Hey, I bought raw organic vanilla powder several years ago and I've finally gone through it. I love the flavor of vanilla but I am not sure I will buy the powder again. It was a bit strong and I want a more subtle flavor. I am thinking of getting a bundle of vanilla beans. Does anyone have a vanilla powder that is not as intense as mine?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/21/2014 03:38PM by banana who.

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hi banana who

i think no one responded cuz u did not specify the name brand of the raw organic vanilla powder that you were using

if you did, that would have given people a framework to work with

u asked if something was more "subtle"

no one can answer that unless they have actually tasted the powder you used but we would need a name or link to that product first

just my observation

la_veronique Wrote:
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> hi banana who
>
> i think no one responded cuz u did not specify
> the name brand of the raw organic vanilla powder
> that you were using
>
> if you did, that would have given people a
> framework to work with
>
> u asked if something was more "subtle"
>
> no one can answer that unless they have actually
> tasted the powder you used but we would need a
> name or link to that product first
>
> just my observation

LOL! Sorry. It was from the Raw Food World. I dislike naming names because I am not putting it down in the least. I found that it worked quite well in many dishes but it may have been due to using the outer part that altered the flavor for me. I am thinking of a glycerite infusion (using the pods) and then using the bean scrapings for my dishes.

Hey Banana Who: Do you use it in smoothies or in desserts? Or in nut milk?

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM Vanilla......mmm I love the smell. I love it. Jennifer Love Hewitt takes the vanilla from the baking section of the grocery store and she says she puts in on when on a date, and she always gets MMM nice smell.

Well that is a ringing endorsement. LOL...Gotta do what she does. No actually, I would use essential oils for that purpose.

Jane: Anything, everything. Of course sweet stuff.

What you scrape from the beans will probably be just as intense as the powder, just more fresh.

I don't buy them often, but when I do, I always buy from here.

[www.bostonvanillabeans.com]

Edit, just read this, and it looks like the Tahitian vanilla is the milder one.
[www.bostonvanillabeans.com]



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2014 09:36PM by swimmer.

swimmer Wrote:
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> What you scrape from the beans will probably be
> just as intense as the powder, just more fresh.
>
> I don't buy them often, but when I do, I always
> buy from here.
>
> [www.bostonvanillabeans.com]
>
> Edit, just read this, and it looks like the
> Tahitian vanilla is the milder one.
> [www.bostonvanillabeans.com]
> ts.htm

Thanks for the tip! The prices seem quite reasonable! They say there is a Mexican vanilla shortage. I wonder where the Raw Food World sources the powder from?

WHy do people scrape the beans, cant you just cut up your entire vanilla stick in the vitamix

coconutcream Wrote:
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> WHy do people scrape the beans, cant you just cut
> up your entire vanilla stick in the vitamix

I scrape the beans when I'm using vanilla for dry dishes because the outer shell of the pods pulverizes to a gritty tasting unpleasant texture and the outer pods also taint the pure vanilla flavor, IMO. That's why I don't like to buy powdered vanilla, too. I can taste the outer pods in the powder.

The VitaMix works well to pulverize whole vanilla pods in with liquids but I can taste the outer pods in thebliquid, too, so I no longer do that either.

The next time I pulverize a batch of xylitol I'll pulverize a scraped vanilla pod with it to see how that works out.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2014 01:30AM by SueZ.

SueZ Wrote:
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> coconutcream Wrote:
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> > WHy do people scrape the beans, cant you just
> cut
> > up your entire vanilla stick in the vitamix
>
> I scrape the beans when I'm using vanilla for
> dry dishes because the outer shell of the pods
> pulverizes to a gritty tasting unpleasant texture
> and the outer pods also taint the pure vanilla
> flavor, IMO. That's why I don't like to buy
> powdered vanilla, too. I can taste the outer pods
> in the powder.
>
> The VitaMix works well to pulverize whole
> vanilla pods in with liquids but I can taste the
> outer pods in thebliquid, too, so I no longer do
> that either.
>
> The next time I pulverize a batch of xylitol
> I'll pulverize a scraped vanilla pod with it to
> see how that works out.

BINGO, Suzy! You win the Internet. So true. I was kind of disappointed to taste the raw vanilla powder because it didn't remind me of that delicate flavor of vanilla. What you can do to stretch it as much as possible is scrape the bean for recipes where you want to detect that delicate flavor and soak the scraped pod in glycerine or alcohol.