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Katra wrote:

> In article >,
> (PENMART01) wrote:
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>
>>>(Naomi Darvell) writes:
>>>
>>>Overall, I think a good store-bought extract will work better than most
>>>homemade ones. But stay away from the synthetic stuff; use real vanilla!
>>
>>That's no longer true. Human sensory perception is incapable of detecting any
>>difference between modern vanilla flavoring and natural vanilla... and in fact
>>the flavoring holds up better to cooking heat... of course if you're the sort
>>with more dollars than brain cells, and thinks snobbishness is Kew-L...
>>
>>
>>Sheldon
>
>
> Only for your trailer trash taste buds perhaps Shel' honey. ;-)
>
> There is a WORLD of difference to the educated pallete between real and
> artificial vanilla extract!
>
> I can't stand the fake stuff. :-P
>
> Think Vanilla Flavored coffee... <barf!>
>
> K.
>

There is a difference in taste, but that difference changes or even goes
away with cooking. (plus, some imitation vanillas taste better than others)

Bob