Heart to Hearth Cookery

The last of the flavorings for the receipt (recipe) To make Chocolate are amber and vanilla.  Amber (ambergris) is pictured on the left and is produced by the digestive system of the sperm whale.  My precious small piece is dull grey and the receipt stated to add as you like to taste.  I chose not to actually use it.  But the receipt calls for two sticks of vanilla beaten & searsed.  Vanilla (Vanilla planifola) is an orchid that grows as a vine and native to the tropics of the Americas.

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