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The History of Vanilla
- mc32 8y agoInteresting that vanilla and cocoa cone from the americas but are primarily produced elsewhere (mostly Africa (c) and Asia (v)) Vanilla is more subtle and less overpowering. Chocolate is “decadent”. It’s good on occasion, but too much too often and it over satiates whereas vanilla can keep on going, less filling, more aromatic, more nuanced, more delicate.
- mav3rick 8y agoMore than once I've been made fun of while ordering Vanilla ice cream. People think it's boring but I love it:)
- threatofrain 8y agoWhat's your favorite brand of vanilla ice cream?
- frosted-flakes 8y agoNot OP, but mine is Kawartha Dairy, which is great. It's a local company from Ontario, Canada, and the price isn't too bad.
- h2odragon 8y agoMy local Amish community has an annual fundraising auction day thing for their school. Dunno what the ice cream they make would be branded, but THAT STUFF. There's no substitute for real, unsanitary, dairy. There's just good reasons not to do a lot of it, like crack.
- mav3rick 8y agoIn SF I do like Smitten ice cream :) I also tried this in Japan and loved it - https://www.nissei-com.co.jp/cremia/en/ https://www.nissei-com.co.jp/cremia/en/
- mc32 8y agoGenerally available I’d go for Straus creamery (who incidentally supply cream/base to many of the mom and pops around town).
- FactolSarin 8y agoCrappy vanilla gives real vanilla ice cream a bad name
- autokad 8y agoand then there is coffee that is from africa but south america grows the most (I think, I know brazil is the leading grower).
- strainer 8y agoThe final paragraphs of the article launch unexpectedly into a cursory attack on a Friends Of Earth campaign which is centered on the GMO aspect of new vanillin synthesis and the marketting of GMO products as natural. The author takes the opportunity to characterise FOEs position roughly without mentioning GMOs at all, introducing it as "downright dumb". Friends of the Earth are quite fanatical about actual natural food and conditions, whether that be a good or bad approach in these times. National geographic under ownership of the Murdochs seems free to pick and omit information for its advertisers fanaticisms.