought me from Grenada.