Vanilla Extract Back to Basics Top 20 most common Q&A
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2021
- After seeing so many Question coming up and people being confused it was time to set the record straight on the basics of what you can legally call PURE Vanilla Extract. I saw so many celebrities, chefs and many RUclips videos giving false information about making pure vanilla extract. It was time to put out one video that covered the top 20 questions on making and crafting homemade PURE vanilla extract. Thanks for everyone's support. If you want to help our Clement Family Farms check out our merchandise store front and click the teesprings link below. All the profits go to saving the bees. my-store-11522270.creator-spr...
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Wow Shane. The vanilla classroom is in session... I really appreciate all your personal experiences and sharing them..
Thank you. I grew up in a classroom my dad was a High school Agriculture teacher. lol
@Jane Gerughty My Dad and uncles are all High school Agriculture teachers maybe they rubbed off on me a little bit. lol
Vanilla is so delicious ♡
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I’ve watched SO many videos on making vanilla and every one was difficult…with no explanations as to WHY they were different. I could have saved myself so much time by just watching your video first!!! You answered all my questions and concerns! Awesome video! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
I've seen so many incorrect ways to make VE, it's a shame what people are doing. I really appreciate all of your knowledge and expertise! You really have this figured out!
Thank you and I do agree it is a shame. So much miss information out there. I have been doing this sense I was 20. Now at 51 trying to share with people what I have learned over the years. I don't know If I have figured it all out yet but I have figured out what works for me and creating a great extract consistently. Thank you again for your kind words I do appreciate them.
Diy.vanilla powder
"Just throw two beans in a 32oz jar and put it in the instapot then let it steep for 4 days and you've got pure grade A homemade vanilla extract your family will love "
This is the most comprehensive, informative and helpful video on the subject. You are right about the countless other videos out there that make the whole thing so confusing as to what truly is the very best advice overall. Many thanks indeed from here in England for all your time, effort and expertise in making this wonderful video.
another great vanilla video!!! I'm forever grateful for your videos that have helped me with my technique to make my vanilla extract. The technique may be different but the science is the same, and the result is amazing. Thank you
You have the BEST videos on vanilla extract. I watched them all in a day. Please post more. I have nothing to watch lol. I love that you respect standards. Your creativity, testing methods and willingness to share is just beyond amazing. I appreciate your work. Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for this video - thorough coverage on so many questions I have before making homemade vanilla extract, awesome !
This was a one stop know it all video! God bless you! ! You have been very generous in giving out all that one needs to know to make and sell their own vanilla extract. Your honest and sincere sharing is so appreciated. May the Lord bless your business greatly.
Wow. Such great info! My son is also Shane - who is currently a big, tough U.S. Marine - that still loves his mommas cookies and swears it's because of my homemade extract! 😁 I've been making it a long time, but still learned some great stuff from you here! Thanks for all the detail and important info and as a teacher I'm sending a big High 5 to you for doing an amazing job - despite a learning disability - and for having the courage to just own it and not let it stop you. Very inspiring Shane!
Aww thank you for the kind words. I grew up with teachers sense my dad and all my uncles were high school agriculture teachers. lol I guess that is were my flip chart came from. I learned early on if you own it good or bad you will be trusted more. I was in the hazardous waste clean up industry for 20 years. Despite my disability I had worked my way up to a project manager and budget manager. I even developed a thermo imaging program to prevent fires on power poles, buildings, and oil refineries even though I cant hardly read or write. Now I work with parents and our local rural country school with kids that struggle with dyslexia. If we have knowledge that can help others we should be sharing it. That is why I started my channel. Thank you again for the kind words I appreciate it.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Wow! Good on you Shane! So fantastic and so grateful you're helping kiddos in your area because it's SO important and so needed. You have a new fan here - so keep on keeping on changing lives and the world for the better! It will all come back to you! 🙂💞
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this!! Just needed to hear an expert like yourself say some of these things! Like using beans over and over….did not make sense and just left me feeling like this info is unsatisfactory!! I love the confidence and knowledge you’ve given me going forward. My instincts were more correct than the info I was seeing 😋
Awww thank you for the kind words.
