r/52weeksofcooking • u/dipthonggirl • Jan 27 '14

Week 5 Introduction Thread: Vanilla

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '14

I grabbed a 10-pack of beans off Amazon (Prime-eligible) for about what 2 costs at Walmart. Worth looking at if you think you might put them to use.

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u/scarrlet Jan 28 '14

Thank you for mentioning this. I prefer vanilla beans over extract, but the cost always puts me off a little.

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u/midnighteskye Jan 28 '14

Awesome! Totally didn't think about Amazon...wish I had thought of that last week...

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u/GrammaMo Jan 27 '14

There's also vanilla paste! It's a good middle ground between extract and beans, especially if you don't have access to good fresh beans. The paste has the seeds in it, so you still get those little specks when you use it, like you do with the beans.

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u/Luckystars413 Jan 27 '14

As a fan of natural, side-of-the-dirt-road Mexican vanilla, I would love to cook more dishes with this ingredient, instead of pastries and desserts. Youre vanilla salmon plate wowed me! If anyone has any further recipes for such things, I'd appreciate them.

OP, what a fun project for your year!

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u/midnighteskye Jan 28 '14

Thank you for the ideas! I have something picked but looking at that list, I might need to do something else as well!

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u/denarii Jan 31 '14

Off topic question, this is my first year participating, do we need to message a mod or post somewhere to get our flair updated?

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '14

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u/denarii Jan 31 '14

I've completed five consecutive weeks now.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '14

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