So I was standing in the aisle waiting for hubby to pick coffee and I
happened to notice on the top shelf above the Swiss Miss, "Madagascar
Vanilla" by Land o' Lakes hot chocolate mix in a bag. I've never tried a
hot chocolate mix that I actually liked but this one sounded interesting.
It's really very good.

Ms P

Ms P wrote:

> So I was standing in the aisle waiting for hubby to pick coffee and I
> happened to notice on the top shelf above the Swiss Miss, "Madagascar
> Vanilla" by Land o' Lakes hot chocolate mix in a bag. I've never tried a
> hot chocolate mix that I actually liked but this one sounded interesting.
> It's really very good.

Madacascar is having a severe problem with their vanilla crop -- an
"incurable fungus" is devastating it. According to this Wiki article,
Madagascar provides about 60% of the world's vanilla.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#Production

On the problem:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/...gascar_vanilla


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On Dec 9, 7:09*am, "Ms P" > wrote:
> So I was standing in the aisle waiting for hubby to pick coffee and I
> happened to notice on the top shelf above the Swiss Miss, "Madagascar
> Vanilla" by Land o' Lakes hot chocolate mix in a bag. *I've never tried a
> hot chocolate mix that I actually liked but this one sounded interesting.
> It's really very good.
>
Have you tried the Mexican style? La Abuelita is a popular brand.
Pretty good. -aem

On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:43:46 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Ms P wrote:
>
>> So I was standing in the aisle waiting for hubby to pick coffee and I
>> happened to notice on the top shelf above the Swiss Miss, "Madagascar
>> Vanilla" by Land o' Lakes hot chocolate mix in a bag. I've never tried a
>> hot chocolate mix that I actually liked but this one sounded interesting.
>> It's really very good.
>
>Madacascar is having a severe problem with their vanilla crop -- an
>"incurable fungus" is devastating it. According to this Wiki article,
>Madagascar provides about 60% of the world's vanilla.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#Production
>
>On the problem:
>
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/...gascar_vanilla

Even for a shark, you deliver some real downers.


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