Good to know, jennyema, thanks!
The link below is old, and things may be better now but cheap Mexican vanilla used to be a product to avoid because of potential toxicity.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=6157423&page=1
The link below is old, and things may be better now but cheap Mexican vanilla used to be a product to avoid because of potential toxicity.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=6157423&
page=1
Yup, just make sure you know what a vanilla bean looks like. I googled, and other than the colour, tonka beans do not look like vanilla beans.The contamination issue seems to be for fake vanilla extract. Mexican vanilla beans should be fine.
I did make my vanilla using 15 vanilla beans & 28 oz. of vodka. It's in my basement & I shake it once a day. I got the beans on Ebay & paid $47 for them.
I think it's unlikely that prices will go down. A month or so ago, Penzeys sent out an email telling customers that the price was about to go up a fair amount. Found this in a quick search: https://www.reuters.com/article/mad...rs-expect-prices-to-remain-high-idUSL5N1V04HLI was measuring out some precious vanilla extract for some ice cream and noticed how low the level was in the vanilla bottle. I'm hoping the price drops soon as baking season is not the far away.
I think it's unlikely that prices will go down. A month or so ago, Penzeys sent out an email telling customers that the price was about to go up a fair amount. Found this in a quick search: https://www.reuters.com/article/mad...rs-expect-prices-to-remain-high-idUSL5N1V04HL
It's probably more cost-effective over the long term to buy beans and make your own.
I think it's unlikely that prices will go down. A month or so ago, Penzeys sent out an email telling customers that the price was about to go up a fair amount. Found this in a quick search: https://www.reuters.com/article/mad...rs-expect-prices-to-remain-high-idUSL5N1V04HL
It's probably more cost-effective over the long term to buy beans and make your own.
There aren't many other choices.Thanks, GG. I guess my vanilla beans will be coming from somewhere other than Madagascar.