Vanilla fragrans, as genuine vanilla is known, is native to Mexico, and well into the 19th century makers of high-quality Mexican vanilla had a lock on the business.ost of the vanilla sold in Mexico is synthetic, though it doesn't all have coumarin in it. Telltale signs of the fake stuff: clear, or dark and murky (the real stuff is amber colored and translucent), low alcohol content (genuine vanilla extract contains at least 35% ethyl alcohol), laughably low price.
Mini Bio (1) Snoop Dogg was born in Long Beach, California, to Beverly (Tate) and Vernell Varnado, who was a mail carrier and singer. His parents were both originally from Mississippi. He got his name from his mother, who jokingly remarked that he looked like the Peanuts character Snoopy.
JUST when we were getting used to calling him Snoop Lion, he's gone and changed his name again. The 41-year-old rapper, who was born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Junior, originally chose the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg, but has now revealed he's sick of that too and wants to be called Snoopzilla from now on. It's believed the name is a tribute to legendary funk bassist Bootsy Collins who's nickname is Bootzilla. Just a year after becoming Snoop Lion, the Beautiful singer announced his new moniker yesterday to coincide with the release of his new album 7 Days of Funk which he recorded with groove singer Dam-Funk. 'Zilla says his new name refelects the funk influence in his music, while Lion was an ode to his rastafarian roots.