Vanilla , which comes from an Orchid's seed pod.
Slice lengthways. Scrape seeds from pod carefully with the blade of a knife. Add scraped-out empty pod to a jar of sugar for total use of the bean.
Vanilla beans are the seed pods of a type of orchid. The tiny little specks in foods that use vanilla bean as a flavoring are the individual seed from inside the pod.
You can use is to make vanilla pastry, vanilla sugar, vanilla ice-cream, practically anything! Just search on good food, or any other food websites, for recipes using vanilla pods and there you go!
You should use the same amount as called for in the recipe. According to Cooks Illustrated, imitation Vanilla has a *lot* more vanillin than real vanilla will have. Apparently, to be normal strength vanilla, you can only have so much vanilla. There's double-strength vanilla, too, which is what I prefer to use.
One way is to put some sugar in a small jar with a vanilla bean. You can also use spent vanilla pods that have had their seeds scraped out for use in something else. Just put the pod in the jar, cover with sugar. Seal the jar and set it aside for a few days for the vanilla flavour to infuse the sugar.
you need to use and least 5 table spoons of vanilla extract
Unfortunately much of the vanilla extract from Mexico is adulterated with tonka tree beans (containing coumarin) and should be suspect.
Vanilla extract can be substitute for vanilla essence on a 1:1 basis (e.g 1tsp of vanilla extract is equal to 1tsp vanilla essence), on a strength-for-strength basis at least. But the flavour of vanilla essence will never be as good as the flavour from vanilla extract, no matter how much of it you use.
Yes,Vanilla is a flavoring derived from the seed pods of orchids in the genus Vanilla native to Mexico.Vanilla essence comes in two forms.# Real seedpod extract is an extremely complicated mixture of several hundred different compounds. # Synthetic essence, consisting basically of a solution of artificial vanillin in ethanol.Humans can tell the difference between the artificial essence and the real extract, the real extract is much, much better. If you have vanilla extract you have the best product to use.
Two peas in a pod.
it depends on how much eggnog you make and how much you want to use. try experimenting, try new things. add a little vanilla at a time until you like it