On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:09:20 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love
> wrote:

> On Mar 16, 1:38*pm, sf > wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:33:06 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > One of the spices that received attention was Vanilla, particularly
> > > Mexican Vanilla where the spice originated. *I grew no where else.
> > > And could grow no where else until artificial pollination was
> > > invented.
> > > (hand pollination)
> > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla
> >
> > Yes, it's very labor intensive - unless you have some Mexican Melipona
> > around to do the work for you. *Shows like that help us understand why
> > we pay so much for certain items! *Do you remember what it was called?
> > Maybe I can find it online.
> >
> > --
> > Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
>
> Here it is; although it's in literature.:::
> http://ww3.tvo.org/program/167733/the-spice-trail
> And this episode :::
> {
> Kate's spice trail takes her from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to
> the plains of Spain as she uncovers the story of the world's most
> expensive spice, saffron, before crossing the Atlantic to Mexico, in
> search of vanilla, a spice discovered by the most famous Spanish
> Conquistador Hernan Cortes In the Atlas Mountains, October is saffron
> harvest month for the Berber people. Kate joins local saffron farmer
> Ahmed and his family, to harvest their crop and visits a stunning
> store house carved out into the mountainside. Worth thousands of
> dollars a kilo, saffron is also known as red gold and inspires
> countless imitations. In Spain Kate turns Sherlock as she joins a
> blind tasting to sort out the genuine from the fakes and meets the man
> who tests the DNA of saffron in order to make sure it's genuine. The
> Berbers of Morocco took saffron to Spain in the Muslim conquest of the
> 8th century, and 800 years later it was an ambitious Spaniard that
> brought us the next exotic taste - vanilla. It's a flavour so
> widespread, that it has become the world's most popular ice cream
> flavour. Kate journeys to Papantla the birthplace of vanilla to meet
> the Totonac, the original guardians of the spice. She witnesses a
> spectacular death defying fertility dance and meets the people
> determined to keep Mexican vanilla alive in the face of massive
> competition from other producers.
> }

Thanks!

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.