Re: Tonka beans.

Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-04-22 8:01 a.m., songbird wrote:

Carol wrote:
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Sounds interesting but I'd not heard of it before your post.

 
   coumarin was sometimes used in making vanilla extracts
from unreputable sources.  :(

>
I remember that being discussed here years ago. Apparently it was the
down side of buying Mexican vanilla.

  the old bottle of Mexican vanilla i have up in the cupboard
i don't know if it has coumarin in it or not, but it sure does
have a distinctive flavor that i really enjoy and have not yet
found a decent replacement.


  songbird