In Praise of Vanilla

[feliciakw]

I'm very excited. One of our friends is going to Texas for Christmas, and he asked George if there's anything he could bring back for me. Geo, being the sharp thinker he is (and maybe missing the nice zip that his lamingtons usually have) told Friend that I'd really like a bottle of La Vencedora vanilla. This is the best vanilla (this, and the vanilla I got in Honduras years and years ago) I've ever used. The bottle of La Vencedora my MiL brought back from Texas many years ago finally ran out, and we haven't found anything to match.

So after the new year, I'll have a new bottle of Mexican vanilla. Yay! \o/ And my baking will be zippy again!

Comments

[kerravonsen]

The best vanilla I've ever used is vanilla bean powder. It's dried vanilla beans ground up to a powder, and it's the most vanilla-ist vanilla I've ever had.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing. I'll have to investigate.

[kerravonsen]

The site I buy it from, BioMedCafe, is geared towards allergy sufferers (and diabetics), so I expect they stock it because it's the purest form of vanilla possible, with absolutely no additives.

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

It's true, the Mexican vanilla is the good stuff. My mom and I used to make regular trips to Tia Juana every few years for vanilla and enormous paper flowers. Good times.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Oh, how fun!

Yes, I can't wait to get my hands on some Mexican vanilla again. I've been so spoiled over the past many, many years having such a big bottle of the good stuff at hand. (I'm now very sad at what my baking is lacking.)

Paper flowers! I helped make paper roses for Christmas one year. They were lovely and fun and I should look up how to make them again.