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RE: 6 Substitutes To Replace Vanilla & Why It Matters
So interesting! I knew of the incredible scarcity and wars over vanilla, but not about the history of rose water in cooking! Thanks for teaching me something new I’m excited to look more into!
Once at the Huntington Gardens in CA, I got to smell a vanilla orchid— OMG pure heaven! Really incredible earthen treasures!
Oh wow what a lovely experience! I would love to see a vanilla orchid. Can you imagine standing in a field of them? It just amazes me the skill that must go into growing them in such numbers.
Cooking with roses and other flower essences makes the experience so much more enjoyable for me - maybe it's the scents uplifting my spirit because I am always inhaling them intentionally. It seems so indulgent and luxurious in some way.