jmcquown wrote:
>
> Tank wrote:
> > Hi Group,
> >
> > My wife received a small bottle of imported
> > vanilla extract as a gift from her boss, who had
> > taken a Carribean cruise. I am wondering about
> > the safety of using this.
> >
> > It is in a small brown bottle, which looks like
> > it has been reused.
> (snip)
>
> Vanilla isn't that expensive;

Since when? It's always been expensive but lately
it's skyrocketed. I recently went to replenish my
supply from the bulk bin at the food coop. I didn't
think much about it when I saw the $46/lb. price tag
as I buy bulk spices there all the time and the price
per pound sounds high but when you get enough to fill
your spice jar it ends up costing $.36!!! I got about
4 fl. oz. of vanilla - just enough to refill my bottle.
It cost over $12!!!!! The last time I got some it
was nowhere near that - believe me I would have noticed!!!

I complained to the manager thinking maybe it was marked
incorrectly but he explained that the vanilla crops
around the world have been very bad for the last couple
of years so there's a premium on what *is* available.
Yikes!

Kate
--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?