HORT 3440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vanilla Planifolia, Vanilla Extract, Vanillin

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Horticulture
• Course: HORT 3440
• Professor: Affolter

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Week 2 notes for hort 3440 crn10344 (8/22/2016-8/26/2016) We watched a clip about a man harvesting frankincense in the desert. He must be careful not to extract too much from the tree, or it will die. It"s not in as high demand as it once was. The egyptians believed the drops of frankincense were drops of their god"s sweat. A good smell means spiritual wealth and breathing it in means trust. Most herbs and spices originate from three main geographic regions: Old world tropics (particularly india and the far east) Vanilla, vanilla planifolia, orchid family (one of the biggest families) (vine like black pepper) (only orchid that"s expensive) Tropical vine, native to central and south america. Aztecs used vanilla as a flavoring for chocolate; spanish introduced it to. Europe for same purpose; only later was it used as a spice in its own right. Flavor comes from the fruit, called a vanilla bean , contains millions of tiny seeds.