Hello all,
I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
have made many other flavors with excellent results.
My questions a Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
vanilla beans rather than vanilla
extract?
Is the difference really noticeable?
Where in the supermarket would I find
vanilla beans?

As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.


Darren

On Nov 20, 2:04*pm, Darren > wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
> sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
> cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
> have made many other flavors with excellent results.
> My questions a *Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
> vanilla beans rather than vanilla
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * extract?
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Is the difference really noticeable?

Some folks will say it is.

> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Where in the supermarket would I find
> vanilla beans?

In the spice aisle, but probably not at most general supermarkets.
You might need to find a specailty sto Whole Foods, Penzey's. etc.

> As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Darren

Darren > wrote in news:833ac5f0-0b6d-4892-a9be-
:

> Hello all,
> I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
> sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
> cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
> have made many other flavors with excellent results.
> My questions a Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
> vanilla beans rather than vanilla
> extract?
> Is the difference really noticeable?
> Where in the supermarket would I find
> vanilla beans?
>
> As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.
>



eBay for the vanilla beans. Very cheap, and you get heaps to experiment
with. I've only ever seen vanilla bean icecream made.


Recipes......

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7008...bean+ice+cream


or.........

http://tinyurl.com/5jtc55


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries
and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to
console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin,

On Nov 20, 11:04*am, Darren > wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
> sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
> cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
> have made many other flavors with excellent results.
> My questions a *Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
> vanilla beans rather than vanilla
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * extract?
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Is the difference really noticeable?
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Where in the supermarket would I find
> vanilla beans?
>
> As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Darren

Real vanilla bean is best- definitely better than extract...

Darren wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
> sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
> cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
> have made many other flavors with excellent results.
> My questions a Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
> vanilla beans rather than vanilla
> extract?
> Is the difference really noticeable?
> Where in the supermarket would I find
> vanilla beans?
>
> As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.


The ice base recipes that came with my Cuisinart ice cream maker call
for Vanilla extract, with other flavours added. They are much better
with real vanilla extract than with artificial. Then there is the
deluxe Vanilla that also uses vanilla pod. You toss in a bean, or half a
bean if they are big, while the milk/cream is heated, then split it and
scrap the seats into the mix. It really does add a lot of good flavour
to the ice cream.

Whether you want to go to the expense of adding a vanilla bean for
something that is goign to be served on a cobbler is another matter.

On Nov 20, 11:21*am, Peter Lucas > wrote:
> Darren > wrote in news:833ac5f0-0b6d-4892-a9be-
> :
>
> > Hello all,
> > I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
> > sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
> > cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
> > have made many other flavors with excellent results.
> > My questions a *Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
> > vanilla beans rather than vanilla
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * extract?
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Is the difference really noticeable?
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Where in the supermarket would I find
> > vanilla beans?
>
> > As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> eBay for the vanilla beans. Very cheap, and you get heaps to experiment
> with. I've only ever seen vanilla bean icecream made.
>
> Recipes......
>
> http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7008...bean+ice+cream
>
> or.........
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5jtc55
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> "The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries
> and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to
> console us for their loss."
> Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin,

I saw that the other day when you were talking about it- incredible
deal!

merryb wrote on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:15:25 -0800 (PST):

> On Nov 20, 11:21 am, Peter Lucas > wrote:
>> Darren > wrote in news:833ac5f0-0b6d-4892-a9be-
>> :
>>
> >> Hello all,
> >> I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to
> >> make some sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make
> >> homemade vanilla ice- cream to go with it. I have never
> >> attempted vanilla ice cream, but have made many other
> >> flavors with excellent results. My questions a Is the
> >> flavor of the vanilla better if using vanilla beans rather
> >> than vanilla extract?
> >> Is the difference really noticeable?
> >> Where in the supermarket would I
> >> find vanilla beans?
>>
> >> As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be
> >> appreciated.
>>
>> eBay for the vanilla beans. Very cheap, and you get heaps to
>> experiment with. I've only ever seen vanilla bean icecream
>> made.
>>
>> Recipes......
>>
>> http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7008...bean+ice+cream
>>
>> or.........
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5jtc55
>>

I thought this was discussed a little while ago and the keeping of a
vanilla pod in sugar to flovor it was mentioned.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"Peter Lucas" > wrote in message
.25...
> Darren > wrote in news:833ac5f0-0b6d-4892-a9be-
> :
> eBay for the vanilla beans. Very cheap, and you get heaps to experiment
> with. I've only ever seen vanilla bean icecream made.
>

Costco usually has vanilla beans too.

Sharon

merryb > wrote in news:2d554542-7f74-49f4-9e67-
:

> On Nov 20, 11:21*am, Peter Lucas > wrote:
>> Darren > wrote in news:833ac5f0-0b6d-4892-a9be-
>> :
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> > I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make
some
>> > sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla
ice-
>> > cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
>> > have made many other flavors with excellent results.
>> > My questions a *Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
>> > vanilla beans rather than vanilla
>> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * extract?
>> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Is the differen
> ce really noticeable?
>> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Where in the su
> permarket would I find
>> > vanilla beans?
>>
>> > As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> eBay for the vanilla beans. Very cheap, and you get heaps to
experiment
>> with. I've only ever seen vanilla bean icecream made.
>>

>
> I saw that the other day when you were talking about it- incredible
> deal!



