European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Satisfying America s appetite for Vanilla National geographic a inns Arf humming these Day., in Vanilla Corner says Gregg i incl o  & co inc m i inn  ,1 m,10f  of spices and Lavon Najr. To no Noorul .1 Hank of a rvs a Large f in Al Iii Ina tool tanks Llo Ritj Ope Wallop Lleni   Phil a murky   in  ,hcs sch  inc Small  ilk ,1 and at on the i fun i of each tank the tanks function much like Hor code maker Hail c Plains but what to have Percola ing is n mixture of crushed Vanilla Beans alcohol and water thai will eventually be transformed into Vanilla extract. Our links of Carlo most of the year importers and manufacturers have been working overtime to satisfy America s growing appetite for real Vanilla. The chemical Structure of the Vanilla bean is so Complex that nol All Iho components that contribute to its distinct flavor and Aroma have Yel been identified. The irresistible to adoring comes from a Small Yellowish Green Orchid in Only one of thousands of Orchid spores that produce edible Mil. More than 90 percent of the world s Vanilla comes from Madagascar and Iho Comoro islands in the Indian Ocean and irom Indonesia. . Vanilla bean imports last year totalled 1,100 tons valued at More than $58.5 million compared with 817 ions valued at $47 5 million in 1985. Chal Nielsen . Prosi Donl of  Massey Vanilla a manufacturer in Lake Forest ill attributes inc surge in imports in recent years to the explosive growth of Iho Gou Mol ice Cream Industry which uses Only real Vanilla sales of Artioli chaily Flavoured Vanilla products have been fall he says. Vanilla accounted of almost a Whir it of the record 924 million Gallons of ice Cream produced in the United Stales last year we give them All these flavors and they still prefer Vanilla. Says Becky Davenport of the International ice Cream association there Are still a lot of purists out there " but Vanilla does a lot More than sell ice Cream ii flavors baked goods and Colas adds Aroma to perfumes and gives a special taste to some liqueurs one of our More Olf Beal customers is a bin tobacco company says Nielsen i think they scent some of their pipe mixtures with Vanilla " Vanilla even finds its Way into Many pro dials Flavoured by is map Lasle competitor chocolate the Happy marriage of Vanilla and chocolate was consummated by the aztecs of Mexico who concocted a drink that blended a mlle pods and Cocoa Beans Long before the Lisl Europe and Inive in Iho now world is Tec nth Century Spanish i Conquistador is returned Jini  no Vij Niit of the a let world k Here   by cart a hit on in.  i  s Queen  la i to left on we  Oiler 17lhcenlury i l,.in- valued in Lor More than ils . U Irv Iho bean to treat indigestion headaches and anaemic and exhausted Young women " Thomas Jefferson is credited Wilh beginning America s love affair with Vanilla. He was so Lakin with ils fragrance and flavor that to arc ugh a Supply of Vanilla Beans from France in 1789, when he returned to Philadelphia one of the new nation s temporary capitals. The town was soon Abuzz Wilh stories of his exotic desserts. Europeans hoping to capitalize on the Vanilla craze smuggled Cut Lings Mil of Mexico in the 1bth Century bul with Little Success despite the Best a Flores of horticulturists the orchids stubbornly refused to Bear fruit dark rumours of a curse by Montezuma haunted Itie Plant a belgian botanist studying Iho plants in the wild punctured the myth by observing that the Flowers had to be individually pollinated 1o Bear inn. This was usually accomplished by a Small Bee found Only in Mexico thai country once an important Vanilla exporter today snips out relatively Small quantities of the Beans. The real breakthrough occurred in Ifill when a Lormer slave irom the French Island of reunion in the Indian Ocean perfected a method of hand pollinating the Vanilla producing orchids plantations soon sprang up on Madagascar and of Loci nearby islands hand pollination of thousands of blooms which open Over a iwo month period Star is a process that makes Vanilla one of the world s most labor intensive agricultural products curing alone taker. Whiee to six months beginning with a scalding Bath allowed by a daily ritual of sunning and  and Ihen considerable time in a curing shod the -t-to-12-Inch pods Are so valuable in some regions of Madagascar Hal growers prick their initials in them to thwart their Thill by Vanilla rustlers More than half the world s Vanilla comes from Madagascar. When Ripe die tre Grant seed pods Are thread out to cure under the hot Sun of a Talaha above. To guard against theft of plants Tome growers prick their initials in pods below. I had Dingdi in a chinese restaurant the other night. And when the waiter came to Clear away inc dishes i said. Could Ynn plea put Iho rest of the Almond Chicken and Iho Era re oils in a Doggie bag he   a clogs pm bog7 anal s a Dag Jie a i i  to h a Tor Jajio  j  in  Ija Dilion   people o dered Loo much Lonj they look in Honn a i urn i told Iii i iut , a 5o  ii  la tier1. .1, Lull nil   Lone it Lake i  to id to react Ricl Corr i Pluncy Anjoul thru he v. S Allie Bank re -,  no preset. In i k la us you to t.t-, it Gill u in i Len n ten the of m / Mother rho .it.i-. Jii it. In   Baton t Lra Lor  Jiki. D.   r  lira  a. L it ibo ill 2cj l  i do he Iid c  i i t a i 1 a. -1t, your family " Ido India d Ali   ppr Mil led to leave unless i Send something Homo  them j Send Lime i lie Lof Lover to. 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