Reunion
About Reunion
Réunion is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France within the African region. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 kilometres east of the island of Madagascar and 175 kilometres (94 nmi) southwest of the island of Mauritius. As of January 2026, it had a population of 910,985. Its capital and largest city is Saint-Denis.
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This was first discovered by an enslaved man in Reunion called Edmund Albius. He basically had this guy who was his boss and he was telling him how they make watermelons but how they can't do it with vanilla pods. So Edmund Albius decided, well, okay, you say you can't, but let's have a go.
from 351: No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 at 00:39:45 · read transcript
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Where their blood hit the ground, that's where the first vanilla pods grew. That's where vanilla comes from. It was an arduous way to invent something, isn't it? Then it got taken over to Madagascar, and more specifically Reunion, which is where they learned how to grow it. It didn't work for ages, because the pollen is inaccessible. The flowers are insane. They're fertile for 12 hours after they bloom.
351: No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 · listen
I feel like we're not going to the point of Anna's story here. I'm not sure there is a point to this story, but let's hear it out. Apparently, she was as big as the Spice Girls. I look forward to hearing about the Reunion tour and her getting her own movie. You may be surprised. None of your solutions afforded the Virgin Mary the kind of respect that Diana wanted to because she's a devout Christian.
380: No Such Thing As The Virgin Mary Toast Reunion Tour, 2021-07-02 · listen
That technique is still used today in Reunion for sure. I think actually in Madagascar, I think all over they use this exact same thing. Then he was given his freedom. He really, you know, he really struggled afterwards and ended up dying in poverty. Especially as there was a French guy called Jean-Michel Claude Ricard, who came over and said, oh, this was my idea.
No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 · listen
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