Comments on: Plain ol’ vanilla http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:05:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: gilraen http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-707 gilraen Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:58:50 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-707 Oh I died and came to heaven! I can eat, vicariously, the most scrumptious food on your blog! Yummmm. :) I always have a vanilla pod in my caster sugar, old habits are hard to shake. :) Lovely cabling, and likely to be needed as Ireland rarely has warm weather for very long. :) Oh I died and came to heaven! I can eat, vicariously, the most scrumptious food on your blog! Yummmm. :)

I always have a vanilla pod in my caster sugar, old habits are hard to shake. :)

Lovely cabling, and likely to be needed as Ireland rarely has warm weather for very long. :)

]]> By: J A R E D http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-696 J A R E D Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:40:48 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-696 awesome tip! I want to try that. awesome tip! I want to try that.

]]> By: Ger http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-694 Ger Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:25:07 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-694 No wonder you have 10 comments already on this posting!! I'm not a bit surprised. What with banana, vodka, vanilla and the 'piece de resistance' the chocolate brownie and raspberries, cream and chocolate sauce. My mouth is watering, Oh for one of those brownies - sigh,sigh,sigh. Yum Yum and delicious. Must make some. Ger No wonder you have 10 comments already on this posting!! I’m not a bit surprised. What with banana, vodka, vanilla and the ‘piece de resistance’ the chocolate brownie and raspberries, cream and chocolate sauce. My mouth is watering, Oh for one of those brownies - sigh,sigh,sigh. Yum Yum and delicious. Must make some.

Ger

]]> By: David http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-693 David Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:13:36 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-693 Vanilla is known for making things taste more like themselves. So, a "plain vanilla" anything would be something truly itself. It's strange, because when you think about it, vanilla isn't supposed to be <i>the</i> flavor in anything, but to merely play the background, to subtly enhance whatever it is. Except for sugar, of course. Those "seeds" are not only little seeds, but are vanillin crystals. Vanillin is the main (but not sole) flavor element in vanilla pods, and can be extracted from wood as well - hence the "artificial" flavor which really isn't artificial at all, but simply not from the pod. The one drawback to making your own vanilla sugar: pouring directly into the coffee from the sugar container sometimes results in a spent vanilla pod floating about in the cup. Love the pictures. Vanilla is known for making things taste more like themselves. So, a “plain vanilla” anything would be something truly itself. It’s strange, because when you think about it, vanilla isn’t supposed to be the flavor in anything, but to merely play the background, to subtly enhance whatever it is.

Except for sugar, of course.

Those “seeds” are not only little seeds, but are vanillin crystals. Vanillin is the main (but not sole) flavor element in vanilla pods, and can be extracted from wood as well - hence the “artificial” flavor which really isn’t artificial at all, but simply not from the pod.

The one drawback to making your own vanilla sugar: pouring directly into the coffee from the sugar container sometimes results in a spent vanilla pod floating about in the cup.

Love the pictures.

]]> By: Anne http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-692 Anne Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:48:59 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-692 I am actually much more of a vanilla fan than chocolate. I know - what can I say?!? Real honest-to-goodness creme brule'. I am so all over it. I am actually much more of a vanilla fan than chocolate. I know - what can I say?!?

Real honest-to-goodness creme brule’. I am so all over it.

]]> By: Karen http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-690 Karen Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:58:52 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-690 What a brilliant idea - making your own extract! I love the flavour and scent of vanilla. What a brilliant idea - making your own extract! I love the flavour and scent of vanilla.

]]> By: Leigh http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-689 Leigh Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:39:59 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-689 What a great idea, thanks! I use vodka for all my herbal medicinal tinctures, but I like this idea too. I love vanilla, but please don't ask me to make a choice between it and chocolate. What a great idea, thanks! I use vodka for all my herbal medicinal tinctures, but I like this idea too. I love vanilla, but please don’t ask me to make a choice between it and chocolate.

]]> By: Teresa HAPPY YARNS http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-688 Teresa HAPPY YARNS Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:09:57 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-688 Don't laugh, always buy the vanilla scented yankee candles...theres something very soothing about the scent of them....always put pods in my caster sugar. Don’t laugh, always buy the vanilla scented yankee candles…theres something very soothing about the scent of them….always put pods in my caster sugar.

]]> By: Sara http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-687 Sara Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:00:36 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-687 Yup, Im a vanilla addict too. If I'm faced with a choice of icecreams, vanilla always wins. Yup, Im a vanilla addict too. If I’m faced with a choice of icecreams, vanilla always wins.

]]> By: Caroline http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-686 Caroline Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:03:52 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/04/16/plain-ol-vanilla/#comment-686 I've been looking for a reason to buy some vodka in one of those pretty bottles at Trader Joe's, plus they have vanilla pods there too. Now I have the perfect excuse for both! Thanks for the Gromit pics! How nice to have a little cheer-me-up gift from so far away. I’ve been looking for a reason to buy some vodka in one of those pretty bottles at Trader Joe’s, plus they have vanilla pods there too. Now I have the perfect excuse for both!

Thanks for the Gromit pics! How nice to have a little cheer-me-up gift from so far away.

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