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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3147553" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>You have to provide a link to prove that. </p><p>I'll start.</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Where Does Vanilla Come From?</strong></span></p><p>Vanilla originated in Mexico with the Totonaco Indians, who were conquered by the Aztecs who, in turn, were conquered by Hernando Cortez. Along with other plunder, Cortez took cacao beans and vanilla pods back to Spain and the rest is history.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Vanilla pods, commonly called vanilla beans, are the <a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/history-of-vanilla-beans-1809274" target="_blank">fruit of the vanilla orchid</a>, the only orchid plant that produces an edible fruit. Because of its shape, and because the Melipone bee, historically responsible for the pollination of the orchid, is found only in Mexico, the orchid needs assistance in order to produce fruit.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Cortez took the beans back to Spain but he forgot to take the bees," Craig Nielsen says.</p><p></p><p></p><p>At last, Montezuma has his revenge!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Today, the orchids are grown in Mexico, the Bourbon Islands, Tahiti, Indonesia, India, Uganda, and Papua New Guinea. They are hand pollinated, hand harvested and hand cured by farmers in a process that takes anywhere from 13 to 14 weeks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No wonder vanilla is so expensive!</p><p><a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/theres-nothing-ordinary-about-vanilla-1136402" target="_blank">https://www.thespruceeats.com/theres-nothing-ordinary-about-vanilla-1136402</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3147553, member: 5412"] You have to provide a link to prove that. I'll start. [SIZE=4][B]Where Does Vanilla Come From?[/B][/SIZE] Vanilla originated in Mexico with the Totonaco Indians, who were conquered by the Aztecs who, in turn, were conquered by Hernando Cortez. Along with other plunder, Cortez took cacao beans and vanilla pods back to Spain and the rest is history. Vanilla pods, commonly called vanilla beans, are the [URL='https://www.thespruceeats.com/history-of-vanilla-beans-1809274']fruit of the vanilla orchid[/URL], the only orchid plant that produces an edible fruit. Because of its shape, and because the Melipone bee, historically responsible for the pollination of the orchid, is found only in Mexico, the orchid needs assistance in order to produce fruit. "Cortez took the beans back to Spain but he forgot to take the bees," Craig Nielsen says. At last, Montezuma has his revenge! Today, the orchids are grown in Mexico, the Bourbon Islands, Tahiti, Indonesia, India, Uganda, and Papua New Guinea. They are hand pollinated, hand harvested and hand cured by farmers in a process that takes anywhere from 13 to 14 weeks. No wonder vanilla is so expensive! [URL]https://www.thespruceeats.com/theres-nothing-ordinary-about-vanilla-1136402[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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