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>I would like to make strawberry ice cream with my new cuisinart ice-
> cream maker.
> It calls for vanilla extract - 1tsp. I am wondering if using real
> vanilla bean will make a noticable difference in flavor. If so, what
> would be an equivalent amount of vanilla bean for 1tsp of extract.
> If there is a high quality vanilla extract that would be just as good,
> please recommend one.
> Thanks
>

Since you're making strawberry ice cream, I'd use the extract. No sense wasting a
bean when the main flavor isn't vanilla. Use Penzey's, Spice Island, something of
that sort.

kimberly