On balance, yes. It is the seed pod of the Jerusalem Orchid.
On balance, yes. It is the seed pod of the Jerusalem Orchid.
Yes, anything that is part of a fruiting body (it is a seed pod) is considered a fruit. It is a legume fruit. Vanilla pods are the ovary of an Orchid, this makes them botanically fruits. (Orchids are not legumes but the terms pod and bean are used for both legumes and vanilla thus causing confusion.) In cooking vanilla is a spice. The definition of the term "fruit" is somewhat different in cooking and botany.
Vanilla is the flavour extracted from the Vanilla pod, (part of the Vanilla Orchid which contains the seeds) so the vanilla pod is the answer to your question.
I guess you mean 'vanilla' spice. Yes, there is vanilla in Mexico.
the bean. It is inside of a little pod that looks like a green bean only they are brown. That is where they get the vanilla flavoring.
On average, a single vanilla pod weighs around 5 grams. Sizes and weights may vary slightly depending on the specific variety and quality of the vanilla pod.
Vanilla is obtained from the seed pod of a specific orchid Vanilla planifolia.
I don't think you could caterogize this as a spice, but the orchid produces vanilla bean.
Vanilla is a spice.
Vanilla, though not a spice, comes from Orchids.
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