Vanilla Beans

Published October 26, 2013

100 Vanilla Beans

I am now the happy owner of one hundred Madagascar vanilla beans.Yes, one hundred. I found a great deal thanks to a friend on one of my canning groups on Facebook. Shipped from France they arrived earlier today. I took them out of the vacuum sealed package and just inhaled. Wonderful aroma. Vanilla beans are the seed pods from a type of orchid. I haven’t quite decided where to start. Vanilla extract, for sure. I’ll use vodka- I would prefer Everclear, but you can’t get it in Ohio. Jonathan suggested I use bourbon or rum for a different flavored extract. Perhaps I will. Oh and there will be vanilla sugar. Beyond that I haven’t yet decided. What would you do with 100 vanilla beans? I’ll post recipes and pictures as I use them.

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