You made the steps look so simple. I'm going to give it a go!
Thanks Shane! This is the best you tube video on making vanilla. So much good information. Your the best!
Wow, thanks!
Thank you Shane for this video. It was the most comprehensive video I have seen in my search for good videos. It also pointed me to knowing what is Pure Vanilla Extract and the rules around it. Also the prep methods. Thank you it was a great video and very informative.
Thank you for sharing all of your information and hard work. You have provided me with so much good insight and I truly appreciate it.
Another great video! Thank you! Got my questions answered
I’ve learned more from your videos than the 101 on RUclips’s I had wasted my time on. Thanks.
💛 ... the idea with the marbles is so great. Thank you!
Wouldn’t the marbles not crack the jar when you shake it?
So many people are giving wrong advice on how to make pure vanilla extract. Thank you for your expertise.
You are so welcome!
Thank you very much for a terrific video. Very comprehensive. I have learned a lot from your vanilla videos. GREAT video.
Awesome, thank you!
Many, many thanks! You answered all my questions entirely!! You verified that I'm doing it correctly.
Excellent!
What a great video!!! I've been doing it wrong for about a year now. Thanks for all the info. I think I can self-correct now with this new information.
Thank you!
I’m still halfway watching your video and the information you give about vanilla beans extract is so wide ranging. Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us. I like your subtle humor, too. I laugh every now and then, just like when you said instead of shaking 5 or so bottles, you only shake one half gallon bottle.
Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have watched video after video just to find out how many beans to use. You are awesome. You are going to the top of my you tube list.
Aww thank you!!!
I have 10 16 oz. bottles (I’ve been brewing in recycled kombucha bottles) since last Sept. 2020. I placed 5 to 6 B Tahitian beans with ends snipped to each, most unslit. I went off many RUclipsr’s with less defined and meticulous methods compared to you. I doubt many of them had your volume of experience. I wish I had found you first! My applause to you sir! I will need to change my ways now. Only making mine for me and for gifts.
Thanks so much enjoyed the video and got some good information, going to watch some more, vanilla obsessed!
Glad you enjoyed!
Omg!!! I really loved your video, thank you so
Very much .....can’t wait to try it. Yay’
You are so welcome!
I saw a TV chef years ago mention mother jars for vanilla. She went over it and she just took a large jar and added a load of vanilla beans and filled it with alcohol. She said then you just let it sit and take a bean out whenever you want and use the fluid for vanilla extract.
As long as you measure it properly and are using proper proportions yea that will work. You won't need to cut them open it just makes the process take 3-6 months as opposed to taking at least a year. The upside to leaving the beans intact is being able to reach in cut the end off of one and squeeze vanilla bean into a recipe. The alcohol turns the caviar into a goo that you can squirt into a recipe where you desire actual vanilla bean to be visible. The problem with this is if you remove vanilla beans and dip your fingers into the alcohol the oil from your skin or lotion will dissolve into the alcohol and it will form a scummy residue at the edge of the glass as the alcohol sits in the jar. If it's for personal use its not super important I suppose but it's insightly and or gross if you are gifting it and a health violation if you are selling any of it.
Great video! Thank you for sharing and teaching with all the details. It was very helpful and a blessing!!
You are so welcome!
I am highly impressed with this tutorial. Thank you so much for this information. This gives me great ideas, rather it be a gift or a business opportunity. Thank you once again.😃
Glad it was helpful!
thank you for sharing your knowledge, these videos are really helpful!
Thank you I just try share what I have learned over the years. Hopefully to help someone else out along there journey. Dont forget to subscribe as I am working on a few more videos on vanilla.
This is great information!!! I have watched several videos on how to make homemade vanilla extract and by far there was not this much information in any of the others. At best I got 16 fluid oz to about 6 beans and you can start using it in about 3 to 4 months. Thank you for all the education!!
