On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:52:09 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

> In article <20050224091633.44425ebc@wafer>, Eric Jorgensen
> > wrote:
> > Ugh.
> >
> > You know that dry synthetic vanillin costs about $100/ton wholesale at
> > the factory, right?
>
> Gosh, I did not know that.
>
> The biggest cost is shipping & packaging.
>
> OK. Look, I was just providing information for the OP. :-)

Have you ever heard of vanilla paste? Apparently it's used
in the same proportions as liquid. Not sure why it's
preferable over liquid, but the quality is top knotch:
bourbon vanilla beans.

sf