Time flies! I recently had a week off work for Manifest, and realised that my vanilla extracts had actually reached the magical 4 week mark where I should be removing the beans from the alcohol.
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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 [...] “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. [...]
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 [...] |
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