Thank you i was glad to share the info i have learned over the years with everyone. Yeah the minimum standard recipe is 1 oz of vanilla beans to 8 oz of 70 proof alcohol. Anything lower than that your just flavoring alcohol and not making extract. Out of all the years the average 1 oz of vanilla bean ranged from 7-12 vanilla beans per ounce. This is why its so important to weigh the beans for you recipe.
Well I hope you have a great new year and make lots of great vanilla extract.
Great informational video! Thank you so much 💓
You are so welcome!
Thanks I'm making my first batch and your video really helped!
Oh that is great.
I usually don’t put comments on RUclips posts, but I do for your very educational video. Thank you.
I appreciate that!
Just found you video and sure glad I did. This is something I've been wanting to do but didn't know where to start. Now to watch your other videos.
Check out my videos. They are a little long but I try to explain everything for a better understanding of what’s going on. There are so many different videos out there but they use the wrong formulas or give misguided information. I try to give real information and 30 years experience were others never really break it down for you.
Love the marble idea!!
Thank you so much!! So informative❣️
You are so welcome!
Thank you! I am a newbie and can't wait to make my own vanilla! I have ordered my beans and I'm waiting on them to arrive. This video has really helped to answer some questions I had.
Oh that is great Thank you for watching.
I’m waiting on my beans too. They’ll be here next Tuesday. But I’m going to the liquor store tomorrow and getting his suggested alcohol. I’m really excited! ❤
Awesome Video. Thank you for the education!
Our pleasure!
Thank you so much for this info!
great video easy to understand and full of info. Thank you
You are welcome!
Thank you for this extremely informative information!!
You are so welcome!
Really appreciate all your hard work in your videos. You do such a great job teaching you really don't need all that background music it gets to be too much, kind of distracting and to be honest a little annoying. You're the star after all! Thanks for sharing all the great info!
Thank you for your feed back and the kind words
I knew I could count on you for the answer s to making your own extract…. Ty ty ty … I’m just waiting for my beans to arrive…. I’m so excited 😆 like a little kid 😊😊😊
Thank you great information 👍🏼 ❤
I’m like a few minutes into this video and I’m like… the music was cool, the beard is cool, I can already tell this guy knows more about vanilla extract then the first 5 videos I just watched from other channels trying to learn something … so, thumbs up and I just subscribed cause when I’m trying to learn something , I want to do it and do it right. THANK YOU. 😊❤
Awww Thank you for the kind words. I am just sharing what I have learned over the last 30 years and try to give some real information. I do agree there are some kinda giving out false information even some professionals. I just enjoy helping people make great vanilla extract.
Thank you so much for your knowledge on making vanilla extract.
I tried to make vanilla extract and it is sitting there for 2years, but it doesn't tastes like vanilla. I think I put too much alcohol 1l with 10 beans
It was from another recipe. I will try your method.
@@beverleyhunter8593 I just got mine out after it had been sitting for over a year. Mine doesn't taste good either. I got the vanilla beans from Amazon, and I have a feeling the oils were already extracted. Watching this video to see if I have done anything wrong.
THANK YOU! When I started looking into making my own vanilla(for Christmas gifts), there was so much conflicting information, it confused me. When you first put up your videos on vanilla, I felt like cloud parted and finally I could see the light. Thanks from the botton of my heart for posting these videos.
ADD: Now I am thinking of including vanilla sugar as part as the gifts because a lot of my co-workers are avid bakers. Thank you again.
Vanilla sugar is a great gift idea. I give a small bottle of the vanilla sugar to all my clients. They all always come back and buy some or we trade goods.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Last year I made coco bomb. Talk about time consuming. I used quality chocolate and learned the hard way on tempering chocolate. 😖 But I figured it out. The vanilla sugar is looking better with the vanilla I started back in January.
I made vanilla extract and sugar with every kind of bean I ordered, even Mexican beans. Tahitian sugar is unbelievable.
Where do you all get your vanilla beans?
Thank you a great education
Thank you you answered a lot of questions that I had. I bought some Madagascar beans from Costco about five years ago. I put them in hundred pro hall and split them down middle just in and put it an A-1 jar. I don’t bake much. And forgot I forgot I had it. I will grind the beans and hope to get a tittle mor flavor.
