What is it?

[JAS_OH1]

Tonka bean.

It's illegal in the US?

 

[garlichead]

Not in Canada and the UK apparently.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Not in Canada and the UK apparently.

Apoarently high levels of consumption can lead to liver failure. It's silly that it's illegal at all. They repealed prohibition of alcohol but no tonka beans allowed?

 

[garlichead]

Why tonka beans are illegal in the US.

Coumarin, the illegal chemical causing Americans to miss out on a sweet treat.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Why tonka beans are illegal in the US.

Coumarin, the illegal chemical causing Americans to miss out on a sweet treat.

Yeah

 

[garlichead]

It was nice to see Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin uses it. I suspect nobody is going to close any restaurants down.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Tonka beans only grow in Venezuela and Guyana. They´re very much like vanilla, but evidently far cheaper.
You´d need to eat two of them, at least, to get poisoned - but then if you eat two nutmegs, you´ll get the same thing.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Tonka beans only grow in Venezuela and Guyana. They´re very much like vanilla, but evidently far cheaper.
You´d need to eat two of them, at least, to get poisoned - but then if you eat two nutmegs, you´ll get the same thing.

I read you'd have to eat 30 if them and 1 tonka bean is enough to flavor 80 dishes.

Doesn't matter, it's a ridiculous illegality.

 

[caseydog]

I read you'd have to eat 30 if them and 1 tonka bean is enough to flavor 80 dishes.

Doesn't matter, it's a ridiculous illegality.

Cuban cigars are illegal in the US, but you can get them if you know someone. My connection retired. I need to find another one. If you get caught buying a few Cubans, the feds might give you a stern talking to.

CD

 

[JAS_OH1]

Cuban cigars are illegal in the US, but you can get them if you know someone. My connection retired. I need to find another one. If you get caught buying a few Cubans, the feds might give you a stern talking to.

CD

There's plenty of counterfeits out there I'm sure. I'd much rather have a Fendi handbag knock off, personally.

 

[caseydog]

There's plenty of counterfeits out there I'm sure. I'd much rather have a Fendi handbag knock off, personally.

Yes, there are. You have to know someone trustworthy. They are not cheap, but Cuban cigars are definitely better than the same brands from Central America. This whole Cuba ban is stupid. Obama tried to open up trade with Cuba, but the Republican congress blocked a lot of his efforts, and Trump shut it down. If only Putin would have told Trump to open trade with Cuba -- I'd be legally smoking Cuban cigars now.

CD

 

[JAS_OH1]

Yes, there are. You have to know someone trustworthy. They are not cheap, but Cuban cigars are definitely better than the same brands from Central America. This whole Cuba ban is stupid. Obama tried to open up trade with Cuba, but the Republican congress blocked a lot of his efforts, and Trump shut it down. If only Putin would have told Trump to open trade with Cuba -- I'd be legally smoking Cuban cigars now.

CD

And Trump would have accomplished 1 good thing during his presidency.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I can ab

There's plenty of counterfeits out there I'm sure. I'd much rather have a Fendi handbag knock off, personally.

I can absolutely assure you, without an iota of doubt, that real Cuban cigars are a million times better than the counterfeits.
Sort of like eating in Joe´s Diner and eating in the French Laundry. Yes, that much!😎😎

 

[JAS_OH1]

I can ab

I can absolutely assure you, without an iota of doubt, that real Cuban cigars are a million times better than the counterfeits.
Sort of like eating in Joe´s Diner and eating in the French Laundry. Yes, that much!😎😎

I wouldn't know and never will!

 

[caseydog]

I can ab

I can absolutely assure you, without an iota of doubt, that real Cuban cigars are a million times better than the counterfeits.
Sort of like eating in Joe´s Diner and eating in the French Laundry. Yes, that much!😎😎

Oh, I know. I've had real Cubans. They are amazingly better than cigars from other countries.

CD