On 2018-03-17 9:03 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/17/2018 8:36 AM, Janet wrote:
>
>> Â*Now fill the bottle to the top with any
>> left-over spirits you have; I favour brandy or sherry or a mix. Cap
>> bottle, shake it well, store it in a cool dark place and shake it once a
>> week or when you remember. After six months it's ready to use (leave the
>> pods in, no need to take them out as you use up the liquid).
>> Â*Â*Â*Â* I should go and start a new batch.
>
> Great idea, but I thought perhaps vanilla beans would have risen in
> price similarly to the extract?Â* I haven't looked for them lately.


I just posted that I had not seen them for a while, but had not been
looking. I just checked on line. Holy cow..... about $9 each.

I used to make my ice cream and my deluxe vanilla recipe called for
about a tablespoon of extract plus a vanilla bean. The vanilla used to
be a considerable cost factor when it has half the price of the cream,
but now it is more than twice as much as the cream.