My roommate just returned from Dominica and gifted me with a bottle of vanilla essence. It doesn't smell the same as vanilla extract and google isn't giving me any clear answers as to whether it is different from vanilla extract,...
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What is your favorite type of vanilla extract or vanilla bean, and why?...
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In the past month I have received three separate gifts of vanilla beans from vacationing friends/family (Indian, Mexican and Tahitian). What should I do with this sudden windfall of vanilla beans (that doesn't involve creme brulee, ice cream, vanilla-infused sugar,...
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I noticed in the "What won't you skimp on" question that a couple of people mentioned vanilla...but not in the form of extract...they mentioned beans or paste. I do buy beans & make my own extract, but I've never used...
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Coming back from vacation in Mexico, my mother has brought me two vanilla beans. Not traditionally a purchaser of these I cannot decide how I want to use them. Ice-cream certainly comes to mind, but I do not have an...
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