Upon our arrival in Los Angeles Tom and I were much anticipating jumping into the joys of hands-on grand parenting, such as walking our older grand daughter, and our grand dogs,
...and with the grocery shopping at Ralph's, |
In fact it's feared that vanilla beans may be on the endangered list, especially if imitation vanilla flavoring takes over the market, leaving farmers no incentive to cultivate real vanilla anymore.
In truth if I had known about the plight of the vanilla beans - and the vanilla farmers - while I was shopping I'd likely have sprung the $12.99 for a small bottle of real vanilla, though I don't suppose my buying one bottle of expensive vanilla would have helped save the beans or the farmers.
Anyway, I bought a bottle of imitation vanilla flavoring,
And maybe not just the vanilla beans.
https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/why-vanilla-extract-is-so-expensive
https://vanillaqueen.com/expensive-vanilla/