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The Scandal of Vanilla Christians – the Deeper Story
The fashionable flavor changes with the times. There was a time when vanilla was exotic. Originally cultivated by pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people (think Aztecs), vanilla is derived from orchids. That’s right. Orchids. Cortes introduced it to the Europeans along with chocolate. Montezuma drank his chocolate flavored with vanilla. Eventually, the orchids came to be grown in …[ read more ]