Am Samstag, 17. März 2018 16:07:12 UTC+1 schrieb :
> On Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 8:50:55 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > I just posted that I had not seen them for a while, but had not been
> > looking. I just checked on line. Holy cow..... about $9 each.
> >
> > I used to make my ice cream and my deluxe vanilla recipe called for
> > about a tablespoon of extract plus a vanilla bean. The vanilla used to
> > be a considerable cost factor when it has half the price of the cream,
> > but now it is more than twice as much as the cream.
> >
> >
> The last time I looked at vanilla pods there were three or four in a
> bottle and 'on sale' for $17.99. I gently replaced that bottle back
> on the shelf and tiptoed away.

I think I would have laughed out loud... but'd have done the same.

In 2007, I bought a bundle of vanilla beans (top quality) at 24 Euro/400 gm..
I used a lot, gave away a lot, still have half of that (stored air-tight
and dark; still flexible and amazingly aromatic) - nowadays, the amount
left is worth way more than 100 Euro!

I was flabbergasted when I heard how much the price for vanilla beans had
increased and really depressed when I learned the reason here...

Is there a trustworthy address to help the victims of that typhoon?

Bye, Sanne.