Hi Betty,
great minds must think alike--I just did some vanilla making. I bought 15 Madagascar beans from Penzey's (a friend got them for me while in Kansas City) for about $30. I got a bottle of vodka and brandy (1/5's, I think), and put 7.5 beans in each one. I split them open but did not separate them. I cut the curly ends off and put them in the sugar bowl.
What are you planning to do with your vanilla when it's done? We're planning to give it away as Christmas gifts, with other stuff, but I don't know what kind of bottles to package it in and what to give away with it. Got any ideas? |