{"id":28834,"date":"2015-09-04T05:45:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=28834"},"modified":"2016-11-04T01:55:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:55:29","slug":"creative-prompt-326-vanilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/creative-prompt-326-vanilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #326: Vanilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

Definition: “Vanilla<\/b> is a flavor<\/a> derived from orchids<\/a> of the genus Vanilla<\/a><\/i>, primarily from the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla<\/b> (V. planifolia<\/a><\/i>). The word vanilla<\/i>, derived from the diminutive<\/a> of the Spanish word vaina<\/i><\/span> (vaina<\/i> itself meaning sheath or pod), translates simply as “little pod”.[1]<\/a><\/sup> Pre-Columbian<\/a> Mesoamerican<\/a> people cultivated the vine of the vanilla orchid, called tlilxochitl<\/i> by the Aztecs. Spanish conquistador Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s<\/a> is credited with introducing both vanilla and chocolate to Europe in the 1520s.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Initial attempts to cultivate vanilla outside Mexico and Central America proved futile because of the symbiotic relationship between the vanilla orchid and its natural pollinator, the local species of Melipona<\/a><\/i> bee.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Pollination is required to set the fruit from which the flavoring is derived. In 1837, Belgian botanist Charles Fran\u00e7ois Antoine Morren<\/a> discovered this fact and pioneered a method of artificially pollinating the plant. The method proved financially unworkable and was not deployed commercially.[4]<\/a><\/sup> In 1841, Edmond Albius<\/a>, a slave who lived on the French island of R\u00e9union<\/a> in the Indian Ocean, discovered at the age of 12 that the plant could be hand-pollinated<\/a>. Hand-pollination allowed global cultivation of the plant.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Three major species<\/a> of vanilla currently are grown globally, all of which derive from a species originally found in Mesoamerica, including parts of modern-day Mexico<\/a>.[6]<\/a><\/sup> The various subspecies are Vanilla planifolia<\/i> (syn. V. fragrans<\/i>), grown on Madagascar<\/a>, R\u00e9union, and other tropical areas along the Indian Ocean; V. tahitensis<\/i>, grown in the South Pacific; and V. pompona<\/i>, found in the West Indies, and Central and South America.[7]<\/a><\/sup> The majority of the world’s vanilla is the V. planifolia<\/i> species, more commonly known as Bourbon vanilla<\/b> (after the former name of R\u00e9union, \u00cele Bourbon) or Madagascar vanilla<\/b>, which is produced in Madagascar and neighboring islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, and in Indonesia.[8]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup> Leptotes bicolor<\/a><\/i> is used in the same way in South America.<\/p>\n

Vanilla is the second most expensive spice after saffron<\/a>,[10]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup> because growing the vanilla seed pods is labor-intensive.[11]<\/a><\/sup> Despite the expense, vanilla is highly valued for its flavor, which author Frederic Rosengarten, Jr. described in The Book of Spices<\/i> as “pure, spicy, and delicate”; he called its complex floral aroma a “peculiar bouquet”.[12]<\/a><\/sup> As a result, vanilla is widely used in both commercial and domestic baking, perfume manufacture and aromatherapy<\/a>.” (Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n

a genus of orchids<\/p>\n

a color variation<\/p>\n

a lightweight Internet forum package<\/p>\n

something ordinary or everyday (plain vanilla)<\/p>\n

computer software which is not customized.<\/p>\n

a girl band from Barnet, London, England<\/p>\n

Vanilla (Gackt song)<\/a><\/p>\n

Vanilla (Leah Dizon song<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Vanilla the Rabbit – a Sonic the Hedgehog<\/i> character<\/p>\n

Vanilla – an Asterix character<\/p>\n

Vanilla, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

The Vanilla<\/em> JS team maintains every byte of code in the framework and works hard each day to make sure it is small and intuitive. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Vanilla workshop bicycles<\/p>\n

Vanilla<\/em> Bean Frappuccino\u00ae Blended Cr\u00e8me<\/span><\/p>\n

vanilla fudge<\/p>\n

Bourbon Vanilla Extract<\/p>\n

Vanilla buttercream<\/p>\n

vanilla bean<\/p>\n

Tahitian vanilla<\/p>\n

Vanilla Ice<\/p>\n

Absolute Vanilla<\/p>\n

Cherry Vanilla soda<\/p>\n

Amy Sedaris’s Vanilla<\/em> Cupcakes<\/span><\/p>\n

Rapper Vanilla Ice<\/p>\n

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Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and get familiar with your blog or website.<\/p>\n

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to\u00a0 post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.<\/p>\n

We are also talking about this on Twitter and Instagram. Use the hashtag #CPP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Definition: “Vanilla is a flavor derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily from the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia). The word vanilla, derived from the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning sheath or pod), translates simply as “little pod”.[1] Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people cultivated the vine of the vanilla orchid, called … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #326: Vanilla”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[379],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-28834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-379","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}