On 30 May 2000, 8:13, Victor Firestone wrote:
> Just been on a trip to Papua / New Ginuea, and one of the things there
> that caught my interest was the vanilla plant.
>
> Have been looking for info as to the manufacturing of vanilla from the
> vanilla leaves, as well as info about who the big suppliers of this
> "spice" are. Found a wealth of info about the vanilla plant itself, but
> not about what happens to the leaves afterwards!!!
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
This page seems to be informative, albeit simplistic:
Venui Vanilla - Vanilla cultivation and processing
http://www.gippsnet.com.au/venui/cultproc.htm
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Here is another informative page I found at Gernot Katzer's Spice
Dictionary:
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/
engl/generic_frame.html?Vani_pla.html
Note: The above URL is actually one continuous line and should be
entered into your browser's address box as one line.
Alan
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