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  • The cost of real vanilla is frightening now though ~£6 for two pods in most supermarkets so that might slow me down a bit... although the price is understandable when I discovered it comes from an orchid that flowers for one day a year and has to be precariously hand pollinated then takes another year to grow.

    I’ve got a roasted pistachio with pistachio brittle on the go with a rubarb sorbet planned for Sunday.

  • it comes from an orchid that flowers for one day a year and has to be precariously hand pollinated then takes another year to grow.

    They cut costs by making kids pick it though, so, you know, silver linings and all.

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