Labarin vanilla labari ne na gaskiya na tafiya a duniya. Kuma ya fara shekaru 180 da suka gabata tare da yaro ɗan shekara 12.
An fara ne a Mexico, inda Totonacs, ƴan asalin ƙasar, suka fara gano vanilla. Sun girbe kwas ɗin daga cikin daji kuma suna amfani da shi don ɗanɗano abubuwan sha na musamman. Aztecs, waɗanda suka ci Totonacs, sun kuma yaudare su da wannan kayan yaji.
Lokacin da Turawa suka isa Amurka, sun kawo tsire-tsire da kayan yaji, ciki har da vanilla, don yin noma a yankunansu. Wannan shi ne yadda vanilla ya fara tafiya a cikin teku, daga ƙarshe ya isa Faransa a farkon 1600s.
Amma duk da yawo a duniya, vanilla ya kasa samar da ‘ya’yan itace nesa da gida. Sai da ta isa tsibirin Bourbon, wanda yanzu ake kira Reunion, wani abin sihiri ya faru.
Wata rana, wani bawa mai suna Edmond, dan shekara 12 kacal, ya gano sirrin gurbatar ruwan vanilla. Ya kalli furen vanilla da kyau kuma ya gane yana buƙatar taimakawa tare da pollination don ‘ya’yan itacen su girma. Wayonsa ya kawo sauyi ga masana’antar vanilla, wanda ya baiwa tsibirin Reunion damar zama babban mai samarwa.
Edmond da rashin alheri ba a gane shi a ainihin ƙimar sa a lokacin ba. An zarge shi da laifin sata kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin zaman gidan yari. Amma gadonsa yana rayuwa: a yau, vanilla har yanzu ana pollinated da hannu a duk duniya, yana mai da kowane kwafsa mai daraja da na musamman.
Don haka labarin ban mamaki na vanilla yana tunatar da mu cewa ko da ƙananan binciken na iya yin tasiri sosai a duniya. Kuma a gaba lokacin da kuka ji daɗin vanilla ice cream ko kuma ɗanɗano mai daɗi, ku tuna tafiya mai ban mamaki da wannan kayan yaji ya yi don isa gare ku.
