This makes me think that perhaps those greedy Easterners are keeping it to themselves. This must be why Sethra (the Younger) wants to invade -- to coin a phrase, Death for Chocolate! ----- Original Message ----- [Snip] > > Well, some quick research indicates that vanilla is a New World plant. > > So if they have vanilla, they almost certainly have chocolate as well. > > > > Unless it was all wiped out by some evil, terrible, fungus or mold. > > Peppers are a new-world plant also. As are potatos, which I think > come in somewhere. > --