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herbs, spices etc. (rambling)
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:50:37 -0600, US Janet >
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>On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:52:45 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
says...
>>>
>>> On 2021-04-12 5:33 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>> > On 2021-04-12 2:50 p.m., US Janet wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> A couple people have been gifting me large bottles of vanilla when
>>> >> then travel to Mexico.* I now have about a quart of the stuff and I
>>> >> don't make sweets any longer.
>>> >>
>>> >> End of Ramble
>>> >> Janet US
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Go to your local artisinal baker and trade it for bread.
>>>
>>> You would want to make sure you got a lot of bread in return.
>>>
>>> Years ago a neighbour went on a Caribbean cruise and brought us some
>>> vanilla extract from Grenada. That stuff was amazing. I was talking
>>> with the chef/owner of a local restaurant and commented on the vanilla
>>> taste in his desserts. It turned out that he got his vanilla extract
>>> from the Dominican Republic. His wife was Dominican and they went down
>>> frequently and always brought back lots. On his next trip he brought me
>>> back a 500ml bottle of it. That lasted me a good long time. The down
>>> side was that I could never find another source of vanilla that good.
>>> Now I have to pay a small fortune for an inferior product.
>>
>> I make my own with vanilla pods and alcohol (usually brandy but my
>>current one is in vodka, I've also used sherry+rum. Just what we have
>>that's already open).
>>
>> Get a small clean glass bottle with a screwtop lid. Those 200ml
>>bottles from hotel minibars are ideal.
>>
>> Slit two vanilla pods lengthways, leave the seeds in. If your bottle
>>is too short cut them in half lengthways to fit them in. Stuff all the
>>pods in the bottle. Fill the bottle with alcohol to the top, making sure
>>the pods are immersed. Put the lid on and shake it. Store in a cool dark
>>place, and turn the bottle once a week. It's ready in 6 months.
>>
>> Janet UK
>I've always had a couple of bottles (fifths, the liquor bottles) of
>vanilla going. One bottle goes toward my annual Christmas batch of
>Kahlua, the other bottle 'rests' for another year of two to make the
>next batch of Kahlua. I've always used brandy to make vanilla.
>I put two vanilla beans in a bottle to start. At Christmas I add
>another two to the empty bottle and continue so for a number of
>years.
>Janet US
I meant that I use vodka for vanilla making for my Kahlua. The Kahlua
uses both vodka and brandy.
Janet US
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