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The Vanilla Experiment – Checkup

We are now a couple of weeks into the Vanilla Bean Experiment!  I am officially… an eighth of the way through before I can actually start using the extract.

The lovely Sirene and her partner came over to Redfort for dinner, and we sniff-tested the four different extracts I have.  This was the first [...]

Experiment Check Up

Note: By the time this gets posted, Steeeeve will already be five days old.  Nawww, Steeeeve.

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Sourdough Starter Experiment

Because I don’t have enough things growing in the kitchen yet…

Inspired by the Free Culinary School podcast #18-21, and the Doctor quite matter-of-factly stating that he loved sourdough bread, AND my plans to make roast pumpkin soup on the weekend, I decided to actually make sourdough bread.  But first, I needed to get a [...]

The Vanilla Experiment – Day One

“Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?”

“No, Mr Vanilla, I expect you to dye!”

… Sorry.  It’s 4am.  But you can see I’m already getting some good colour, though possibly not a lot of taste.  I’m going to try holding off sniffing it for at least a week.

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The Vanilla Bean Experiment

I don’t pretend to be a scientist, even though I do have a degree in science.  Unfortunately, I missed out on getting one of the “Science – It’s What’s for Dinner” shirts from Alton Brown, so I can’t even show people I’m a true kitchen geek.  So what can I [...]