I Just Learned What Vanilla Is Really Made From, And I Get Why It's So Expensive

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about the fact that cloves and capers are both technically flower buds, while figs are technically inverted flowers.

(Don’t even get me started on their horrific historic relationship with wasps).

So, what about vanilla, which comes in a pod? I’ve never quite been sure whether it counts as a fruit, a vegetable, bean, or something else – never mind how it’s actually grown.

Where does vanilla come from?

Vanilla beans are not actually beans –  Read Entire Article