On Sep 21, 11:22*am, zipporah > wrote:
> cooksalot wrote:
> > On Sep 20, 6:15 pm, Ozark Baby > wrote:
> >> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:26:57 -0500, zxcvbob >
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> Ozark Baby wrote:
> >>>> We are planning on making our own homemade vanilla extract. What I
> >>>> want to do is to be able to give some as gifts. What size bottle would
> >>>> anyone recommend for gifts? The other question is if I would need to
> >>>> seal, like with canning, such jars of extract once it is made, after 6
> >>>> months, or what? Would this homemade extract be ok just sitting on
> >>>> shelves or should it be refrigerated or what? Any suggestions would be
> >>>> appreciated.
> >>> Are you gonna get 5 ounce glass bottles for it? *(I've never seen little
> >>> brown bottles for sale, but that would be the way to go if you can find
> >>> them.) *I don't know how you intend to make your extract, I'll assume by
> >>> steeping chopped vanilla beans in bourbon or rye or vodka, but i think
> >>> you just need to screw the lids down tight.
> >>> Bob
> >> Thank you for your reply. Yes, I was thinking about 5-8 oz sizes, as
> >> these will be presents for Christmas.
>
> > Well you do realize that once we open those bottles of vanilla they
> > sit in the cupboard sometimes for years and are just fine. *My bottle
> > source is Mountain Rose Herbshttp://www.mountainroseherbs.com/supply/glass_bottles.html
>
> Specialty Bottle (http://www.specialtybottle.com/) is another fine
> source for containers. *I've been very happy with my orders from them.
> I use their tins for dry herbs and spices and have some eye-dropper
> bottles for citrus oils and the like. *They have very competitive
> pricing too (always a bonus).- Hide quoted text -
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Thanks for the link- very cool!