Posted on 04/18/2020 2:14:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Vanilla and chocolate addict here. You’re full of something other than vanilla :) Synthetic vanilla works pretty well in everything except coffee, and it is not clear if this is due to ethanol in the real deal or not. Experiments every morning this coming week :)
I buy real vanilla and fake. I can’t tell the difference, but I’m sure I could if I got a hold of vanilla beans.
How do you make rose water?
I also make a semi-distilled version. It’s a LOT more work, but a better product.
actually, fermenting ferulic acid to obtain vanillin has been around for years, regardless of the source of the ferulic acid ... however, such fermentation has been feasible only with genetically modified organisms ... and of course the result is still vanillin, NOT vanilla extract, which contains hundreds of other compounds besides vanillin when made from vanilla beans ...
not sure vanillin obtained by fermentation with a genetically modified organism is any more desirable than vanillin synthesized in any other fashion ...
nothing those chem students are doing appears to be new, so it makes me wonder if they’re simply flim-flamming their “investors” ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-vanilla/
We bought a large bottle of real Mexican vanilla at the Mexican market in San Antonio a few years ago. It’s enough to last us probably the rest of our lives.
Thanks!
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