Posted on 08/31/2014 3:15:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
And for their extract they use rum rather than bourbon.
At least the bottle my wife brought home from her Haiti trip did. I spent some time trying to identify why it did not taste like American Vanilla.
Calling your attention to this thread! I think that Nick posted this with you in mind! Orchids and Vanilla!
Trader Joe’s is the bomb (as the kids would say).
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LOL, since it is impossible (or prudent) to keep up with what the kids say, I have learned never to say “as the kids say”.
Vanilla beans are very expensive. I get 16 small beans for 50 dollars at my local spice goods store. It’s easy to make the real vanilla. Get a bottle of good vodka and put the beans in it and let them soak. Takes a while for the vodka to soak in all that delicious vanilla flavor but worth the wait. I use it in everything I bake.
:-)
Thanks, Pete! Love them both. :)
Breyer’s Real Vanilla Ice Cream ROCKS!
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/everydaycooking/tastetests/vanilla-ice-cream
I make my own vanilla extract with beans and brandy. It’s a Wisconsin thang. :)
Ice cream and summer in Wisconsin!
(Someone in Madison needs to breed a Vanilla orchid that can grow in a cedar bog with only 3 months of summer!)
Is that a challenge? LOL!
My late aunt, twice removed. Pretty dress is it not? She made it herself in less than a day.
Dictyophora indusiata
Thanks for the tips.
I was going to post a blush colored Indian motorcycle, but when I googled it, I blushed.
No, but if you wanted to make a name for yourself among botanists and try to develop a cold hardy vanilla orchid....
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Vanilla_(genus)?o=2801&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com
“Vanilla, the vanilla orchids, form a flowering plant genus of about 110 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The most widely known member is the Flat-leaved Vanilla (V. planifolia), from which commercial vanilla flavoring is derived...”
http://www.orchid-care-tips.com/hardy-orchids.html
“Cold hardy epiphytes are rare. Almost all temperate orchids are terrestrial, growing in the ground. This most often means boggy habitats. It’s necessary to prepare the soil to match the conditions your orchid expects. For orchids that grow in bogs...” (More at link)
Orchidaceae Vanilla planifolia subs. Diana ab Wisconsinsis “The huntress” Nice sound! I suppose its something to do with 40 years of retirement ahead?
LOL!
Did you know that the, ‘Granny Smith’ apple was discovered in Australia, while ‘Granny Smith’ was using parts of apples to to breed her orchids?
The only time I have time to do this kind of stuff is in the winter and it costs too much to heat my greenhouse in these brutal Wisconsin winters!
This winter, put, ‘Flower Confidential’ by Amy Stewart on your reading list. You’ll love it! :)
http://www.amystewart.com/books/flower-confidential/
So she was an orchid grower not an orchardist? Interesting!
There is a cold hardy apricot that was found growing in a farmers trash area in New Berlin Wisconsin.
There may be a way to heat a greenhouse with one of these.
You have to fire it up though. A bother.
http://www.ernieanderica.info/rocketstoves
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