Great information, thank you!
Thank you and your welcome.
Thanks man, ordered a half pound from your link tonight. Take care.
Awesome thank you!
So Well Done! Thank you!
Thank you too!
Thanks so much see you in the next video
Thank you too
I have greatly enjoyed your classes!
Aww thank you.
Very helpful! Thanks!
You're welcome!
Yes please do the taste test!
This was very helpful!
I'm so glad!
Really nice lesson.
Thanks! 😃
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much❤ for sharing your way❣️❣️🫶🤩
Just finished your series starting with you Vanilla Sugar❤ just let me say “Shane your process is totally Awesome ❣️🔥 I did ask questions before you gave the answers so thanks for sharing your way❤🎉🎉🎉🙏🏻🫶
What a great education !😮 thank you so much❣️🙏🏻👍🏻🫶
Thanks great video 😊❤👍🏼
You are so welcome
GREAT VIDEO 👍👍
Thorough! Thank you...
You're welcome!
What a legend. Every single question was answered thoroughly and clearly. You are a great teacher and communicator.
I need to add another 3 ounces of beans to my 1L of Vodka hahahaha. Thanks 👊🏽
Wow, thanks!
I found a bunch of videos prior to just finding yours. The previous making vanilla extract videos were pretty similar to each other but not to the depth that you shared! Wish I found your channel sooner. A couple videos had me making vanilla extract w an instapot! Thank you for your indepth tutorials
Awesome, thank you!
This makes me feel a ton better about putting my two extract jars in the direct sunlight. I learned it from your playlist, but then started second guessing myself because nearly everyone in the Facebook group I'm in was adament that sunlight was terrible for it. Good stuff! Can't wait to try my first batch....eventually
Hey Martin I am always second guessing my self. As I am making batches and tasting it them along the way sometimes I feel it is no good or something is off. But all I have to do is start sampling my extracts against others or store bought extracts then it puts my mind at ease and I know what I am doing is far better than everything else. Everyone gets fixated on only one thing and cant think out side the box or do testing. I always encourage everyone to test for them self's and don't take my word for it and see for them self's. I do what works for me and making a great extract and my clients seem think so also because I sell out before I am even started. I have a 6 month waiting list at this point. All the years I have been making vanilla all I hear is the same thing cool dark place but no one can tell me WHY! The only thing anyone has come up with is sunlight effects the vanilla enzymes. But there is no information beyond that. What, When, Were and Why. I am not using vanilla for my health, I am using it for flavor so if the sun doesn't effect the flavor in a negative way I am doing it. The vanilla is sun cured for months before even shipped think about that for a minute. Oh yeah I don't see people complaining or second guessing Sun Tea right! I am all for evolving and trying new things as long as it doesn't not negatively effect the flavors. This is why I test everything the best way I know how and try to share it with everyone. Some people cant get past what they have read or have been told because it is the only way they know how and that is what they have been telling everyone else to do with out knowing the Why. I always try to give people the options and the WHY. The can make there own decisions.
Awesome video
Thanks you.
Silicone gaskets (in the canning section) that fit inside the plastic lids will make it leakproof, I use this combo with all my dehydrated foods for long term storage. Researching before starting my first batch, thank you for your in depth teaching.
Thanks for the info!
I was so distracted by the beard color I did not notice the giant dragon head till the 10 min mark. Amazing information by the way.
Yeah I have a couple of dragon heads I like to sculpt and paint on rainy days.
Fabulous! Going rot see if you have any videos on vanilla sugar. Not sure what you would use that for if you already have awesome vanilla. So much to learn. Thanks for making such a comprehensive video!
I do have a video on vanilla sugar. I use the vanilla sugar in my coffee, tea and cookies. I just use the vanilla sugar in place of plain white sugar. If the recipes calls for vanilla extract I still add the extract also. It makes wonderful rich sugar cookies.
Great video! 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it
Really good video, thank you. Can you tell if openning the lead during the extraction is beneficial or maleficial to the process?
