On 2021-04-12 5:33 p.m., Graham wrote:
> On 2021-04-12 2:50 p.m., US Janet wrote:
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>> A couple people have been gifting me large bottles of vanilla when
>> then travel to Mexico.Â* I now have about a quart of the stuff and I
>> don't make sweets any longer.
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>> End of Ramble
>> Janet US
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> Go to your local artisinal baker and trade it for bread.

You would want to make sure you got a lot of bread in return.

Years ago a neighbour went on a Caribbean cruise and brought us some
vanilla extract from Grenada. That stuff was amazing. I was talking
with the chef/owner of a local restaurant and commented on the vanilla
taste in his desserts. It turned out that he got his vanilla extract
from the Dominican Republic. His wife was Dominican and they went down
frequently and always brought back lots. On his next trip he brought me
back a 500ml bottle of it. That lasted me a good long time. The down
side was that I could never find another source of vanilla that good.
Now I have to pay a small fortune for an inferior product.