...where I have root and the fare is liberally seasoned with pith and vinegar.
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Holy cow. I went to the Penzeys web site a minute ago, to replace my trusty 16 ounce bottle of double strength vanilla. Baking as much as I do, I go through one of these every year or so. It's an extravagance, but the final result really makes it worth the $45 or so that I usually pay for it.
Except it wasn't $45. It now costs $66! Apparently, economic changes and a massive cyclone in Madagascar have led to an unprecendented increase in the price of vanilla worldwide.
Obviously, I am not about to start using imitation vanilla. I don't care what the people in the lab at Cook's Illustrated (I would have linked, but they get $3.95 a month to access the database. As if.) have to say about it. And I'm not about to start buying the stuff at the supermarket. So what's a girl to do?
I took the 4-ounce bottle. Hopefully, that will be enough to tide me over until the price drops in the spring. Maybe. And I figure I might actually have to start measuring, if you can imagine.
Horrifying.
Posted by volfie at November 3, 2003 08:50 AMgo to a health food store and get some V.E. It will be the real stuff, though perhaps not double-strength.
Posted by: Alan on November 4, 2003 08:27 AMThe same thing has happened to cinnamon, I think. I balked at buying cinnamon sticks from McCormicks at 7 bucks a bottle, figuring I'd get them at the health food store in the bulk aisle. But 39 dollars a pound for cinnamon sticks? I think not...at this rate, the cinnamon stick would cost more than the gallon of apple cider I wanted to heat it with!
Posted by: betsy on November 4, 2003 07:48 PM