One thing that drives me NUTS about vanilla beans is how they market the beans based on which country they were grown in. It makes things confusing when there are multiple species of vanilla with the two most common v. Planiforia and v. Tahitensis being called "Madagascar vanilla" (or bourbon vanilla) and "tahitian vanilla". However unless it specifies that the vanilla is grown in these regions it can be from anywhere. I think the vanilla species is far more relevant than where the vanilla is grown but sellers usually market by the regions Uganda mexico costa rica thialand Hawaii papua new guinea etc... Also while planiforia and tahitensis make up the vast majority of the market there are a dozen other rare species of vanilla that are produced on an extremely small scale but still attainable on the market. The most common being v. pompona which is the "original" vanilla but was dropped in favor of planiforia because it cannot be hand polinnated and therefore can only be grown in South America. I love making vanilla extract that involves blending multiple different batches to get as complex of a flavor as i possibly can.
Ty … you are just a wealth of information…I really just wanted to know the best way to make my own extract vs having to buy the cheap grocery store bottles for too much money 💰… I’m just going to have fun making it & hopefully enjoying it… if I live that long 😂😂😂I’m an old Grammy…but …IM DOIN IT…..😊😊😊
Thank you so much for all the information, I do have one question,since I started a year ago with a few jars and did no cutting or splitting or blending to the beans is it possible to go into those older jars and slice or blend them up and then put that back in for a couple more months ? Also what about mixing beans I’ve got a few Madagascar and a few Ugandan jars with same vodka would it be a bad idea to mix them together and then make one big batch ? Thank you so much for the great video!
Many blessings ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Darn! I just put my vanilla beans in alcohol yesterday and left them whole. I wish I had seen this earlier.
Probably not too late even now - a month later! Just get them out and slice!
@@Jennifr1966thanks!!! I will do that.
Great video! Looking to find what to bake that would make homemade vanilla extract standout
cinnamon rolls, pancakes, whites cakes, really anything you use to cook or bake with. BBQ sauce using the vanilla makes deeper richer flavor. Experiment is what I tell people and you might find the next big hit.
@Tom Z - I'm thinking vanilla fudge, pancakes, coconut custard pie, vanilla pudding for filling cream puffs, & homemade Hershey's hot cocoa! Those are all things where the vanilla flavor really stands out & makes a difference! Dang... now I'm craving all of them!
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Absolutely the best video on making homemade vanilla I’ve seen by far!
What do you use the vanilla sugar with? Do you add it to cookies when baking? Coffee?
I use my vanilla sugar in almost everything that has white sugar in it. I making today a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls and just replace the white sugar with vanilla sugar. It also makes the best sugar cookies. They come out so much better with a deeper richer flavor and yes I also use the my extract with it also. I dont use vanilla sugar as a replacement for extract. Thank you I try to keep my videos so everyone can learn and have fun with it.
I was told I could reuse the beans so disappointing 😂😂😂 I was hype!!
If you are making a finished extract your vanilla beans will not give off anymore flavor in extract. But you can use them for flavoring sugar or making a vanilla powder. When I am done with the extract I pull my beans out and dry them out completely and grind them up and use them for sugar or adding a little color to cookies. Most of the people giving advice out there have not been making vanilla products that long and believe everything they hear.
