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I love this place, and I love to hate on this place. We used to go in and not be able to find vanilla (!!!) ice cream. Or there’d only be whole wheat pasta. The
by sambroner 7y ago
I love this place, and I love to hate on this place. We used to go in and not be able to find vanilla (!!!) ice cream. Or there’d only be whole wheat pasta. There’d often only be two people in the store and one of their best employees was deaf (just hard to locate.)
On the other hand, the prices were unbeatable, and it turns out strawberry shortcake dairy free frozen dessert is pretty solid.
- samstave 7y agoturns out strawberry shortcake dairy free frozen dessert is pretty solid. Depends on the temp I guess....
- hrktb 7y ago> vanilla I’m always amazed how much it is seen as a given compared how of a PITA it is to grow vanilla, at least relatively to strawberries or bananas for instance.
- dmitryminkovsky 7y agoVanillin, can be produced without bean
- Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0 7y agoThere were a bunch of reports last year about a global shortage of vanilla because bad weather in Madagascar wiped out most of the crop. Apparently at some point, it was more expensive than silver. At the same time, a bunch of big ice cream manufacturers switched to using natural vanilla instead of vanillin, which put even more pressure on the supply chain. https://www.purewow.com/news/vanilla-shortage-prices-increasing https://www.purewow.com/news/vanilla-shortage-prices-increas...