It sure is.

You get to the stage of giving the beans away willy-nilly because there
is so damn many!!



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries
and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to
console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin,

"Sharon" > wrote in news:gg4htf$vtq$1
@usenet01.boi.hp.com:

>
> "Peter Lucas" > wrote in message
> .25...
>> Darren > wrote in news:833ac5f0-0b6d-4892-a9be-
>> :
>> eBay for the vanilla beans. Very cheap, and you get heaps to experiment
>> with. I've only ever seen vanilla bean icecream made.
>>
>
> Costco usually has vanilla beans too.
>



You oughta check the prices and quantities from eBay..... it'l blow your
socks off :-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries
and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to
console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin,

"James Silverton" > wrote in news:HEjVk.2617
:


>>>
>
> I thought this was discussed a little while ago and the keeping of a
> vanilla pod in sugar to flovor it was mentioned.
>


Yep..... either 'Darren' is a troll (doesn't look like it to me) or he
missed the previous conversation.


Darren, did you end up becoming a Property Manager??


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries
and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to
console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin,

In article
>,
Darren > wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
> sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
> cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
> have made many other flavors with excellent results.
> My questions a Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
> vanilla beans rather than vanilla
> extract?
> Is the difference really noticeable?
> Where in the supermarket would I find
> vanilla beans?
>
> As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>
> Darren

Many good recipes I've seen scrape the paste from the inside of the bean.
--
Peace! Om

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." -- Dalai Lama

In article > ,
Peter Lucas > wrote:

> Darren > wrote in news:833ac5f0-0b6d-4892-a9be-
> :
>
> > Hello all,
> > I have a question regarding using vanilla beans. I want to make some
> > sort of fruit cobbler soon, and I want to make homemade vanilla ice-
> > cream to go with it. I have never attempted vanilla ice cream, but
> > have made many other flavors with excellent results.
> > My questions a Is the flavor of the vanilla better if using
> > vanilla beans rather than vanilla
> > extract?
> > Is the difference really noticeable?
> > Where in the supermarket would I find
> > vanilla beans?
> >
> > As always, any ideas, hints, or suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
>
>
>
> eBay for the vanilla beans. Very cheap, and you get heaps to experiment
> with. I've only ever seen vanilla bean icecream made.
>
>
> Recipes......
>
> http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7008...bean+ice+cream
>
>
> or.........
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5jtc55

Agreed about ebay for the vanilla beans!
--
Peace! Om

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." -- Dalai Lama

Omelet wrote on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:44:39 -0600:

I suppose sigs are a bit like bumper stickers, usually sacrosanct, but I
don't think the Dalai Lama was being particularly profound or original
even if one can't disagree.

To me, it's one of those things that sound better attributed to someone
famous. It reminds me a little of the bumper sticker that my local
food-nut coop sells attributing to Albert Einstein "You can't
simultaneously prepare for peace and war". I'm not sure that Einstein
ever said it and the opposite has been maintained for 2500 years, Sun
Tzu being the first to express what Clausewitz said "If you want peace,
prepare for war."
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

In article >,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Omelet wrote on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:44:39 -0600:
>
> I suppose sigs are a bit like bumper stickers, usually sacrosanct, but I
> don't think the Dalai Lama was being particularly profound or original
> even if one can't disagree.
>
> To me, it's one of those things that sound better attributed to someone
> famous. It reminds me a little of the bumper sticker that my local
> food-nut coop sells attributing to Albert Einstein "You can't
> simultaneously prepare for peace and war". I'm not sure that Einstein
> ever said it and the opposite has been maintained for 2500 years, Sun
> Tzu being the first to express what Clausewitz said "If you want peace,
> prepare for war."

I respect the Dalai Lama, so I've been rotating thru quotes from him
lately.

I'll change it here shortly. ;-)

Thanks for the kick.

For true insight into his life and personality, watch the movie "Seven
Years in Tibet".

It's based on actual history.
--
Peace! Om

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." -- Dalai Lama

Omelet wrote on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:29:10 -0600:

> I respect the Dalai Lama, so I've been rotating thru quotes
> from him lately.

> For true insight into his life and personality, watch the
> movie "Seven Years in Tibet".

> It's based on actual history.

I read the intriguing book a long time ago!


--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

In article >,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Omelet wrote on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:29:10 -0600:
>
> > I respect the Dalai Lama, so I've been rotating thru quotes
> > from him lately.
>
> > For true insight into his life and personality, watch the
> > movie "Seven Years in Tibet".
>
> > It's based on actual history.
>
> I read the intriguing book a long time ago!

The book is always better than the movie...
--
Peace! Om

"All People and things are interdependent. The world has become so small that no nation can solve its problems alone, in isolation from others. That is why I believe we must all cultivate a sense of responsibility based on love and compassion for each other." -- Dalai Lama

Many thanks to everyone for your comments.I don't recall seeing a
previous discussion on vanilla beans recently so I apologize if my
questions were redundant.
I will be at Costco and Trader Joe's this weekend, so I will look for
some vanilla beans there.
Thanks again!


Darren