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Bruce[_28_]

On Tue, 8 May 2018 00:23:49 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, says...
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2018-05-07 11:04 AM, wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 7 May 2018 08:44:29 -0600, gloria p >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On 5/7/2018 1:30 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> >>>> I just heard that the place we all get our vanilla from has had big
>> >>>> problems with it's crops and now vanilla is the same price as silver!
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> http//www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> There have been crop problems with vanilla growers all over the world,
>> >>> causing the price to skyrocket. I wonder whether it's true or growers
>> >>> have just agreed to raise prices. Vanilla is grown in so many places
>> >>> it's unlikely all crops would fail at once.
>> >>> gloria p
>> >>
>> >> For most uses modern chemistry has produced vanilla flavoring that
>> >> can't be distinguished from real vanilla... nowadays it's silly to use
>> >> real vanilla in dishes that will be heated, save your real vanilla for
>> >> icecream, whipped cream, and other cold usage.
>> >
>> > Slight correction there. You can't taste the difference. Other people can.
>>
>> I have actually read in countless places that what he says is true. In fact
>> they say that the vanilla flavor is more pronounced in baked goods with the
>> imitation vanilla.
>
> You mean, the fake vanilla flavour is unmissable in baked goods made
>with fake vanilla.

Lol. And who knows what fake vanilla's made of. A side product of the
petrochemical industry perhaps.