Is vanilla ice-cream Ekadasi-compatible?

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Hare Krishna.

 

> Hm, a surprise for me. So far I understood that only peanuts are OK, since

> their pods grow in the ground. And I was told that vanilla and carob are

> not OK. But now, following the same logic, is carob OK ? Since it is also

> a tree - lat. Ceratonia siliqua.

 

Atmarama Prabhu wrote:

 

> I'we been always told that vanila and carob are not Ok for ekadasi because

> they are in powder, i.e. one cannot be sure whether any powder is 100

> without some grain powder, at least in countires like Serbia and

> Macedonia.

 

And I think he may very well have a point, if one wants to be 100% perfect

about one's abstinence from grains and beans. The carob and vanilla "beans"

themselves are OK, but they may have been mixed with grains during the

grinding process, like hing.

 

In my opinion, if one is _so much_ concerned about such things, then the

best thing is to simply fast on ekadasi. Others may not agree.

 

Hare Krishna --

 

ys, Balarama Dasa

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On 12 May 1999, Chaturatma das wrote:

 

> As far as eating it well, Breyer has vanilla bean in it. but I seem to

> understand that vanilla bean is a bean in name only but really the internal

> part of a flower. anyone know about that?

>

Vanilla Bean is the seed pod of an orchid plant.