👍 FYI: “America’s Test Kitchen” (which tests everything “cooking” in every way possible) stated in a recent episode that: only SOME… NOT all… of the alcohol used in any recipe actually “burns off” during cooking. P.S. Love your channel and your thorough presentation. ❤️👍
I love the Test Kitchen show and watch it all the time. They are not perfect and only take it so far, plus some of the information they are saying they are actually referring to something else. What I am saying sometimes the terminology they use is wrong and can confuse people. Alcohol starts burning off between 170 to 190 degree's then water starts at 210 degree's. So the alcohol will burn off before the water will. I don't know of any normal baking recipes that are less than 300-350 degree's. I am not saying the flavor of the alcohol is not there, but the actual alcohol should have been gone . Some recipes do call for a lot of alcohol like rum cakes and so on. That is a little different then just using extract in a recipe. The question arose because there were some recovering alcoholics and were worried about the alcohol in extract when used in baking. If you know what episode that was please leave me a comment below I would love to see it. One of their chefs blew me a way on one of there shows. Let me say this i love them all and I am not going to mention names or the episode because I don't really want to talk trash about any of them or the show because it happens often to many shows. What I saw was an episode showing a recipe that was wrong by the standards and this confused people. Now people think this is right because a TV show and chef showed it that way. They are not the only show that has done this either and it is surprising to me. I would have thought any of these shows would have done at least a little bit of research on the subject before airing it. As a home maker and making stuff for my family you can do what ever you want but once you go public you should at least inform people of what the standards are. I really do love that show. Thank you for your comments I really do appreciate them. I want to go look for that show now. lol
@@ClementFamilyFarms 👍 ty Good to know.
If you use the scraping caviar out and putting it in the jar do you strain when you bottle?
Check out my Vanilla process part 4 video. It shows what I do with everything.
Does it matter where to buy glass marbles? I see some at Hobby Lobby and it states glass. Do I have to worry about any coatings, etc?
Second question, storing unused beans in alcohol. One video said use dried beans. How do I dry them to cut and scrape for extract?
Thank you! What about the growing and processing of the beans? Are chemicals involved where they’re grown in the various countries?
Our old recipes are in church recipe books! Chk with your local churches & they might have some extras for you!!
Can you give any tips to sanitizing bottles and getting them dry? Having trouble getting them completely dry.
Very good point about 'mother jar' ie it's not the same as a sourdough or yeast mother, or kombucha mother, or whatever. Not that kind of mother in other words. But I've started a blend jar (and labeled it as 'the mother blend' as in, the big blend), with a couple of alcohols and extra ounces that aren't in my single origin bottles of extract. So I'm treating my mother jar as the blend (evening out the arc of flavors in single origin). It's got the extras when I have a last oz of vanilla I don't need and if i have a little alcohol left over. So if I do a 750 ml white rum, with a single origin bean, and do a 1.5 or 2 fold, and then put it together, and end up with 725ml with say 5 oz (so about a 1.75 fold) and that's what will fit in the jar... then I put the 6th oz and the .25 ml into my mother jar. And I record every addition on the large paper label on the side. It's now got about 20 oz beans and about a gal of alcohol (all whites, rum or vodkas). So about 1.5 fold.. blend. I'll cut it off after 1 year, and let it finish, then start another.
Also.. I'm going to use the blend vanilla extract for baking.. and I'm already using the single origins for fresh applications. And I can tell the difference. There are some beans I won't bother doing single origins again with, as they aren't special, so those are going into cooking applications. But some of them are just wildly unique and flavorful with a full arc of beginning, middle and ending notes, some are very floral and some are spicy and some are smooth and deep. It's like light roast coffees in some ways.. made really well.
With those single origin bean extracts I'm making vanilla ice cream, or mixed into a custard cooked and off heat for a few minutes, or whipped cream, butter with orange zest / honey and vanilla, etc. I use the sugar during the cooking, then add extract as they cool off.. I think there is a place for both methods / types of beans. And so do what works in otherwords, for your beans, applications and interests.
Love hearing your vanilla endeavor that is great. What vanilla beans are you getting the light roasted coffee flavor from? I hope to be making a few batches of vanilla using all the available vanilla beans and doing a controlled blind taste test with a few bakers I know. I want to see how this really goes when its totally blind and they have no idea what bean or alcohol is used.
Can you the vacuum seal kit for fermenting work?
I have never used one from a fermenting kit so I could not tell you if would or not.
Is there any advantage to keep doing the vacuum sealing after the first several weeks? Does it help speed the process?
When I was testing my methods i didn't see any difference doing it more frequent. That testing with sight, taste and time frame. You can only ring out a sponge so much and it will not give you anymore. If that makes sense.
Will wax paper in-between the glass and the metal ball jar lid compromise the quality of my vanilla or get waxy?
