vanilla

[Brutal_Dreamer]

I think the seedpods need to ripen on the vine for 8 or 9 months. Then they need to be dried and cured for another 6 to 8 months once picked. There's a very good book, if you are interested in vanilla, called Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid by Tim Ecott. It's a wonderful book and you'll learn all kinds of information about the vanilla trade, very interesting stuff.

Thanks, Geoffrey! I will have to look that book up too.

Cheers,
BD