You should be just fine. Wax paper is made for food products and has no taste or flavor.
I just made my first batch, I got mixed up on the proof. I got grain alcohol 75.5 and 151 proof hope it turns out
Hi this video was very informative. I did not hear the one question I had. So everyone says to make sure to cover the vanilla with the alcohol to prevent molding etc. will it mold as I begin to use the vanilla and the fluid drops exposing the vanilla pods? Should I take the pods out and then Start using the vanilla?
I also only use vodka but came across a delicious brown sugar bourbon! It is amazing but just started a small quantity just for a test. 😊
That is awesome!
What is the best beans to used for home bean paste?.
I have a question. I made extract for Christmas gifts this year I have a bottle that has a ring around the top. I’ve shaken each bottle 1x a week . Is this related to the oils in the beans.
This is very normal and some of the fiber break down.
I love your videos! I am actually having the beans from my first batch now drying to make the vanilla sugar. I have a question though. May be you mentioned it already in one of the other videos, but I don't remember. How many tsp would you recommend to use in case a recipe calls for one vanilla bean? I found on the internet answers which span from 1 to 8 tsp, depending on the extract quality. So as I use your method - what would be your recommendation? Thanks in advance
If a recipe calls for a vanilla bean and not the extract I would use 1 table spoon or 3 tsp. Vanilla beans give off some flavor in cooking but not as much as extract. To me it is a waste of a good vanilla bean using them in the recipe instead of the extract.
Thank you so much for sharing your work. Do you ever have people come check out your farm?
As of right now I don't have people visit for safety reasons. We have been downsizing the last couple of years planning for our future. I love all my followers and would love to open up my home, animals and property to everyone. We love sharing and educating people with our experiences. We live around the central coast of California and it getting to the point we cant survive here. Our ranch has been in the family 7 generations and it saddens me we cant ford it it here anymore. But we have plans on moving to Texas which scares the heck out of me. I want to build a home with some B&B cabins for traveling cowboys and high school rodeo kids were the family can come stretch out and have a place their animals can stretch for a day or so before moving on. But also for my followers and traveling nurses to come stay for a little getaway to relax with the animals. I also want to help others making stuff what ever it is. I have a long list of things I can do and have learned. So that may end up with me teaching some small weekend classes with my followers. I am in the process now of filming some of the stuff I do other than vanilla I also do resin and acrylic art, metal fabrication art pieces, catering, smoked meats and tons of homesteading stuff. All my friends have been pushing me to do this for years now and that's why I started the RUclips channel a little over a year ago. I don't know were your at but it seems like you would be interested in seeing our place. Let me ask you what would you want to see if you were wanting to see our place. I am trying to gather information to improve what we have for everyone. Thank you for asking.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Texas will welcome you with Open Arms! What a great asset you will make!
Any glass marbles? Do you have a link to the marbles you use? The sanitizer, how do you use it, wash off marbles with clean water before using in extract?
Hi. Thank you very much for sharing. Im wondering how do you get the seeds off the marbles?
He didn't split those beans so they are still secure inside the pods.
@@metlwrker4285 Ahhhh. Thank you!! I was having a senior "duh" moment.. I missed the part of not scoring the beans before he put them in. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Yes James was right those were whole beans I put in that jar. But if you split the beans and add the seeds back into the jar like I do then all you have to do is use a flour sieve and pour out everything into it and strain. Just swirly your fluid in the jar the whole time to keep the fluid moving and you will get 99% of the seeds. I don't worry about the ones stuck the marbles after that its not worth it. Here is my joke for the day. There is a simpler solution Buy more beans! Hahaha Ok I hope this helps.
What kind if scale do you use?
I bought some 50 Tahitian grade A from fit n clean. To make home made vanilla paste. After I made the paste.
After straining the vanilla beans into the jar. I tasted it, and it tasted bitter. does the vanilla beans need time to set and when would the paste be ready it be ready?.
Yes the vanilla beans need to sit in the paste for a few weeks. With the paste methods they do need to sit.